All BBC articles – Page 387
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NewsDoctor Foster becomes highest-rated new drama of 2015
Drama Republic’s Doctor Foster has become the highest-rated new drama of 2015 after its final episode consolidated to over 10m viewers.
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NewsBBC unveils major factual slate
BBC1 has ordered a medical experiment challenging the nation’s dependency on prescription drugs as part of a broad slate of factual programmes from Alison Kirkham’s team.
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NewsBedell, Tyler, Watsham and Taylor on hunt for Next Big Thing
Elaine Bedell, Alan Tyler, Richard Watsham and Celia Taylor will debate the Next Big Thing in Entertainment in a key session of Broadcast’s Commissioning Forum next month.
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NewsJon Thoday & Jimmy Mulville ready to fund #£3tosaveBBC3 campaign
Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville will team up with members of the public to launch a judicial review, should the BBC Trust sign off plans to take BBC3 online.
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NewsBBC factual commissioning team: family tree
Click to view the BBC’s new-look factual commissioning team structure.
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NewsDrifters writer: BBC3 online move ‘robbing’ new generation of talent
The decision to move BBC3 online is “robbing an audience and new generation of talent of a creative outlet” according to the writer of comedy Drifters.
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RatingsThe Apprentice recruits 6.4m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice recruited 6.4m viewers as it returned to BBC1 as Alexander Armstrong set off to the Arctic Circle for ITV with fewer than 3m in tow.
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The Broadcast InterviewAlison Kirkham: giving BBC factual a shot in the arm
Alison Kirkham and her team want to work creatively with indies to bring ambitious projects to life.
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NewsLord Alli calls for BBC debate
Lord Alli has issued a rallying call for the industry to engage in a “grown-up” debate about the BBC’s future, at the heart of Westminster.
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CommentPopular leader will be missed
Time will be needed to assess the director of television’s legacy
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NewsCohen: end of an 'all-powerful' era
Danny Cohen could be the last “all-powerful” BBC director of television, as the corporation begins the task of replacing him.
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NewsBBC on brink of The Voice recommission
The Voice UK is on the brink of being recommissioned for BBC1.
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NewsiPlayer to stream Elton John concert
BBC iPlayer is to offer visitors an exclusive Elton John performance from Cornwall’s Eden Project.
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NewsCohen: no conspiracy theory behind my departure
Director of television Danny Cohen has told Broadcast his decision to leave the BBC is about his personal need for a fresh challenge rather than any “climactic situation” facing the corporation.
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NewsCohen: BBC faces seismic challenges
Danny Cohen has acknowledged that he is leaving the BBC as it prepares for “challenges the like of which [it] and the television industry have never faced before”.
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NewsDanny Cohen: letter to staff
Click to read the note sent to BBC staff by outgoing director of televison Danny Cohen.
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NewsDanny Cohen to leave BBC
Danny Cohen is to leave the BBC to “pursue a new leadership challenge”.
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NewsSNP demands more funds from Tony Hall
Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has urged Tony Hall to launch new channels and invest more of the licence fee north of the border at a meeting with the director general.
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NewsPeople Just Do Nothing wins double order
BBC3 has ordered another two 6x30-minute series of Roughcut Television’s pirate radio mockumentary People Just Do Nothing.
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NewsCoba calls for external BBC governance
The BBC’s proposal to create a unitary board – with director general Tony Hall as chief executive – to oversee governance has been blasted by the pay-TV sector.