All articles by Alexandra Chapman – Page 12
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BBC4 paints docs for abstract art season
BBC4 has commissioned a raft of documentaries for a new abstract art season that will launch later this year.
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BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans hits 15 year high
Chris Evans has recorded the largest-ever audience figures recorded by Rajar, after his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show pulled in 9.91m listeners.
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ITV2 reorders Freshers for extended run
ITV2 has ordered an extended second run of documentary series Freshers to air later this year.
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CBeebies launches app to help kids learn to read
CBeebies is preparing to launch a Storytime app that is designed to improve the reading ability of young children.
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TMM heads to Australia for Blumenthal ob doc
Heston Blumenthal’s long-term producer has won an Australian commission featuring the chef for his emerging indie.
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House of Lords inquiry to focus on expert women
The House of Lords communications committee is poised to launch an investigation into the level of female representation across news broadcasting.
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BBC News cuts sparks union ballot
Bectu, National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Unite are to ballot their members to take strike action over BBC News cuts.
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BBC Trust chair shortlist shrinks
The list of potential candidates vying to become BBC Trust chair is growing ever shorter, further to Lord Sebastian Coe’s public exit from the race.
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BBC Trust expenses drop 10% year-on-year
The BBC Trust’s expenses claims have dropped by 10% year-on-year in the six months from October to March 2014.
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BBC expands BAME talent scheme
The BBC Academy has added extra dates to its Expert Voices: BAME Talent programme to extend its reach.
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Bal Samra lands beefed up role
BBC commercial director Bal Samra has been handed a beefed up role with responsibility for the broadcaster’s business partnerships, spend management and global and digital developments.
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Comic Relief hits the bullseye with Zeppotron
Charity event Comic Relief is to include pro-celebrity darts next year after the BBC ordered a tournament from Zeppotron.
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Gordon Ramsay's daughter fronts CBBC series
Gordon Ramsay’s daughter is to front a CBBC cookery series produced by the celebrity chef’s indie One Potato Two Potato.
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Lord Coe out of BBC Trust race
Lord Sebastian Coe has ruled himself out of the race to become the next BBC Trust chair.
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Top Gear 'racial term' breaks Ofcom rules
Ofcom has found Top Gear in breach of its regulations for using a “pejorative racial term” in its Burma special episode.
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BBC1 to explore childhood holidays with Raise The Roof
Glasgow-based indie Raise the Roof is to delve into celebrities’ childhood holiday memories for a BBC1 daytime series.
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Unions demand BBC News external recruitment freeze
Bectu, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Unite have called on BBC News to only consider internal candidates for the latest crop of vacancies to counter the impact of imminent redundancies.
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BBC distribution team to join Future Media
The BBC’s distribution department will merge with Future Media’s business development team next month in a bid to consolidate online and traditional distribution under a single group of staff.
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Unions ready to fight BBC over news redundancies
The BBC may have averted a strike during the opening of the Commonwealth Games this week – but it faces a fresh threat of industrial action over job cuts in its news division.
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BBC to hire champion for disabled talent
The BBC will recruit its first disability champion to its commissioning team as it prepares a two-pronged plan to improve opportunities for disabled talent.