All BBC articles – Page 560
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NewsHorrible Histories team to make world records show
The team behind Horrible Histories has created a new CBBC format that will aim to bring fresh insight into world record attempts.
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NewsOlympics smashes iPlayer records
The Olympics ratings halo effect has continued to glow – by helping to smash viewing records on the BBC iPlayer.
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NewsCitizen Khan to return for second outing on BBC1
BBC1 has handed sitcom Citizen Khan a second series – a week before the first has finished broadcasting.
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NewsBBC plans to ‘liberate’ entertainment indies
The BBC’s entertainment commissioning team is set to overhaul its pitching processes in a bid to unearth the next big shiny floor show.
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FeaturesGiving kids the best of both worlds
The mash-up idea behind CBBC’s fantasy/sci-fi hybrid came quickly. Honing it took longer – and the Olympics Opening Ceremony proved particularly inspiring, learns Paul Whitelaw
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FeaturesA summer blip in the ratio?
More females appear, but is that due to ‘lighter’ or female-focused stories, asks Lis Howell
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NewsBarcelona becomes BBC Store
The BBC’s download-to-own service, codenamed Project Barcelona, is to be called BBC Store.
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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.