In order to offer value to every licence fee payer, the BBC has a duty to make sure the views and voices of diverse communities across the UK are reflected and represented across its output. We also have a responsibility to ensure that the economic impact of the BBC is distributed across the nations and regions of the UK, supporting a vibrant creative sector in multiple locations.
We are continuing to deliver our Across the UK programme, moving the BBC’s people, programming and decision making across the UK’s nations and regions to better reflect and represent our audiences. The BBC now spends more than 60% of its network TV budget in the nations and regions, and we continue to have major production centres in Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast, Salford, Bristol, Birmingham and London, alongside a range of other local bases from Lerwick to Truro and Londonderry/Derry to Bangor.
The Across the UK programme moves have continued to support the growth of network news journalism being produced from a range of bases around the country, and network audio is now produced from bases including Bristol, Salford, Edinburgh and Belfast. The Across the UK programme and teams within the BBC Nations division have supported more in-depth coverage of local issues and results coverage for the 2024 General Election, as well as dramas co- commissioned with both local and UK-wide audiences in mind, the work of three BBC non-London-based orchestras and a portfolio of local and national radio services, in English, Welsh and Gaelic. The work of both the Nations teams and the Across the UK programme show the BBC's strategic objectives in action, continuing to strive to bring value to all licence fee payers.
The BBC Across The UK
Over the past year, we have delivered significant relocations of programmes, which bring the BBC’s Across the UK ambitions to life and demonstrate that the BBC is more deeply rooted in every part of the UK with measurable economic impact on the UK’s creative industries, ensuring that this shift beyond the M25 is really about whose stories we hear - and who the BBC really belongs to.
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The BBC in Wales
Set in Cardiff, Lost Boys And Fairies is a love story, told against the backdrop of gay adoption -
The BBC in Scotland
Filmed and set in Glasgow, Dinosaur is a BAFTA award-winning comedy series -
The BBC in Northern Ireland
Hope Street is a crime drama series filmed in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland -
The BBC in England
Staz Nair stars in Virdee, which premiered in Bradford during its year as City of Culture
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Our Audiences
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Chief Operating Officer’s review and operational report
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BBC Commercial Chief Executive Officer’s review and commercial operations
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Governance
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Financial Statements
This report sets out the BBC’s financial statements for the year ending 31 March 2025