All BBC articles – Page 444
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NewsHat Trick and Avalon to make BBC3 bid
Hat Trick Productions and Avalon Entertainment are to make an audacious bid for BBC3 in an attempt to save it as a TV channel.
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NewsBBC and PBS strike factual content deal
The BBC has struck an ambitious partnership with PBS to develop and commission blue-chip natural history and factual programming.
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NewsBBC unveils plans for Victoria Derbyshire show
Victoria Derbyshire’s daytime business programme is to air simultaneously on BBC2, BBC News and online with a host of “digital-first” content.
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NewsSioned Wiliam joins Radio 4 commissioning team
Former ITV comedy controller Sioned Wiliam is to become BBC Radio 4’s comedy commissioner.
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RatingsThe Voice rises 500,000
SATURDAY: The Voice UK gained half a million viewers, thrashing a poor second outing for Stars In Their Eyes.
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NewsBBC R&D tests virtual reality with BBC Philharmonic
BBC R&D has produced a virtual reality pilot of a BBC Philharmonic performance as part of ongoing tests into the format.
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NewsCavanagh handed interim BBC channel exec role
Pointless commissioner Pam Cavanagh has been promoted to acting channel executive for BBC1 and BBC3 on a temporary basis.
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NewsAndy Wilman: 2014 was Top Gear’s ‘annus horribilis’
In an interview with Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast from January, the Top Gear executive producer claimed that the BBC did not fully support the show.
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PodcastTalking TV: Top Gear & diversity
Talking TV returns for its first episode of the year and hears from Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman on the show’s “annus horribilis”.
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NewsLords: level of women in news 'simply not good enough'
The number of women in news and current affairs broadcasting is “simply not good enough” and “urgent” improvements in monitoring are needed to address the gender gap, according to an influential committee of peers.
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NewsBBC’s commitment to Birmingham questioned
The BBC’s commitment to Birmingham has been questioned amid plans to move an Asian Network show away from the city and the departure of a key Mailbox executive.
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NewsBBC2 swoops for US political thriller
BBC2 has made a rare major acquisition from the LA Screenings, swooping for big-budget US drama Odyssey.
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CommentBBC doesn’t deserve award for Sir Cliff raid broadcast
Wrong to enter search of star’s property for RTS, says Dominic Crossley
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VideoVIDEO: The Eichmann Show, BBC2
Watch the trailer for the Holocaust trial drama starring Martin Freeman.
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NewsDiversity: TV united and divided
Channel 4 unveiled a comprehensive vision to tackle diversity this week, highlighting the challenge facing an industry united in its goals but divided on its solutions.
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NewsBBC makes a season of song & dance
The BBC has lifted the curtain on a season of programming celebrating song and dance which will stretch across radio and TV.
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NewsTony Hall: 2015 a ‘high risk’ year for BBC
Director general Tony Hall has called on all BBC staff to become “ambassadors” for the corporation as it faces a “high risk” year which includes the general election and charter renewal.
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NewsBroadcasters urged to 'press ahead' with leader debates
David Cameron is facing mounting pressure to take part in the televised election debates after rival party leaders urged broadcasters to “press ahead” with or without the prime minister.
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NewsBBC apologises for Paris interview gaffe
The BBC has apologised after reporter Tim Willcox told the daughter of a holocaust survivor that “Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands” during an interview at the French unity rallies at the weekend.