All BBC articles – Page 465

  • Top Gear
    Podcast

    Talking TV: Top Gear & Ripper Street

    2014-02-28T13:02:00Z

    It’s destination Top Gear on the Talking TV podcast as executive producer Andy Wilman drops in to discuss the BBC2 motoring show.

  • Sky dish
    News

    Sky drops BBC retransmission fees

    2014-02-28T12:49:00Z

    Sky is to drop the retransmission fees it charges the BBC and ITV after agreeing fresh terms with both broadcasters.

  • George Dixon
    News

    Dixon departs RTE for BBCW

    2014-02-28T10:09:00Z

    George Dixon is to join BBC Worldwide to oversee commissioning across its international channels after leaving Irish public broadcaster RTÉ.

  • David Walliams
    News

    BBC signs Agatha Christie deal

    2014-02-28T09:40:00Z

    The BBC has signed a deal with the Agatha Christie estate to return the author to the “pantheon of truly great British writers” on the 125th anniversary of her birth through a range of new dramas.

  • Gary Lineker
    News

    Cohen: Match of the Day must be more diverse

    2014-02-28T09:00:00Z

    BBC director of television Danny Cohen is set to make Match of the Day the next target of his diversity mission after banning all-male comedy panel shows.

  • Frozen Planet
    News

    BBC Store gets greenlight from Trust

    2014-02-27T18:03:00Z

    The BBC’s plans to launch a download-to-own portal for archive programming have taken a step forward after being approved by the BBC Trust.

  • BBC
    News

    BBC charter renewal talks set for 2015

    2014-02-27T15:37:00Z

    Formal charter renewal negotiations are unlikely to begin in earnest until after the general election in 2015, it has emerged.

  • Flea
    News

    iPlayer drama slate revealed

    2014-02-27T07:54:00Z

    BBC director general Tony Hall’s vision of making iPlayer the “front door of the BBC” will move a step closer next month with the release of three web-only dramas.

  • strictly-come-dancing
    News

    Indie execs query Cohen’s IP payment idea

    2014-02-27T07:43:00Z

    Senior indie figures have raised questions over mooted plans to reward BBC Productions staff who create IP that generates significant returns for BBC Worldwide.

  • Christopher and his Kind
    News

    BBC lacking gay characters

    2014-02-27T07:35:00Z

    Ben Stephenson has voiced concerns about the lack of gay characters in UK drama – and argued that BBC drama has a “long way to go” before it becomes truly diverse.

  • Life of Rock
    News

    Hall changes approach to cuts

    2014-02-27T07:34:00Z

    Director general Tony Hall has hinted that a major BBC channel or service could be at risk after ruling out further corporation-wide cuts to find another £100m of savings.

  • Electric Dreams
    News

    BBC2 lines up food history series

    2014-02-27T07:20:00Z

    BBC2 is close to commissioning a Wall to Wall Television history format exploring how advances in the culinary world have shaped British family life over the past 40 years.

  • 37 Days
    Behind The Scenes

    37 Days, BBC2

    2014-02-27T07:09:00Z

    We didn’t have the luxury of a drama budget but Northern Ireland was great value as a location

  • Tony Hall
    News

    Oxford Media Convention: Tony Hall speech in full

    2014-02-26T16:51:00Z

    Click to read Tony Hall’s speech at the Oxford Media Convention on 26 February in full.

  • Maria Miller
    News

    Independent Scotland risks losing BBC

    2014-02-26T15:49:00Z

    Scotland risks losing the BBC if they vote to leave the UK, culture secretary Maria Miller told the Oxford Media Convention today.

  • Miranda
    News

    ITV comedy commissioner joins BBC

    2014-02-26T14:38:00Z

    ITV comedy commissioner Myfanwy Moore is to leave the broadcaster after two years to head up the BBC’s in-house comedy division.

  • Tony Hall
    News

    Tony Hall: licence fee needs modernising

    2014-02-26T13:12:00Z

    BBC director general Tony Hall has admitted that the licence fee must be brought up to date to account for the increase in iPlayer viewing.

  • Ripper Street
    News

    Amazon revives Ripper Street

    2014-02-26T10:13:00Z

    BBC1 drama Ripper Street is to be resurrected on Amazon’s new subscription service Prime Instant Video.

  • Tony Hall
    News

    BBC bids to become world's best broadcaster

    2014-02-25T22:29:00Z

    Tony Hall will launch the BBC’s biggest-ever industry benchmarking study as he bids to transform the corporation into the best-run broadcaster in the world.

  • TV
    News

    Ofcom set for third major PSB review

    2014-02-25T17:28:00Z

    Ofcom is to undertake a new PSB review, a significant study that will help define the future of public service broadcasting in the UK.