All BBC articles – Page 540
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RatingsApprentice semi-final hires 6.15m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice semi-final won the 9pm slot but was 2m viewers down on last year with 6.1m (25.7%).
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CommentA rare dose of common sense
Latest restructure looks a good move for BBC in-house and indies.
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NewsCohen hails Voice UK a success despite ‘teething problems’
Controller Danny Cohen has hailed The Voice UK as a Saturday night “game-changer” for BBC1 and expects to make progress with its live show “teething problems” in series two.
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NewsBBC changes business model
The BBC is “radically redesigning” its business model, promising to cut red tape within BBC Vision and put more money on screen.
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Behind The ScenesThe Secret History Of Our Streets, BBC2
Our look at local history uncovered a shocking tale of communities forced out and beautiful houses replaced with tower blocks, says Joseph Bullman.
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NewsBBCW plans global broadcast of Diamond Jubilee
BBC Worldwide will air coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations across five continents this weekend.
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RatingsJimmy Doherty and Royals fail to perform
TUESDAY: The launch of Jimmy Doherty’s first Channel 4 series attracted an audience of 1.4m failing to meet the slot average, while ITV1’s royal-themed programmes also struggled.
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NewsThompson: politicians must decide over Scottish BBC
Mark Thompson has said the politicians must establish whether the BBC could be carved up to create a separate Scottish entity, rather than the broadcaster itself.
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NewsFood Inspectors to return to BBC1
BBC1 has ordered a second series of The Food Inspectors and is moving it to the 8pm slot.
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RatingsPanorama scores 3.5m with football racism doc
MONDAY: A Panorama documentary featuring evidence of racism in Poland and Ukrainian football clubs ahead of the Euro 2012 drew the strand’s third biggest audience of the year, while the first episode of Springwatch broadly maintained last year’s viewing figures.
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NewsThe Voice tops iPlayer charts
BBC1 talent show The Voice was the most viewed show on the iPlayer in March and April, with around 1.5m requests for its biggest episodes.
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NewsDirk Gently falls victim to DQF
The holistic detective Dirk Gently has become the latest victim of the BBC’s cost-cutting initiative DQF.
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NewsRichards has applied for DG role, Ofcom confirms
Ofcom has confirmed that its chief executive Ed Richards has applied for the position of director general at the BBC.
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RatingsEurovision and The Voice take a tumble
SATURDAY: The Eurovision Song Contest’s audience dipped by 2m on last year’s performance while The Voice UK continued to slide in the ratings – on a day that BBC1 managed to maintain the lion’s share of the audience.
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NewsRafaele and Humphreys handed new BBC roles
Former Channel 4 documentaries commissioner Aysha Rafaele has been made head of BBC in-house documentaries and Natalie Humphreys has been made pan-UK controller of factual network production as the BBC finalises its in-house team.
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NewsLegal wrangle over BBC4's Room At the Top resolved
A BBC4 adaptation of classic 1950s novel Room At The Top will finally make it to air after being dropped last year because of a legal wrangle over the rights to the story.
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NewsBBC strikes three-year Premier League highlights deal
Match of the Day will be made available on iPlayer for the first time after the BBC struck a £180m deal to hold on to Premier League highlights for another three years.
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NewsBBC trainee scheme deadline approaches
The BBC is inviting final applications for its Production Management Trainee Scheme.
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RatingsHouse beaten by Glee on Sky1
The last ever episode of House attracted fewer viewers than the last episode of the current series of Glee on Sky1, which managed to draw in the channel’s biggest audience of the day.
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NewsWestwood leaves 1Xtra drivetime in schedule shakeup
Digital radio station BBC 1Xtra will replace Tim Westwood as host of its drivetime show with up-and-coming talent Charlie Sloth as part of a schedule shake-up.