All BBC articles – Page 497
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NewsSeann Walsh to play a monk in BBC1 comedy pilot
Comedian Seann Walsh will star as a reformed benefits cheat in a BBC1 sitcom pilot set in a monastery.
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NewsNick Robinson: BBC made 'terrible mistake' on immigration
BBC political editor Nick Robinson has admitted the corporation made a “terrible mistake” in the way it has previously reported on immigration.
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NewsBBC to spend £500k boosting links
The BBC is to spend as much as £500,000 bringing in help to boost the number of links to external websites across its online platforms.
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NewsBBC America poised for record 2013
BBC America, the BBC Worldwide-operated US cable network, is expecting to achieve its best-ever year on the back of hit dramas including Doctor Who.
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NewsWall to Wall to supercharge The Voice game
Fans of The Voice will be able to compete against each other via a mobile app that will award them points for correctly guessing the opinion of its on-screen judges.
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NewsBBC hints at commissioning quota overhaul
The BBC has hinted at a shake-up of its commissioning quotas as it bids to keep pace with changes in the UK production industry.
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NewsFive stories you may have missed at Christmas
Broadcast’s round-up of some of the television stories you may have missed over the Christmas period.
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NewsCBBC debuts first show on iPlayer
BBC iPlayer requests in November were up by over a quarter year-on-year - as CBBC revealed plans to debut comedy drama series 4 O’Clock Club via the VoD service.
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NewsThe Office opens in the Czech Republic
Ricky Gervais comedy The Office is poised for its latest remake - this time in the Czech Republic.
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NewsBBC DMI bosses collected £18,000 in bonuses
The BBC paid senior managers overseeing the failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI) £18,000 in bonuses, it has emerged.
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NewsDynamo heads to BBC1
BBC1 has snapped up the rights to air some of the first series of Watch’s hit magic show Dynamo: Magician Impossible.
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NewsR4 political chief slams BBC portrayals of disability
BBC Radio 4’s chief political correspondent Gary O’Donoghue has criticised the corporation’s drama output for allowing actors to effectively “black up” to play people with disabilities.
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NewsBBC lifts lid on DMI failings
A PwC report has revealed the BBC’s most senior executives did not have “sufficient” grasp of the Digital Media Initiative (DMI) to challenge its faltering progress, before it was axed at a cost of £98.4m.
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NewsMark Freeland lands senior BBC Productions role
Comedy exec Mark Freeland has been named BBC Productions controller of fiction & entertainment and will head up the corporation’s in-house drama, entertainment and comedy teams.
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NewsTeamRock wins rights to repeat Radio 1 show
National DAB radio station TeamRock has signed a landmark agreement with the BBC to repeat a Radio 1 broadcast first aired 20 years ago.
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NewsLorraine Pascale fronts fostering doc for BBC2
TV chef Lorraine Pascale is to front a BBC2 film about foster care in the UK.
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NewsMiranda lined up for BBC adaptation
Miranda Hart is being lined up to star in a BBC comedy series written by novelist Kathy Lette.
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NewsStoryville orders Daisy Asquith doc
BBC4 doc strand Storyville and the Irish Film Board (IFB) have ordered a documentary from Crazy About One Direction-director Daisy Asquith.
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NewsLord Nelson life dramatised by BBC2
The letters of Lord Horatio Nelson are to be turned into a drama doc for BBC2 by Oxford Scientific Films.
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NewsBBC2 buys Coast Australia
The Coast format is to come full circle after the Australian version of the factual series was picked up by BBC2.