All BBC articles – Page 519
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NewsBBC moves Bargain Hunt to Wales
BBC daytime stalwart Bargain Hunt is to move its production base to BBC Wales from August 2014.
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NewsDG to unveil BBC vision in October
The BBC has confirmed that Tony Hall will set out his vision for the corporation in a major strategy speech in October.
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NewsBBC2 opens doors to The Estate Agents
Betty is to follow the fortunes of 10 estate agents across the UK in a BBC2 series.
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NewsIncoming Newsnight editor apologises to Labour MP
Newsnight editor Ian Katz has been forced into an apology less than 10 days since taking over BBC2’s flagship show.
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NewsPAC hearing: the key moments
Seven of the BBC’s most senior past and present executives were hauled before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday to explain huge payoffs to senior managers.
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NewsBBC Trust is “broken” say MPs
MPs at today’s Public Accounts Committee hearing were repeatedly “astounded” that the BBC Trust did not ask former DG Mark Thompson more rigorous questions about the “eye-watering” £1.02m paid to his former deputy Mark Byford.
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NewsBBC payoffs row: the protagonists
The escalating row over BBC payoffs will come to a head this afternoon as current and former BBC grandees face the MPs of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Click for Broadcast’s guide to the key protagonists.
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NewsBBC Trust ‘faces axe’ in payoffs row
The government is weighing up abolishing the BBC Trust as part a major overhaul of the corporation’s governance, according to a report.
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NewsBBC payoffs: all you need to know
Click to read all the stories surrounding the BBC payoff scandal to have emerged this week.
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NewsThompson accuses Patten of misleading MPs
Former director general Mark Thompson has accused BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten of “fundamentally misleading” MPs over corporation payoffs at a Commons select committee hearing.
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CommentTony Hall must tackle culture of BBC payoffs
Jake Kanter explains why the director general’s new payout rules are just a starting point.
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NewsBBC3 returns to Islamist doc
BBC3 has commissioned a landmark follow-up documentary to My Brother The Islamist after the film’s subject Richard Dart was jailed in April for plotting terrorist attacks in the UK.
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NewsBBCW hikes UK content fund
BBC Worldwide is to up its spend on UK content to £200m over the next 12 months, the bulk of which will be spent with UK indies.
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NewsBBC payoffs: a grim picture
Tony Hall strained to get on the front foot in the row over senior management payoffs this week after the corporation published a deluge of further damning figures.
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NewsBBC Trust sets out case on Byford payoff
Mark Thompson will face tough scrutiny by MPs at next week’s Public Accounts Committee hearing after Lord Patten’s bid to shed light on controversial payoffs to Mark Byford and Sharon Baylay.
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NewsBBC to publish annual payoffs review
The BBC is to publish a senior management payoffs review as part of its annual report in a bid to win back public trust over poorly governed severance deals.
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NewsBBC claws back Bennett's £687k payoff from Worldwide
The BBC paid for Jana Bennett’s £687,333 BBC Worldwide redundancy package out of the licence fee but later recovered the cost, according to new revelations about the corporation’s payoffs.
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NewsCBBC extends Science Fiction shorts
Kite Entertainment has landed a CBBC commission for a science-based comedy series featuring a mixture of puppetry and animation.
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NewsLucy Adams hits NUJ with legal threat
BBC HR director Lucy Adams has issued the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) with a legal warning over its claims that she tried to undermine its resistance to 2010 pension changes.
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NewsBBC drama trail angers female writers
The BBC’s new Original British Drama trailer has sparked an online backlash with female television writers complaining that it features hardly any women.