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TMS team commentates via iPad
The BBC Test Match Special team commentated live from the UAE via Skype on an iPad this morning following a fault with the local internet connection.
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NewsBBC1 to shed light on food inspectors and pawnbrokers
BBC1 has ordered two series that take a close look at the little-known worlds of environmental health and pawnbroking.
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NewsCelebrity Pointless heads to BBC primetime
Eight celebrity specials of daytime quiz Pointless will be shown in Saturday primetime during its next run on BBC1.
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NewsNina Conti seeks enlightenment in BBC4 travelogue
British actress, ventriloquist and comedian Nina Conti will front an Alaska TV travelogue looking at alternative lifestyles around the world for BBC4.
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NewsAvalon wins BBC3 commission for emerging talent
Avalon has beaten BBC in-house to win the commission for a new comedy-entertainment show for BBC3.
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NewsBBC and Sky at odds over kids' channels EPG
Kids’ TV looks set to be the next front in the battle between the BBC and Sky, with the corporation urging the government to help its children’s channels land better slots on the satellite platform’s EPG.
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NewsMiriam O'Reilly on break from BBC
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly is taking a break from the BBC less than a year after her ageism claim against the broadcaster yielded a contract.
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NewsBBC Asian Network boss to exit
Head of BBC Asian Network Vijay Sharma is to step down after 20 years at the corporation.
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NewsDeverell leaving BBC for Ofcom
Richard Deverell is to leave the BBC less than a year after he was charged with overseeing the corporation’s exit from W12.
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Behind The ScenesCrime Scene Forensics, BBC1
Raw Cut’s Steve Warr takes Broadcast behind the police tape of BBC1’s Crime Scene Forensics and reveals that this was not a production for the faint-hearted.
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NewsiPlayer tops 1.9bn views; Sherlock breaks record
The first episode of Sherlock was the most-requested show ever in a 24 hour period on the BBC iPlayer as the VoD service posted its highest-ever month in December with a total of 187m requests.
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NewsBBC staff to strike over Birmingham cull
BBC Birmingham staff will walk out on strike for 24 hours this week, in protest against plans that will turn the city into a “media ghost town”.
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NewsMoffat: Sherlock will return
Steven Moffat has confirmed that a third series of BBC1 drama Sherlock has been commissioned.
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NewsSecret Fortune wins extended run from BBC
Wild Rover has won an extended order of BBC1 National Lottery show Secret Fortune for its third series.
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NewsBBC and Facebook back radio innovation
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey and executives from the BBC and Facebook have urged the radio industry to invest in commercial and technical innovation to secure future growth.
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NewsCBeebies drops "unbearable" new Waybuloo format
CBeebies has decided to revert back to the original Waybuloo format after parents complained the addition of Come Dine With Me narrator Dave Lamb made it “unbearable”.
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NewsBBC wipes £21m off top level pay bill
The BBC has wiped £21m off its senior pay bill in the last 18 months, surpassing its self-imposed target of reducing by 25% its pay for top brass.
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NewsBBC moots paid-for archive
The BBC is developing plans to charge viewers for access to its vast back catalogue.
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NewsVictoria Wood writing new BBC drama
Victoria Wood is penning a 90-minute film for BBC1 following her commercial and critical success with biopic Eric and Ernie.
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NewsBBC1 orders War of the Roses drama
BBC1 will air 24 new dramas in 2012 after adding three literary adaptations, a trucking series and a special from the makers of The Gruffalo to its winter slate.