All BBC articles – Page 515
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NewsThe Wrong Mans to return for BBC
BBC2 is on the brink of renewing James Corden’s comedy thriller The Wrong Mans for a second series.
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NewsComedy Central poaches BBC exec
Comedy Central has poached BBC executive Louise Holmes to become its vice president of programming.
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NewsBBC to appoint iPlayer controller
BBC director of television Danny Cohen aims to make the iPlayer the corporation’s “fifth channel” by appointing a dedicated controller of the VoD service to sit alongside the heads of its TV channels.
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NewsBBC reveals WWI centenary plans
The BBC has pledged that its World War I centenary plans will represent the “biggest and most ambitious” collaborative season of programming the corporation has undertaken.
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NewsBBC Salford relocation deals branded ‘excessive’
Relocation packages designed to incentivise BBC staff to move to Salford have been branded “excessive” by a group of MPs.
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NewsIn The Night Garden takes root at CBeebies
CBeebies has renewed its deal for one hundred episodes of In The Night Garden from new owner DHX Media, guaranteeing the successful kids series will remain on air until at least 2020.
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NewsRadio 2 orders commercial radio doc
BBC Radio 2 has ordered a two-part doc looking at the history of the commercial radio sector.
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NewsBBC to create CBeebies Land at Alton Towers
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to create a CBeebies-themed area at theme park Alton Towers.
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NewsBBC1 poaches Great British Bake Off
BBC1 will become the home of The Great British Bake Off from next year following its continued success on BBC2.
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NewsClangers revived by CBeebies
CBeebies is to bring back cult animated children’s show Clangers after a 45-year absence from UK television.
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NewsBBC re-hires nine payoff beneficiaries
The BBC has given freelance or contractor work to 10% of the top earners that have left the corporation with a payoff in over the past three years.
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NewsBBC2 revisits 1960s doc The Great War
BBC2 has dug up unused footage from landmark 1960s series The Great War for a special documentary.
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NewsKill List's Ben Wheatley to direct Doctor Who
The BBC has chosen acclaimed film director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers) to introduce Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who.
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PodcastTalking TV: Tony Hall's BBC vision
Broadcast’s latest Talking TV podcast assesses Tony Hall’s first major address as BBC director general and hears from Breathless creator Paul Unwin.
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NewsBBC2 plots holographic stats doc
BBC2 is to employ the 3D holographic projection technique used by ITV to bring back Les Dawson to help dispel myths about global population trends.
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NewsBBC unearths lost Doctor Who episodes
The BBC has released nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who on iTunes after they were discovered in a TV relay station in Nigeria.
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FeaturesQ&A: Cheryl Taylor, CBBC
The commissioner reveals her top pitching tips and what programmes she wants
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NewsElmo comes to MediaCityUK
The Furchester – the kids’ series resulting from a unique tie-up between Sesame Workshop and CBeebies – will help the north-west of England become the “home of British puppeteering”, according to the BBC.