All BBC articles – Page 407
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NewsFincham: BBC uses Strictly to 'clip X Factor wings'
ITV’s Peter Fincham has made a public plea to the BBC not to schedule this autumn’s Strictly Come Dancing directly against The X Factor.
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NewsBBC3 plans Serial-style online series
BBC3 is developing a Serial-style factual series as one of its first online commissions ahead of the closure of its linear channel.
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NewsStudio Lambert creates BBC3 horror format
Studio Lambert is to launch a Gogglebox-inspired talent hunt for a horror director in a BBC3 series.
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NewsWhittingdale denies government has an anti-BBC agenda
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has denied that the government green paper on the future of the BBC formed part of a pre-meditated Conservative assault on the corporation.
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NewsBBC2 checks into Real Exotic Marigold Hotel
Twofour is to replicate the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel film with a group of celebrities in a documentary series for BBC2.
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NewsHall: BBC cuts would put 32,000 jobs at risk
Tony Hall has warned that further cuts to the BBC’s funding would have a seismic impact on the UK’s creative industries and could result in the loss of 32,000 jobs.
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FeaturesDamian Kavanagh, BBC3
BBC3 digital controller Damian Kavanagh talks to Hannah Gannagé-Stewart about his ambitions for the channel and the challenges ahead as it moves online this autumn
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NewsBBC Earth reveals debut slate
BBC Earth has partnered with ITV and Channel 5 on its inaugural slate of global factual entertainment commissions, including a 10-part Jackass-style fishing series.
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NewsCan BBC TV retain the young?
The BBC’s challenge to hold on to BBC3’s young viewers has been laid bare by the performance of the channel’s biggest shows on BBC2.
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NewsBBCW reveals online strategy
BBC Worldwide has established a dedicated Digital Studio team that will ramp up the volume of online content it creates.
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NewsDanny Cohen backs entertainment on the BBC
Danny Cohen has warned that the BBC will fight any government attempt to make the corporation retreat from traditional entertainment programming.
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CommentEdinburgh will have political edge
The BBC’s future will be on everyone’s lips at this year’s festival
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NewsDanny Cohen pledges to safeguard ‘crown jewels’ sports
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has pledged to safeguard ‘crown jewels’ sports such as Wimbledon and the World Cup from pay-TV rivals.
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NewsTV industry backs BBC in letter to John Whittingdale
Broadcast has written to culture secretary John Whittingdale to underline the significant cross-industry support for the BBC.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale letter in full
Broadcast editor Chris Curtis sets out the results of Broadcast’s Backing the BBC campaign
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NewsBBC1 returns to Decimate
CPL Productions’ BBC1 daytime quiz show Decimate has been recommissioned for a second 25 x 45-minute series.
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NewsVIDEO: Life without the BBC
Further to today’s results of a BBC study, click to see how households across the UK responded to having no BBC services for nine days.
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RatingsWorld’s Busiest Railway steams off with 9pm slot
MONDAY: BBC2 won the 9pm slot with World’s Busiest Railway while later in the evening controversial Channel 4 documentary Muslim Drag Queens informed 1m.
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NewsViewers accept licence fee after BBC 'cold turkey' experiment
More than two-thirds of households which opposed the current licence fee level have changed their view after abstaining from BBC services for nine days.
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NewsDanny Cohen: no public desire for market failure BBC
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has claimed that there is no public desire for the corporation to become a “market failure” broadcaster.