All BBC articles – Page 453
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CommentBBC soaps should be up for grabs
Opening up long-running series to competition is in everyone’s interests, says Jane Turton
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NewsReggie Yates’ Russia trip leads BBC3 factual slate
Reggie Yates is to investigate the extremes of Russian society in a BBC3 series that forms the centrepiece of a raft of factual commissions for the channel.
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NewsBBC hints at savings focus
The BBC’s radio, digital and nations divisions are set to be put under the microscope after the corporation warned that it will be increasingly diffi cult to protect frontline programming and services from future efficiency cuts.
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NewsPact urges BBC to clarify IP ownership rules
The BBC must strengthen its guidelines around commissioners owning intellectual property to avoid another Prized Apart-style controversy, according to Pact.
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NewsDanny Cohen: ‘crazy’ to undermine BBC
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has warned the government it would be “crazy” to undermine the corporation during charter renewal negotiations.
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NewsZadie Smith novel adapted by BBC
The BBC is developing an adaptation of Zadie Smith’s fourth novel NW with Parade’s End indie Mammoth Screen.
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NewsBBC Trust to review Radio 4 and 5 Live
The BBC Trust has launched a review of the corporation’s speech radio stations BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live.
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Behind The ScenesWild Weather, BBC1
When the complex weather phenomena we wanted to study couldn’t be found, we had to make our own, says Graham Booth
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NewsBBC tool helps kids’ create online game
The BBC has launched Make It: Technobabble, a spin-off online platform from the CBBC series that allows children to develop their own games.
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NewsSalmon: BBC must tread carefully over in-house plans
The BBC must ensure that plans to commercialise its in-house production arm do not impact the progress the corporation has made in the regions, according to BBC England director Peter Salmon.
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NewsKids figures urge chancellor to commit to tax break
Over thirty of the leading figures in the British kids’ TV industry have urged chancellor George Osborne to commit to a tax break for live action programming in the autumn statement.
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NewsBBC in £2m branded merchandise push
The BBC is prepared to spend as much as £1.9m on branded merchandise to promote its services and programming over the next four years.
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NewsBBC DJ’s Ched Evans rape remarks investigated
Nick Conrad’s controversial comments about the Ched Evans rape row on BBC Radio Norfolk last month are to be investigated by Ofcom.
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RatingsRemember Me scares off 1m
SUNDAY: Remember Me scared 1m viewers away from BBC1 for its second episode as I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here entertained its biggest audience in 11 days.
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NewsBBC shelves Shannon Matthews drama
BBC1 has paused production on a dramatisation of Shannon Matthews’ hoax kidnapping to address “important production and editorial matters”.
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RatingsStrictly 2m ahead of The X Factor
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing held a 2m viewer lead over The X Factor, as mythical drama Atlantis continued to underperform.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC1’s entertainment quest & Charlie Higson
Talking TV returns from a short sabbatical with a bounty of goods, including the story behind BBC1’s forthcoming Harry Hill comedy drama Professor Branestawm.
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NewsRadio 5 Live lauds online success
BBC Radio 5 Live has heralded its campaign to reach more listeners online after its In Short service generated a record number of requests in October.
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NewsBBC2 orders Spanish Armada docudrama
BBC2 is to tell the “untold story” of the Spanish Armada in a forthcoming docudrama.
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RatingsLife Story bows out on low
THURSDAY: David Attenborough’s BBC1 wildlife series Life Story bowed with its worst ratings of the series.