BBC & NRK Snap Up Global Citizen Festival

LONDON: BBC and NRK have signed on to air the 2015 Global Citizen Festival, which is being distributed by BBC Worldwide.

The hour-long special from BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter Richard Curtis features performances by big names in music, including Beyoncé, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Pearl Jam and more. It will air on BBC One and BBC Three in the U.K. and on NRK 1 in Norway in September.

The Global Citizen Festival is curated by Coldplay front man Chris Martin and features six hours of performances by global artists in Central Park in New York City on September 26, edited into a one-hour special for TV. The concert marks the launch of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, a 15-year plan to end extreme poverty and fight climate change.

“BBC Music is delighted to work with Richard Curtis and Chris Martin to bring this brilliant concert event to U.K. audiences on BBC One, BBC Three and across our BBC Music platforms,” Jan Younghusband, the head of music TV commissioning at BBC, remarked.

Salim Mukaddam, BBC Worldwide's director of music content, said, “We’re delighted to be distributing such an important event with truly global significance to broadcasters like the BBC and NRK. The aim is for this television special to be seen by audiences in every country around the world. We've had incredible interest from broadcasters, and hope to announce more global broadcaster partners very soon.”