All BBC articles – Page 551
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NewsLord Patten angrily defends George Entwistle’s payout
BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has animatedly defended George Entwistle’s £450,000 payout as it continues to cast a shadow over the former director general’s exit.
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NewsNew DG to help Tim Davie hire execs
Incoming BBC director general Tony Hall will help Tim Davie fill the corporation’s senior management vacuum over the coming months as he bids to build a “world class” leadership team.
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CommentTony Hall right man to restore trust
Tony Hall emerged as the favoured candidate over the last few days and it’s not hard to see why.
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NewsBBC led by two Lords after Hall hired
Crossbencher Lord Hall of Birkenhead will become the second Lord leading the BBC as he joins Conservative Lord Patten in March.
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NewsBBC Trustee "indignant" at Entwistle payoff
BBC Trustee Anthony Fry has spoken of his “moral indignation” at the size of former DG George Entwistle’s payoff but claimed that he had no choice but to recommend the award to Trust chair Lord Patten.
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NewsTony Hall appointed new DG
Royal Opera House chief executive Tony Hall has been appointed as the new BBC director general.
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FeaturesTesting 3D’s drama potential
David Walliams’ comic novel receives the 3D treatment as the BBC explores the drama genre as part of its two-year experiment with the technology.
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NewsBBC reveals dramas for 2013
Hustle creator Tony Jordan and Scott & Bailey writer Sally Wainwright have both penned returnable police procedurals as part of a raft of BBC1 drama commissions that also includes a retelling of the Great Train Robbery by the team behind United.
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NewsKlein: BBC4 will keep character in DQF cuts
Richard Klein has vowed to maintain BBC4’s broad-ranging character in the face of programming budget cuts of almost 30%, aiming to plug gaps in its history and scripted output through acquisitions and arts.
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NewsNews chiefs staying in touch during Pollard
Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell will be keeping in touch with their teams, despite “stepping aside”, acting head of news Fran Unsworth has told BBC news staff in an email.
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NewsBBC plans cross-platform programming for WWI centenary
The BBC is planning a major cross-platform programming push to mark 2014’s centenary of World War I.
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NewsTrust steps up hunt for DG
The BBC Trust is meeting today (Thursday) for the 12th time in less than six weeks with the appointment of a new director general top of its agenda.
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NewsBBC3 commits to suicide comedy
US comedy writer Bob Kushell has created a black comedy for BBC3 about a group of men forced into launching an assisted suicide business.
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NewsPollard caught in legal mire
The BBC’s report into why Newsnight’s Jimmy Savile investigation was dropped looks set to be delayed until next month amid legal wrangles at the Pollard Review.
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FeaturesTV dips its toe into 3D drama
3D fiction has been a staple of feature film releases, but only now are broadcasters and producers starting to deliver 3D drama treatments. Adrian Pennington reports
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NewsTim Davie tackles staff concerns over BBC crisis
Tim Davie addressed all BBC staff for the first time today as he embarks on a tour of the country to “get a grip” on the crisis engulfing the corporation.
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NewsKlein hints at pulling TOTP
Archive editions of Top of the Pops face an uncertain future on BBC4, with controller Richard Klein admitting that “no decision” has been made on whether to screen the 1978 editions of the music show.
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NewsVicars, boffins and scousers share jokes for BBC4
Vicars are to tell dirty jokes for BBC4 in a British spin-off of cult hit Old Jews Telling Jokes for a planned ‘year of comedy’ on the channel.
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NewsBBC4 orders emergency aid film
BBC Four has commissioned a feature length documentary from Wall to Wall exploring the history of emergency aid and the current challenges facing the fundraising and distribution of disaster relief.
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NewsDavie and Patten summoned by culture committee
Acting BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten are to be grilled by MPs next week over the crisis at the corporation.