All BBC articles – Page 572

  • The Queen
    News

    BBC threatened with Jubilee strike

    2012-04-19T14:27:00Z

    BBC unions are threatening strike action during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee after the corporation sent out offers of a pay rise ahead of formal negotiations.

  • This World
    News

    Bagnall takes over BBC2’s This World strand

    2012-04-19T08:30:00Z

    Sam Bagnall is to oversee BBC2 international current affairs strand This World as Lucy Hetherington shifts her focus to landmark BBC2 series.

  • Olympics
    News

    Virgin to carry BBC's Olympics channels

    2012-04-18T11:57:00Z

    Virgin Media has agreed deals with the BBC and Eurosport to offer 24 live HD channels and 3D coverage of sporting events from the London Olympics 2012.

  • Tim Westwood
    News

    Radio 1 and 1Xtra unveil new docs

    2012-04-17T10:53:00Z

    Nearly 80 documentaries have been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 and digital station 1Xtra that will include DJ Tim Westwood speaking to army wives, profiles of major record labels and a special on late poet and musican Gil Scott-Heron.

  • Ralph Rivera
    News

    BBC launch Connected Studio innovation fund

    2012-04-13T12:25:00Z

    The BBC is hunting for innovative ideas around its homepage and search/navigation products as the initial area of focus for its £2m Connected Studio fund.

  • F1
    News

    BBC Sport revs up F1 app

    2012-04-13T12:23:00Z

    The BBC has launched a sport app focusing on Formula 1 that will bring viewers live streams, on-demand video and additional content of the races on connected TVs.

  • Derek Redmond
    News

    Bacon to front sports countdowns

    2012-04-13T12:18:00Z

    BBC3 is to air sporting list shows for Euro 2012 and the London 2012 Olympics that will be fronted by Richard Bacon.

  • Fast Train
    News

    Fast Train tickets staggered

    2012-04-13T12:14:00Z

    The BBC Academy is staggering the release of tickets for this year’s Fast Train event after last year’s tickets were snapped up within an hour.

  • How To Beat: Pain
    News

    OSF scores BBC1 first

    2012-04-13T12:11:00Z

    Oxford Scientific Films has won its first order from BBC1 to make half-hour pilot How To Beat: Pain.

  • superfans
    News

    BBC3 pilots "real" sketch show

    2012-04-13T10:47:00Z

    The BBC is piloting a twist on the existing sketch show format, using people from all over the country “simply playing themselves”.

  • Bert and Dickie
    News

    BBC2 drama to celebrate birth of Paralympics

    2012-04-12T11:08:00Z

    BBC2 has ordered a one-off drama about the birth of the Paralympics starring Rob Brydon and Eddie Marsen.

  • Me & Mrs Jones
    News

    Hartswood makes single mother sitcom for BBC1

    2012-04-12T08:30:00Z

    Sherlock producer Hartswood Films is to make a BBC1 family sitcom about the complex life of a single mother.

  • strictly3D
    News

    BBC gearing up for UK’s first scripted 3D project

    2012-04-12T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is developing British TV’s first 3D comedy drama as part of a two-year trial across multiple genres.

  • Pete Thornton
    News

    Thornton back for BBC comedy role

    2012-04-12T08:30:00Z

    Comedy Central commissioner Pete Thornton is returning to the BBC after three years at the pay-TV channel.

  • Helen Boaden
    News

    FOI request reveals BBC gender pay gap

    2012-04-12T08:30:00Z

    The BBC employs nearly twice as many men as women in its most senior roles, and pays them an average salary 10% higher than their female counterparts, new figures have revealed.

  • After Life
    News

    BBC takes close look at science

    2012-04-12T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to use state-of-the-art microscopes to offer viewers a unique perspective on the British countryside, in one of a raft of high-profile science programmes for later this year.

  • Louise Bucknole
    News

    BBC’s Bucknole joins Disney

    2012-04-12T08:30:00Z

    BBC Children’s head of scheduling Louise Bucknole is returning to Disney UK to replace Jonathan Boseley as director of programming.

  • Greg Sanderson
    News

    Review Show editor returns to face the music

    2012-04-12T08:30:00Z

    Greg Sanderson has left his Glasgow-based job as editor of The Review Show, taking on a new role as executive producer within the BBC music team.

  • Britain’s Got Talent
    News

    BGT moved to dodge Voice overlap

    2012-04-11T16:17:00Z

    ITV has blinked first in the battle of the Saturday night entertainment shows, moving Britain’s Got Talent into later slot to avoid a clash with The Voice UK.

  • Mark Thompson
    News

    Trust: programming background not essential for next DG

    2012-04-11T12:46:00Z

    A grasp of new technologies and the international marketplace are essential criteria for the future director general of the BBC – but not a background in programme making or journalism.