All BBC articles – Page 569
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NewsProf Cox and Hairy Bikers help BBC2 celebrate British inventors
Professor Brian Cox is to reveal his icons of British science as part a year-long BBC2 celebration of inventiveness and ingenuity.
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Behind The ScenesParade’s End, BBC2
I missed the preparation time on this WWI-era drama, but having Tom Stoppard writing on set for an A-list cast helped us negotiate the challenging conditions, says Susanna White.
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NewsAde and Rik together again for Bottom spin-off
Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall are poised to return to BBC2 as slobbish flatmates Richie and Eddie in a spin-off of slapstick comedy classic Bottom.
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The Broadcast InterviewArmando Iannucci: ‘It’s amusing to annoy people’
On a roll with Veep and eyeing The Thick Of It’s endgame, Armando Iannucci tells Paul Whitelaw about HBO creative freedom, why the BBC needs Sky competition – and that OBE
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CommentDG passes on challenging baton
Mark Thompson leaves with warnings but confidence in George Entwistle.
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NewsThompson fires parting shot over future BBC cuts
Mark Thompson is leaving the BBC with a warning to the government: forcing the corporation to make more cuts could have disastrous effects.
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NewsSue Perkins gets personal in first sitcom outing
BBC2 has commissioned Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins to create her first sitcom – a semi-autobiographical account of a character coming out.
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The Broadcast InterviewMark Thompson: ‘You need a thick skin in this job’
As the finishing line nears for the BBC’s outgoing DG, he tells Lisa Campbell about leaving “an organisation of mavericks” – and why the Olympics breathed new life into what it stands for.
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FeaturesWhy didn’t the BBC cut an entire service?
Neil Midgley says that until the Olympics the BBC’s public service credentials were increasingly in doubt.
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NewsC4's Shane Allen named BBC comedy boss
Channel 4 head of comedy Shane Allen has won the race to replace Cheryl Taylor as the BBC’s comedy controller.
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NewsOff the Fence wins first BBC commission
A film about troubled families in modern Britain is to be the first BBC commission for indie Off the Fence.
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NewsRoger Mosey joins BBCW board
Roger Mosey has been named as a non-executive director on the BBC Worldwide board.
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NewsRichard Herring writing BBC2 sitcom
Stand-up comic Richard Herring is developing a BBC2 historical sitcom set in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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NewsBBC rejects IDS bias claims
The BBC has defended itself from claims by work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith that the corporation has a left-wing bias.
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NewsO'Dowd to star in BBC2 mockumentary
The IT Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd will star in a mockumentary comedy series for BBC2 and HBO.
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NewsSky hires Let's Dance entertainment exec
Sky has appointed the exec producer of BBC1’s Let’s Dance For Sport Relief and Epic Win as a commissioning editor in its entertainment team.
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NewsBBC3 orders Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show successor
BBC3 is aiming to build on the success of Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show by ordering a new Simon Brodkin comedy character vehicle.
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NewsGetting On to be piloted by HBO
HBO is to pilot a US version of BBC4’s Bafta-winning Jo Brand comedy Getting On.
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NewsThompson named New York Times chief executive - update
BBC director general Mark Thompson is to become the president and chief executive of the New York Times Company.
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NewsBBC Sport breaks online records at Olympics
BBC Sport’s online coverage of the London 2012 Olympics attracted 55m global browsers across the 16 day event, making it the broadcaster’s most successful online event to date.