As Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture approaches, the BBC has ordered Bradford’s Big Bash from Candour Productions.
The half-hour film for BBC One and BBC iPlayer airs on 17th January and goes behind the scenes of ‘RISE’, which will be the spectacular opening event heralding Bradford’s stint as UK City of Culture in 2025.
The film follows a number of local people who are taking part in the event, such as amateur acrobats, singers, poets and a young magician. RISE has been created by award-winning theatre director Kirsty Housley in collaboration with Steven Frayne, the world-renowned, Bradford-born magician formerly known as Dynamo.
Bradford’s Big Bash, produced by Yorkshire-based Candour Productions, will “showcase the power of the arts, celebrating the unique landscape, communities and diversity of Bradford and bringing this proud Yorkshire city to a national, and even international, stage.”
The BBC will support Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture throughout the year and further announcements about new programming, events and coverage of the celebrations will follow.
The BBC was announced as an official broadcast partner in June this year and so far commissioned a raft of new content across arts, education, factual, sport and Local with further announcements about new BBC content, events and coverage of the celebrations following soon.
Image: Candour Productions
Jon Creamer
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