Staying In

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), has acquired Lonely Planet, the leading travel information group, in a deal that will build the Lonely Planet franchise around the world. The privately owned business is being sold by Tony and Maureen Wheeler, who founded the company in 1972, and John Singleton who became a shareholder in 1999.

A bell-ringing perfect Christmas present offering from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment lands a knockout blow on 1 October and keeps punching above its weight all the way through the seasonal period. Rocky The Complete Saga enters the ring as a DVD box set containing all six films in the franchise, from the Academy Award winning Rocky to this year’s critically acclaimed Rocky Balboa.

The hugely anticipated premiere of High School Musical 2 sang and danced its way into Disney Channel UK history last night, when record audiences tuned in to see the East High Wildcats on their latest summer adventure.

UK rock band Oasis is opening its official online space in the virtual world Second Life (SL) today, September 24, and is kicking off with a preview of its latest release, a feature-length-plus, limited edition double DVD entitled ‘Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’.

Robin Hood arrows in for a second series, starting soon on BBC One. Made by Tiger Aspect Productions, the drama proved a huge hit with Saturday night viewers last year. Starring Jonas Armstrong, Lucy Griffiths, Keith Allen and Richard Armitage, the show struck a chord with family audiences and in one of the most competitive slots on TV gained average ratings of 7 million for the first seven episodes in 2006.

The UK's favourite spies go global as the complex relationship between the UK, Iran and the US is put under the spotlight - but who can really be trusted under this new world order? Award-winning spy drama Spooks returns to BBC One this autumn in an exciting new format.

During a dramatic three-part special, the courageous cops at Sun Hill will undertake a massive investigation when a high profile politician and a respected religious leader are gunned down at a 'Rock Against Racism' concert. Can Superintendent Heaton (Daniel Flynn) catch the killer - or could he have been one of the targets?

BBC Radio 1 will celebrate 40 years of championing the best new music for its young audience with a series of amazing guest presenters. Radio 1 - Established 1967 kicks off on Monday 17 September 2007 with the station inviting some of the biggest names in music to host their own show each evening, playing the tunes that inspired them and in some way led them to make music themselves.

BBC Drama today announced Bone Kickers, a new six-part drama series for BBC One from Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah (Monastic Productions), the writers and creators of the hit series Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes; and Michele Buck and Damien Timmer of Mammoth Screen.

Award-winning top chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc will be putting nine couples through their paces to see if they have what it takes to run their own restaurant with a variety of challenging tasks in BBC Two’s The Restaurant, starting Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th August at 8pm.