Focusing
on the best new UK music the show has no studio base
and will be filmed at outside locations across the
country. Sound will be fast-paced, showcasing the
most exciting new music while mixing up live performances
and interviews across a variety of genres.
A
new drama Falcon Beach also launches on 20
October. The show revolves around the lives of central
characters Jason, Paige, Tanya and Lane in the beautiful
sun-soaked town of Falcon Beach. This is an addictive
coming-of-age drama about teenagers, their passions,
relationships, friends, families and enemies. In India
the show airs on Star World.
BBC Radio 1 will launch a five hour teen slot on Sunday
nights. Annie Mac will host a new show (7-10pm) and
new Radio 1 signing Kelly Osbourne fronts Radio 1's
Surgery (10pm-midnight).
BBC
Switch online launches on 14 October. The site is
an online portal for teens to access content across
the BBC services they love, including Radio 1, 1Xtra,
Slink, Blast, EastEnders and:
Signs
Of Life is an online interactive drama. It is
the biggest commission of its kind and consists of
eight episodes. Players move between watching the
drama unfold and interacting with the plot. The adventure
follows Daisy, her jealous boyfriend Joe, and Joe's
mysterious father Max and is a mix of drama, games
and psychological tests centring on astrological events
in an English village. The emotional themes of each
episode are further explored via interactive personality
tests. Players can save and share the results of the
personality test as widgets that appear on their own
social networking page.
Them–
This is a web guide to the "tribes" that
exist within the UK today, informed by the young people
that belong to them. The Surgery is a source of information
for teenagers about personal issues such as relationships,
puberty and health. The site is written for girls
and boys aged 12 to 16 and is also the primary online
destination for Radio 1 listeners in need of advice.
Slink is an online magazine for girls aged 12 to 16.
Full of entertainment, chat and advice.
The
site is a safe and friendly place for girls to be
themselves, watch interviews with their favourite
stars, play games, get vocal about the issues affecting
their lives and, with help from Slink's panel of experts,
confront their problems from acne to exams.
BBC
Vision director Jana Bennett said, "I am incredibly
proud of the work being done by Andy Pariftt and his
team, it is great to have this project as part of
BBC Vision. BBC Switch reflects exactly the way we
want to work within Vision, bringing together content
and programming in a way that feels natural to our
audience. These initiatives announced today work in
a completely complementary way and bring innovative
programming to a very important audience."
Radio
1, 1Xtra and BBC Switch controller Andy Parfitt said,
"This is a big step in delivering the vision
that was set out in Creative Futures. The BBC connects
with young children in a very significant way, but
when they reach their secondary school years this
relationship is not as strong.
"Our
aim is to make distinctive and powerful content 12
to 16 year olds can embrace and, through our work
with BBC Vision, Radio 1 and online, I feel we are
achieving that. We've worked hard to really get to
know this audience and the insights we have collected
are at the heart of everything we will do.
"This
announcement completes a wide range of changes and
initiatives across which all deliver this October
– together they give us a great opportunity to
build the BBC's relationship with younger audiences,"
he said.
BBC
Switch head Geoffrey Goodwin said, "We have aimed
to create high quality, innovative content across
multiple platforms, particularly concentrating on
the digital sphere. It is clear to us that storytelling
is important to our audience and we have developed
new narrative formats online such as the successful
Wannabees and now Signs Of Life. It is of utmost importance
that we deliver to young people a truly 360 degree
experience with this content."
