BBC Three reveal new shows ahead of online switchover: announce partnership with Idris Elba's Green Door Pictures

The first episode of season three of Cuckoo will be streamable immediately

On the 16 February something very sad is going to happen. BBC Three - the digital TV channel that brought us Gavin & Stacy, Little Britain and The Mighty Boosh - will be switched off, the channel going completely online.

At an event in London, the BBC announced a number of new shows and programming which will be made available through the “station’s” online website.

First off, the broadcaster announced two new release platforms: The Best Of and The Daily Drop. The former will “bring together original long-form programmes and a range of new content, including short form films”, while The Daily Drop will be home to BBC Three’s “daily content including short-form videos, blogs, social media, image galleries, trending stories and daily updates from news and sport”.

It was then revealed that, on the night of the switchover, the first episode of season three of Cuckoo, a BAFTA-winning film and Live From The BBC will all be made streamable.

The BBC also announced a range of new shows, the first of which is a collaboration between BBC Drama and Idris Elba’s production company, Green Door Pictures. The two will work together to bring new features and talent to the screen.

Also announced was a new drama from Jess Britain called Clique; a new short-form series Life Hacks with Ben Hart; lys Harte and Bronagh Munro’s investigation series Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared; Dan Murdoch's follow up to KKK: The Fight For White Supremacy called Black Power; and a new Stacy Dooley documentary on sex and prostitution in Turkey, Brazil and Russia.

“BBC Three is a badge of quality and shorthand for content that will stimulate emotions and provoke reactions,” said the channel’s controller Damian Kavanagh. “It's the same award-winning programmes freed from the constraints of linear TV, and because we're freed from the schedule we can use whatever format and platform is most appropriate.”

Meanwhile, Idris Elba of Green Door Pictures, said: “I’m looking forward to working with BBC Three and giving new writers and actors a chance to show what they can do.”

The new BBC Three logo was recently revealed, many drawing comparisons between it and a W1A spoof.