BBC Studios has announced the renewal of its longstanding partnership with Qatar Airways. The updated agreement will see an enhanced BBC-branded offering added to the airline’s Oryx One in-flight entertainment service, including over 20 hours of BBC Earth content, a BBC Kids section, and premium BBC drama including titles such as Boiling Point, Death In Paradise and Happy Valley.
The new BBC Earth branded section on the IFE system will feature eight hours of collated natural history productions. These include Earth From Space, with stories of life on our planet as told through cameras in space; dramatic landscapes, stunning wildlife and unique culture in Wild Scandinavia, Serengeti, a wildlife docuseries following different species in the Serengeti region of Africa; and Mountains: Life Above The Clouds, which follows the extraordinary animals and remarkable people who live in the greatest mountain ranges in the world. Landmark series Dynasties, Seven Worlds, One Planet, The Green Planet and Planet Earth III narrated by Sir David Attenborough are also presented as part of the wider BBC Earth & BBC Masterbrand content.
The BBC Kids branded space, which launched on Qatar Airways in December 2022, will continue to keep pre-schoolers, older children and their carers entertained, with global hits including Bluey – the second-most-streamed show in the US in 2023 – Hey Duggee, and the adventure-seeking Go Jetters who soar around the planet fixing environmental problems. Other childrens’ titles include Deadly 60, Garden Tales, Horrible Histories, Jamie Johnson, JoJo and Gran Gran, Kit and Pup, My Pet and Me, Popularity Papers, Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, Steve and Aneeshwar Go Wild, Supertato, and Swashbuckle.
Hours of premium drama produced by BBC Studios have also been added to Oryx One, giving passengers the opportunity to enjoy entire boxsets of popular and critically acclaimed drama. Options include Series 3 of Sally Wainwright’s critically acclaimed police drama, Happy Valley, starring Sarah Lancashire and James Norton; all four episodes of high-pressure kitchen drama Boiling Point; and the latest series of Death in Paradise, a crime drama set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Zina Neophytou, SVP Out of Home & BBC News Commercial Development at BBC Studios said: “Qatar Airways have been a key licencee of BBC Studios content for many years, and we are very proud that this latest agreement gives Qatar passengers an enhanced BBC experience for their passengers, ranging from blue-chip national history unit productions, to some of the most streamed children’s programmes.”
