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VideoVIDEO: BBC2 Drama
A first look at BBC2 dramas including The Last Kingdom, London Spy, The Dresser and Stonemouth.
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RatingsBBC4 drama 1864 underway with 640k
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent continued to smash the competition for ITV as Danish drama 1864 got underway on BBC4 with 640,000.
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NewsBBC1 orders Sally Wainwright film on Brontë family
Bafta-winning Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright will write and direct a 1 x 120 minutes film about the Brontë sisters to air on BBC1 next year.
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RatingsJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell spooks 4.5m
SUNDAY: BBC1 drama Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell spirited up an audience of 4.5m, but was edged out by ITV’s Home Fires.
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NewsBBC3 orders third series of Cuckoo
BBC3 controller Damian Kavanagh and comedy controller Shane Allen have ordered a third series of Greg Davies sitcom Cuckoo.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC future & Netflix
Fallout from the general election is top of the agenda on Talking TV this week.
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NewsTop Gear set for first post-Clarkson format deal
Top Gear is set to be remade in Italy after BBC Worldwide struck the show’s first international format deal since the fracas surrounding Jeremy Clarkson.
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Behind The ScenesSuntrap, BBC1
A six-part sitcom set on a sun-drenched island was the perfect start for our newly launched indie– until we had to go to sea, says Neil Webster
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FeaturesJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, BBC1
BBC1’s adaption of Susanna Clarke’s novel takes the viewer on a journey into a fantastical world - but always remains grounded in reality. Benji Wilson finds out how it was done
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NewsGreg James pens pilot for BBC Comedy Feeds
Radio 1 DJ Greg James has co-written a sitcom about a luckless DJ as part of the fourth wave of Comedy Feeds pilots, which will launch on BBC iPlayer later this year.Comedy Feeds was established as a breeding ground for fresh comedy talent in 2012 and ...
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NewsPatrick Holland and Polly Hill: indie verdict
New BBC documentaries and drama heads are broadly welcomed by production community
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NewsBBC4 ready for more slow TV
BBC4 is on the hunt for slow TV ideas on a bigger scale following the success of its Goes Slow season, which featured a canal trip and glassblowing.
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NewsTories’ TV plans in spotlight
Negotiating a fresh 10-year BBC charter is at the top of the agenda for new culture secretary John Whittingdale.
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CommentBattle for the licence fee shapes up
New culture secretary wants change, but is a considered critic of BBC
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NewsBBC eyes next Hilary Mantel adaptation
The BBC is developing an adaption of Hilary Mantel’s French revolution novel A Place of Greater Safety following the success of Wolf Hall.
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NewsLicence fee decriminalisation back on the agenda
Decriminalisation of non-payment of the licence fee will be put back on the agenda during charter renewal negotiations later this year.
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NewsTony Hall rallies BBC staff ahead of charter renewal
Tony Hall has prepared BBC staff for “lively and robust debate” ahead of charter renewal, and asked them to be “bold and inventive” about the corporation’s future.
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NewsArmando Iannucci to deliver Edinburgh MacTaggart
The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci is to deliver the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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CommentBBC faces being cut back to basics
The BBC’s tough past few years are nothing compared to the pain it will face under the new government, says John Mair
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NewsChris Bryant braced for ‘big job’ defending BBC
Newly-appointed shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant has argued that he faces a “big job” in fighting for the future of the BBC.