All BBC articles – Page 440
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RatingsNYE fireworks draw 12m to BBC1
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s coverage of London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display entertained 12m, as Mapp and Lucia concluded on a low note.
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RatingsMrs Brown’s Boys retains Christmas Day ratings crown
Mrs Brown’s Boys took the Christmas Day ratings crown for a second year in a row, as festive viewing hit its lowest point in nearly a decade.
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RatingsThe Wrong Mans returns with 2m
MONDAY: The Wrong Mans returned with a million fewer viewers than last year’s series debut on a big night of comedy.
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NewsBBC spends £800,000 settling unfair dismissal claims
The BBC has spent more than £800,000 settling nearly 50 claims of unfair dismissal over the past 10 years, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed.
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NewsRona Fairhead blocks publication of Savile review correspondence
Rona Fairhead has blocked the publication of some BBC correspondence with the Dame Janet Smith Review amid concerns the corporation has attempted to delay the investigation.
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RatingsThe Apprentice finale draws 6.2m
SUNDAY: The Apprentice hired its biggest finale audience since 2011.
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RatingsStrictly finale hits nine-year low
SATURDAY: The Strictly Come Dancing finale stumbled to its lowest audience since 2005 as television presenter Caroline Flack was crowned champion.
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NewsBBC quest for disabled The Apprentice candidate
The BBC is on the hunt for the first visibly disabled entrepreneur to star in next year’s series of The Apprentice following criticism over a lack of diversity in previous series of BBC1’s business show.
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RatingsThe Fall finale arrests series high
THURSDAY: The conclusion of Gillian Anderson’s BBC2 drama The Fall arrested a series high of 2.5m.
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NewsJames Harding: Panorama won’t be ‘hived off’
BBC director of news and current affairs James Harding has argued that it is unlikely that the corporation will hive off Panorama into a commercial entity under plans to transform in-house production.
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RatingsThe Apprentice semi-final recruits 1m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice added almost 1 million viewers as it rumbled towards its conclusion while BBC2’s Secrets of the Castle ended on a series high.
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RatingsThe Missing climaxes with series high
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The Missing concluded with its biggest audience of the series - as Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror failed to sparkle for Channel 4.
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NewsDrama hit hardest by PSB spending cuts
Drama, nations and regions and the arts were the areas of programming hit hardest by the UK public service broadcasters cutting their content spend by £500m over the past five years.
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NewsBBC1 tracks down second series of The Missing
BBC1 abduction drama The Missing will return for a second series with a fresh story, cast and location.
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NewsBBC dominates British Comedy Awards
The BBC dominated the British Comedy Awards, as Graham Norton and Mrs Brown’s Boys helped it take home seven gongs.
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NewsJo Street made acting BBC daytime boss
Jo Street has become the acting controller of BBC daytime following Damian Kavanagh’s appointment as BBC3 digital controller.
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NewsCBBC prepares comedy sketch show & factual format
CBBC has ordered six in-house series including comedy sketch show Class Dismissed and factual entertainment series The Dengineers.
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RatingsAudiences surge for Gogglebox and HIGNFY
FRIDAY: Gogglebox and Have I Got News For You benefited from the conclusion of ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! to register their biggest audiences in weeks.
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RatingsTomorrow’s Worlds transports 700,000
SATURDAY: Tomorrow’s Worlds bowed out with an average of almost 700,000 on BBC2 as Strictly Come Dancing beat The X Factor by almost 1.5m viewers.
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NewsC5 set to sign Football League rights
Channel 5 is set to pick up the rights to Football League coverage from the BBC after earmarking a primetime slot for a highlights show.