All BBC articles – Page 387
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RatingsStrictly leaps to series high
SUNDAY: Strictly Come Dancing left Jekyll and Hyde in the shadows on Sunday night as the BBC1 format hit a series high.
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NewsITV confirms The Voice deal
ITV has confirmed that it has poached the rights to The Voice - striking a three-year deal with Talpa for the BBC entertainment hit.
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NewsTFI Friday in hot water with Ofcom
TFI Friday has only been back on air for several weeks and it is already in trouble with media watchdog Ofcom after guest Nicholas Hoult swore live on air.
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NewsHall: ring regulatory changes to protect BBC's independence
BBC director general Tony Hall will call for external regulation to be among a range of measures to be introduced during charter renewal to protect the corporation from political interference.
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RatingsThe Bridge builds record audience
SATURDAY: Scandi drama The Bridge returned for a third series on BBC4 with its biggest audience on record.
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NewsBBC Trust launches election coverage consultation
The BBC Trust has launched a consultation on BBC guidelines for coverage of 2016 elections and the UK’s referendum on membership of the European Union.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC cuts & Secret Life Of Four Year Olds
Talking TV analyses the latest BBC content cuts and hears from the producer of Channel 4’s The Secret Life Of Four, Five And Six Year Olds.
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NewsBBC appoints Scotland editor
The BBC has appointed former Channel 4 News presenter Sarah Smith as the broadcaster’s first Scotland editor.
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NewsCBBC & BBCW unveil animation development scheme
CBBC and BBC Worldwide have unveiled a development scheme for UK animators, designed to create international childrens’ TV brands.
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NewsDoctor Who producer joins Lookout Point
Faith Penhale, the boss of the BBC production hub responsible for Doctor Who and Casualty, is to become the joint chief executive of War & Peace co-producer Lookout Point.
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NewsIndies land literary commissions for BBC reading campaign
Blast! Films and Century Films are among the indies producing literary films to support the BBC’s Get Reading campaign next year.
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Behind The ScenesThe Age of Loneliness, BBC1
Finding 14 contributors prepared to bare their souls on camera wasn’t easy but we wanted to show how loneliness can affect people of all ages and from all walks of life
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NewsFears mount over BBC Studios
Concern is mounting over the BBC’s ambition to commercialise its production division as a BBC Trust consultation on the plans closes this week.
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NewsBBC cuts a taste of the future
Dramatic cuts to BBC sports rights and television output are a taste of things to come as the corporation grapples with its new funding arrangements.
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CommentMaking radio a fair place to compete
Radio indies are embedded across the UK and winning international awards. We must let them compete, says Will Jackson
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NewsElectric Ray sets sports stars global challenges
Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas and Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas are among the former sports stars that will compete in a set of gruelling global challenges as part of a new BBC2 series.
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NewsBBC unveils £50m cut to sport and TV under savings plan
The BBC will be forced to relinquish sports rights and cut factual, entertainment and comedy budgets under proposals to save £150m by 2017.
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NewsLenny Henry: N&R-style quotas needed to address BAME 'market failure'
Sir Lenny Henry has branded the TV industry’s poor record on BAME representation as a “market failure” and urged Ofcom, the BBC Trust and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to force broadcasters to ringfence funds to address the issue.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale: rushed BBC funding deal will not be repeated
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has admitted that the rushed funding deal between the BBC and the government in July was not what he would have “chosen” and will not be repeated.