BBC Maestro

About BBC Maestro

Learn from the world’s greatest, with 100+ hours of video lessons across a range of subjects that you can watch anywhere, anytime, and at your own pace.

With BBC Maestro’s online courses you can learn everything from creative writing and filmmaking, to cooking and wine tasting.

Enjoy bite-sized learning, with digestible insights, so you can watch on-the-go and fit in learning when it suits you.

Featuring courses from experts including Alan Moore, Lee Child, Mark Ronson, Marco Pierre White, Julia Donaldson, and many more. In these inspiring courses you’ll pick up new skills, learn expert methods, discover industry insights, and gain the practical tools you need to take your hobby or career aspirations to the next level.

You can enjoy unlimited access with a BBC Maestro subscription, or you can choose to watch one course at a time.

What to expect:

· Watch on-demand, anywhere, anytime

· In-depth video lessons and downloadable course notes

· Watch on your mobile, tablet. laptop or desktop computer

· Offline viewing available, for flexible learning

· Free lessons to give you a taster of each course

Learn to write with bestselling authors

If you’ve ever dreamed of penning a novel, then Jack Reacher author Lee Child’s course on writing popular fiction and forging a successful writing career is perfect for you. If you want to write magical fiction and equip yourself for a writing career, then dive into the legendary Alan Moore’s storytelling course.

If you’re more interested in writing for children or young adults, then check out Gruffalo author, Julia Donaldson’s course on writing children’s picture books, David Walliams’ course on writing books for children, or celebrated author Malorie Blackman’s Young Adult fiction writing course.

Discover how to write screenplays and make films with cinematic legends

Learn from indie film legend Edgar Wright about the filmmaking process, with real life examples from his experience making movies including Shaun Of The Dead, Baby Driver and Hot Fuzz.

Line Of Duty screenwriter, Jed Mercurio, teaches a hands-on course in screenwriting, where you’ll learn exactly how to create your own incredible TV series.

Cook up a storm with the world’s best chefs

Marco Pierre White’s cooking course will equip you with all the skills you need to whip up delicious dishes in the kitchen. He also shares his recipes for show-stopping vegetarian dishes which are simple, yet tasty.

India's first Michelin starred chef, Vineet Bhatia, teaches modern Indian cooking in his online course, and 3 Michelin star chef, Pierre Koffmann, teaches the fundamentals of French cuisine in his course on classic French bistro cooking.

If you’re more of a baker, you can learn to bake with bread genius and trainer of Michelin star chefs, Richard Bertinet.

And to top it all off, you can gain an understanding of wine with professional wine writer, Jancis Robinson too.

There’s even more to learn

As well as cooking, filmmaking and writing courses, BBC Maestro offers much more to learn.

Find out how to pitch, fundraise and market your way to entrepreneurial success, with The Dragon’s Den businessman Peter Jones and his toolkit for business success.

Or you could try your hand at songwriting or music production, with award-winning musicians like Gary Barlow and Mark Ronson.