BBC Young Musician
Reality
February 7, 1978 – October 20, 2024
(began 48 years ago)
10.0/10
Returning Series
24 Seasons
213 Episodes
BBC Young Musician (Young Musician of the Year) first appeared on our TV screens in 1978. The brainchild of BBC producers Humphrey Burton, Walter Todds and Roy Tipping, the biennial competition has developed an enviable reputation for finding superstar musicians including Nicola Benedetti, Mark Simpson and Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
Key Crew
S1
Season 1
15 episodes
February 7, 1978
S2
Season 2
8 episodes
April 8, 1980
S3
Season 3
8 episodes
April 13, 1982
S4
Season 4
9 episodes
April 12, 1984
S5
Season 5
9 episodes
April 14, 1986
S6
Season 6
11 episodes
April 18, 1988
S7
Season 7
14 episodes
February 19, 1990
S8
Season 8
16 episodes
February 15, 1992
S9
Season 9
17 episodes
February 28, 1994
S1
Season 10
7 episodes
March 24, 1996
S1
Season 11
7 episodes
March 20, 1998
S1
Season 12
6 episodes
May 22, 2000
S1
Season 13
7 episodes
May 19, 2002
S1
Season 14
7 episodes
April 26, 2004
S1
Season 15
6 episodes
May 13, 2006
S1
Season 16
8 episodes
May 4, 2008
S1
Season 17
7 episodes
April 16, 2010
S1
Season 18
6 episodes
April 14, 2012
S1
Season 19
8 episodes
April 18, 2014
S2
Season 20
8 episodes
April 8, 2016
S2
Season 21
8 episodes
April 3, 2018
S2
Season 22
8 episodes
May 4, 2020
Series 23
6 episodes
October 2, 2022
BBC Young Musician is a televised national music competition broadcast biennially on BBC Television and BBC Radio 3.
Series 24
7 episodes
September 15, 2024
The UK's best young musicians compete to win the coveted title of BBC Young Musician 2024.
Cast (48)
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
GB
Production Companies
BBC