BBC Three will mark its return to tv screens with the launch of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: U.Okay. Versus The World” on Feb. 1.
With Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr performing as judges, “RuPaul’s Drag Race: U.Okay. Versus The World” will see 9 worldwide alumni compete to win the title of Drag Race Celebrity in host nation the U.Okay.
The present will act because the inaugural launch of U.Okay. digital platform BBC Three, which is returning as a linear channel. BBC Three, which has been house to reveals together with “Fleabag” and “Regular Individuals,” will now broadcast within the U.Okay. from 7pm GMT each night on Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat. The EPG is but to be introduced.
The channel may also be obtainable on on iPlayer with dwell re-start.
In addition to “Drag Race,” viewers will be capable to tune into soccer match the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in BBC Three’s first week on air, which sees 24 Africa-based nationwide groups competing in Cameroon to take house the cup. Jermaine Jenas will entrance the protection from 7pm each night time (6.30pm on iPlayer).
Different reveals viewers can anticipate to see quickly on the community embody “Santa Claus the Serial Killer” (working title), a six-part true-crime sequence, and “Flight Membership,” a docu-series concerning the ups and downs skilled by the crew of Scottish airline Loganair.
BBC Three beforehand operated as a broadcast channel from 2003 to 2016, when it was taken off air and changed by a digital-only model. In November, British media regulator Ofcom accredited the channel’s return to the airwaves on the situation that at the least 75% of hours broadcast yearly include authentic packages commissioned for U.Okay. viewers by the BBC.