All BBC articles – Page 530
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NewsBBC1 takes Talpa comedy panel show to series
David Walliams, Frank Skinner and Micky Flanagan are to star in a BBC1 Saturday night comedy entertainment show about patriotic knowledge.
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NewsBBC pays Lord McAlpine £185,000 over child abuse claims
The BBC has agreed to pay Lord McAlpine £185,000 in damages after Newsnight wrongly implicated him in child abuse allegations.
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NewsBBC4 pulls TOTP repeat after Dave Lee Travis arrest
BBC4 has pulled a re-run of Top of the Pops from 1977 following the arrest of former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis today.
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NewsMcAlpine: 'My reputation can’t be repaired'
Lord McAlpine has said that his reputation “can’t be repaired” after a Newsnight report wrongly implicated him in child abuse allegations.
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NewsCaroline Thomson resurfaces to chair Digital UK
Former BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has been appointed chair of Digital UK and will oversee its merger with Freeview EPG operator DMOL.
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NewsOfcom probes BBC & ITV over child abuse reports
Ofcom has launched investigations into the BBC and ITV over their handling of broadcasts containing allegations of child abuse.
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NewsMcAlpine poised for Newsnight settlement with BBC
Lord McAlpine is on the brink of reaching an out-of-court settlement with the BBC after Newsnight wrongly implicated him child abuse allegations.
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CommentAnother decade, another crisis at Broadcasting House
Will BBC ever learn to defend itself in the face of critics, asks Steven Barnett.
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CommentJournalists must be fair and free
Post-Hutton ‘box-ticking’ must take some blame, says David Henshaw.
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NewsAgents and freelancers hit back over BBC employment tests
Talent agents and freelancers have criticised the BBC’s plans to introduce employment tests for temporary staff.
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NewsNewsnight enters new era
Newsnight staff have received a morale boost from Karen O’Connor immediately taking the editorial reins and a visit from acting director general Tim Davie, just days after all of the show’s investigations were suspended.
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NewsBBC urged to stand firm on current affairs
Current affairs producers have called on the BBC to stand firm in its commitment to investigative journalism in light of the “aberration” on Newsnight.
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NewsSplitting DG’s role risks ‘muddying the waters’
The BBC crisis has put the director general’s remit under the spotlight, but calls for the role to be split have met with mixed reaction from the industry.
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NewsMosey: it’s ‘business as usual’
BBC acting director of Vision Roger Mosey has insisted that the broadcaster will continue to take “creative risks” in its television output, despite the editorial crisis engulfing Newsnight.
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CommentIn defence of the Beeb...
The top of the corporation may be ablaze but its roots are still solid, says Lisa Campbell.
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NewsThe unravelling of a BBC DG
Sympathy for George Entwistle has lessened since the exposure of his frailties and pay-off
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FeaturesShared DNA – or Euro pudding?
In Geneva earlier this month, the cream of European drama producers met at Festival Tous Ecrans – the festival of all screens – to exchange ideas and thrash out an answer to this question.
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CommentRadio 1 must stay young
Radio 1 is doing what it’s always done, unashamedly appealing to a young audience and catering to its tastes.
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NewsBBC1 ends Hunted
BBC1 has confirmed that Kudos Film and Television’s drama Hunted will not return for a second series.