Could BBC1 Miss A UK Doctor Who Premier For The First Time Ever?
“The most exciting week of all is the Eurovision week, because that afternoon is the FA Cup Final live on BBC One. At 8 o’clock at night is Eurovision live across Europe.
“We’re in the middle. If the football has lots of goals and things, going into extra time and penalties, we get crushed in the middle.”
He continued:
“It’s like we cannot move – the football can’t move, Eurovision can’t move. So we genuinely don’t know if we’ll be transmitted that day. It’ll be on the iPlayer, but you’ll have to sit there that day.
“I’ll have to sit through a f**king football match to find out whether Doctor Who’s going out that night.
“They said to us, ‘Do you want to move it?’ and I said, ‘That’s the most exciting thing I’ve ever heard. Let’s find out if we’re transmitting. Let’s feel alive.’ So that Saturday is going to be fun.”
Season 15’s scheduling is slightly different than the previous run – episodes will now stream on iPlayer from 8am UK time, rather than midnight.