All BBC articles – Page 345
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NewsTop Gear consolidates to 10-year low
Chris Evans’ all-new Top Gear took a turn for the worse as its consolidated ratings tumbled to a ten-year low.
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NewsBBC3 to explore hate crime
BBC3 has unveiled a trilogy of films examining hate crimes in the US as news continues to emerge about the terrorist attack in a gay nightclub in Orlando over the weekend.
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RatingsTop Gear equals record low
SUNDAY: Top Gear slumped to what is believed to be one of its lowest overnight audiences since modern ratings began in 2002.
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NewsVirtual reality comes alive in BBC trials
The BBC’s research and development department has unveiled a raft of virtual reality experiences including an Aardman project offering a first-hand glimpse of a refugee’s journey and a spacewalk aboard the International Space Station.
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NewsMartin Davidson to leave the BBC
Long-standing BBC head of specialist factual commissioning Martin Davidson is leaving to set up a new venture “beyond television”.
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NewsBBC launches doc directors initiative
BBC1 and BBC3 are hunting for new directing talent for six one-off documentaries offered as part of a new scheme.
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NewsPurnell: charter plans threaten BBC’s creative freedom
James Purnell has warned that the white paper could herald inflexible new service licences that would undermine the creative freedom of BBC channels.
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NewsBBC accelerates Studios plans
James Purnell has pledged to accelerate the creation of BBC Studios – and revealed that the corporation will begin tendering contracts for in-house programmes this summer.
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NewsBBC rivals given power to complain about distinctiveness
The BBC’s commercial rivals will be able to complain to Ofcom if they believe that the corporation’s services are not distinctive enough, according to John Whittingdale.
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NewsMP warns against BBC News channel merger
Labour MP Helen Goodman has warned against BBC proposals to merge the news channel with ad-funded BBC World News, arguing it could blur the lines between the commercial and public sides of the corporation.
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NewsBBC closes in on entertainment boss
The BBC is closing in on appointing a permanent controller of entertainment after Mark Linsey moved to BBC Studios.
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NewsTop Gear consolidates to three-year high
All-new Top Gear piled on 2m viewers through recorded viewing to post its biggest series launch audience since January 2013.
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RatingsPart-Time Band opens on BBC4
FRIDAY: BBC4 talent contest UK’s Best Part-Time Band struck up with an audience of 300,000.
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RatingsTop Gear loses 1.5m viewers
SUNDAY: BBC2’s revamped Top Gear shed 1.5m viewers from last week’s opener and was eclipsed by ITV’s coverage of Soccer Aid and BBC1’s Antiques Roadshow.
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RatingsMuhammad Ali doc lands knockout on BBC1
SATURDAY: A BBC1 tribute to Muhammad Ali landed an audience of over 3m viewers following news of the former heavyweight champion’s death.
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NewsBBC Studios hires entertainment chief
BBC Studios has appointed controller of rights, business and legal affairs Roger Leatham as its entertainment and events chief.
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Behind The ScenesCity in the Sky, BBC2
Russell Levin highlights the challenges of trying to film 300 tonne aircraft taking off from the coldest city on earth.
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NewsBBC defends BAME hiring policy
The BBC has aggressively defended its decision to offer script editing positions to BAME candidates after tabloid claims that this policy was “anti-white”.
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NewsDiscovery on verge of Wimbledon deal
Wimbledon is set to be made available on pay-TV for the first time after Discovery struck a deal in principle for the major tennis tournament.
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NewsLinsey: in-house guarantee bred complacency
BBC Studios boss Mark Linsey has admitted that the 50% guarantee for in-house production “inhibited” producers and led to “complacency” within the division.