All BBC articles – Page 452
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Behind The ScenesHuman Tissue Squad, BBC3
With months spent hanging around mortuaries this was not a job for the squeamish
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NewsDanny Cohen: it’s time to shape up
BBC director of television promises to crack down on commissioners ‘letting the BBC down’
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NewsTern brings fresh faces to BBC4
Tern TV has secured £1m worth of commissions from BBC4 as it bids to help channel editor Cassian Harrison bring fresh faces to the channel.
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NewsDanny Cohen rallies support for BBC
Danny Cohen has made an impassioned appeal to the industry to get behind the corporation as it approaches its “biggest moment for a generation”.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing set for clash with The X Factor
The launch of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing is to go head-to-head with ITV’s The X Factor after both shows were scheduled in a Sunday evening slot.
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NewsBBC Academy plans freelance drama training
BBC Academy is to host two training days for drama freelancers in Birmingham and Salford later this year.
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NewsBrown Bob wins first BBC show
Fledgling indie Brown Bob Productions has hired Flame Television’s head of development and picked up its first commission - a BBC daytime format.
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NewsBBC3 cooks up chicken shop sitcom
A sitcom set in a fried chicken shop, produced by Bwark and Two Brothers Pictures, is one of three comedies green-lit by BBC3.
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NewsSherlock pulls off Emmy hat trick
BBC1 drama Sherlock has won a trio of awards at the 2014 Emmy Awards.
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RatingsPeter Capaldi’s Doctor Who debut draws 6.8m
SATURDAY: Peter Capaldi’s debut as Doctor Who helped the sci-fi drama to its best series launch audience since 2010.
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NewsMoore blames social media for Generation Game mishap
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore has blamed social media for the confusion over Miranda Hart’s involvement in a revival of The Generation Game.
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PodcastTalking TV: Edinburgh special
A special edition of Talking TV heads to the Edinburgh International Television Festival to sort through all the major themes of this year’s conference.
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NewsBen Stephenson urges industry to back BBC
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has called on the TV industry to get behind the corporation as it faces a “worrying time” in the run up to charter renewal.
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NewsBBC3 shows to air in BBC1 peaktime
Some BBC3 shows will play in the heart of peaktime on BBC1 after the youth-skewing channel moves online, as part of a push to better serve young viewers.
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NewsTory MP: government has interfered in BBC Trust hire
Conservative MP Conor Burns had admitted the government has interfered in the appointment of the next BBC Trust chair.
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NewsCohen: BBC in-house will hold onto hit shows
Long-running BBC in-house shows, such as EastEnders and Top Gear, will not be put out for tender as part of plans to scrap quotas and free-up internal producers to pitch to all broadcasters.
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NewsBBC to relaunch e-commissioning system
Danny Cohen has revealed that the BBC will relaunch its e-commissioning system this autumn as he bemoaned the corporation’s commissioning performance.
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NewsDarlow Smithson travels to Victorian workhouse for BBC1
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore is keen to introduce new angles to the channel’s factual programming, kicking off with a series focusing on the poorest members of Victorian society.
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NewsZai Bennett: obliterating BBC3 budget a huge mistake
Former BBC3 controller Zai Bennett has roundly criticised the decision to close down its linear channel.
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RatingsHonourable Woman bows out with 1.6m
THURSDAY: Hugo Blick’s BBC2 thriller The Honourable Woman bowed out with its second best performance of the run, entertaining a series average of 1.6m.