All BBC articles – Page 550
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CommentA victory for women’s sport?
The success of female athletes at London 2012 has prompted a fresh look at women’s sport.
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NewsBBC apologises to the Queen over Abu Hamza revelations
The BBC has apologised after its security correspondent Frank Gardner revealed the details of a private conversation with the Queen about radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri.
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NewsSlater: BBC should boost news coverage of women’s sport
The BBC’s director of sport Barbara Slater has thrown down the gauntlet to the corporation to report more women’s sport in its news output.
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NewsQuestion Time adds Twitter panellist
BBC1 is to extend the weekly Question Time line-up to a sixth panellist who will tweet their views throughout the programme.
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NewsKarl Warner appointed Edinburgh TV chair
BBC entertainment commissioner Karl Warner will be the Edinburgh International Television Festival advisory chair in 2013.
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NewsBBC director to speak at Sound Women NW
Peter Salmon, director of BBC North and Radio 5 Live’s Shelagh Fogarty are among the names appearing at a Sound Women North West event taking place next month.
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NewsBT appoints sports COO from BBC
The BBC’s head of production for London 2012 is to join BT as chief operating officer of its new sports channel.
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NewsBBC Connected Studio reveals first pilots
The BBC’s Connected Studio programme has invested in a series of prototypes including a “smart search” Weather service and a Cbeebies travel app.
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NewsReport calls for a digital WoCC and rights return
The BBC should set up a digital WoCC and hand back the rights to multiplatform content as the default position, according to an academic report into the sector.
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NewsBBC1 pulls Good Cop drama
BBC1 has pulled the final episode of its contemporary police drama Good Cop tonight following the shootings in Manchester this week.
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NewsAhmed unravels Ottoman Empire for BBC2 series
BBC head of religion Aaqil Ahmed is to fulfil a long-held ambition to explore the Ottoman Empire in a documentary series for BBC2.
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NewsBBC3 joins Comedy Unit’s Secret Dude Society
Edinburgh Fringe act Pappy’s has won an order for a studio sitcom for BBC3.
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NewsSergeant returns to aviation with Sea King
Broadcaster John Sergeant will tap into his aviation knowledge for a BBC2 film exploring the history of the Sea King military helicopter.
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NewsBBC set for radical shake-up
George Entwistle will kick off his tenure as BBC director general with a plan to radically reshape the corporation for a digital future.
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NewsOpie quits Twofour for BBC Vision
Twofour digital boss Lisa Opie is to become one of BBC Vision’s new business controllers as part of efforts to cut red tape and put more money on screen.
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NewsBBC: ‘bring coding to life’
BBC Learning head of commissioning Abigail Appleton has called on the production community to bring the dry subject of coding to life for a potential TV series.
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NewsShameless duo link up for BBC drama
Exile writer Danny Brocklehurst has joined forces again with Shameless colleague Jim Poyser for a BBC1 contemporary crime drama.
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NewsReef hires BBC’s Jubilee exec as head of factual
Reef Television has appointed the BBC exec editor responsible for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee coverage as its head of specialist factual.
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Behind The ScenesLeonardo (series 2), CBBC
Kindle Entertainment’s Lucy Martin and Valerie Ames take Broadcast behind the scenes of action-packed drama series Leonardo.
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NewsEntwistle still hunting BBC cuts
BBC director general George Entwistle has revealed that the corporation is running a pilot scheme in which a small roving team of staff are visit various departments in a bid to find radical savings.