Unwrapped

A glimpse of a new future from the BBC. For Christmas, they're stocking up the iPlayer with some belting alternatives to the patchy, traditional festive fare available through the usual channels. Below, a list of the shows that will be ready to watch from December 16 - no end date is mentioned in the press release. There's something for everyone; good stuff which might well impact broadcast viewing figures.

Here's a challenge for the Radio Times and newspaper supplements - if this is to be the way forward, let's have a regular updated guide to what we can still watch. There is a risk, of course, that this sort of release might impact a BBC subscription model, clearly under consideration as Worldwide seeks a deal to buy back all of UKTV. One suggestion - how about making the back catalogue (of built programmes at least) available for a rolling twelve months, rather than a month - to match the licence fee ?

Taboo
Line of Duty
Three Girls
Undercover
Happy Valley
Wolf Hall
Peaky Blinders
Feud: Bette and Joan
Clique
Thirteen
Sherlock - Series 3, 4 and The Abominable Bride
Planet Earth I and II
Blue Planet I and II
Frozen Planet
Fleabag
Inside Number 9
Miranda
Josh - Series 2 & 3
Murder in Successville - Series 3
People Just Do Nothing - Series 4
Gavin & Stacey - Series 1 and Christmas Special
Cuckoo - Series 1, 2, 3 and Christmas Special
This Country - Series 1
Bad Education - Series 2 and Christmas Special
Him and Her - Series 3 and Christmas Special
Bluestone 42 - Series 1 and Christmas Special
Uncle - Series 3
The Mighty Boosh - Series 1