All BBC articles – Page 569
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NewsThe Garden eyes doc talent for NHS project
The Garden hopes to line up some of the UK’s best documentary directors to lead 55 crews that will simultaneously shoot BBC2 series Keeping Britain Alive later this year
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NewsBBC hives off news services
The BBC is planning a major restructure of its Global News division in a move that will split its commercial and non commercial activities.Broadcast understands that the corporation is preparing to hive off two money-making services, BBC World News and the international version of the BBC News website, into a ...
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NewsIndies secure largest slice of WoCC to date
The independent sector has achieved its best-ever performance in the BBC’s Window of Creative Competition (WoCC), winning 83% of the available programming hours.
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NewsSonita Alleyne and Aideen McGinley appointed BBC Trustees
Sonita Alleyne and Aideen McGinely have been appointed to the BBC Trust.
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NewsNick Grimshaw to replace Chris Moyles
T4 presenter Nick Grimshaw will replace Chris Moyles as the host of the Radio 1 breakfast show later this year.
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NewsChris Moyles to leave Radio 1 breakfast show
Chris Moyles is to step down as host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in September.
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NewsKevin Bakhurst swaps BBC for RTÉ
BBC News Channel controller Kevin Bakhurst is leaving the corporation after 23 years to join Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
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NewsBBC mulls bid to manage local TV spectrum
The BBC could go head-to-head with the likes of Arqiva in a bid to run one of the key elements of Jeremy Hunt’s local TV vision.
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RatingsAndy Murray Wimbledon final defeat nets 16.9m
Andy Murray’s historic Wimbledon final served up a peak audience of 16.92m for BBC1 – the tournament’s second biggest audience of all time.
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CommentVision candidates require close look
Judging the candidates to become BBC director of Vision is a tricky task, writes Lisa Campbell.
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NewsSomethin’ Else engages 6 Music listeners online
BBC 6 Music is bidding to position itself as “the most social station in the world” following a deal with Somethin’ Else to engage listeners online.
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NewsCBBC sketch show to feature Brian Butterfield
Peter Serafinowicz creation Brian Butterfield is to make his children’s TV debut in a new CBBC sketch series from the co-creators of Horrible Histories.
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NewsNoel Edmonds to front BBC1 pilot
Noel Edmonds could return to BBC1’s Saturday night line-up for the first time in 13 years with an entertainment show about celebrity bodyguards.
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NewsBBC launches editorial standards course on UGC
The BBC Academy is launching a new media-led editorial standards course that will teach staffers and indies about issues such as verifying user-generated content.
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NewsBBC1 nets Match of the Day 2
BBC1 has poached Match of the Day 2 from BBC2 as a result of the increased number of Premier League games being played on Sunday.
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NewsBBC2 explores servants’ lives ‘real Downton Abbey’
BBC2 has ordered a factual series that aims to portray the real Downton Abbey, lifting the lid on the true relationship between servants and their masters over history.
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CommentBBC in safe hands with new DG
Creative credentials make Entwistle the right man for the job.
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NewsChallenges loom for new DG
George Entwistle has proved his editorial credentials and must now step up to become a powerful public and political leader of the BBC.
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NewsProgramming over politics as Entwistle lands top job
The BBC Trust has appointed George Entwistle as director general, a move that should ensure programme-making will not play second fiddle to politics at the corporation.
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NewsKeo orders widen talent pool
Keo Films has secured a raft of commissions for the BBC and Channel 4, and recruited Twenty Twenty’s head of factual and entertainment as head of development.