All BBC articles – Page 575
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RatingsFalling Skies debut gives FX audience high
TUESDAY: Falling Skies, Steven Spielberg’s new alien invasion drama, gave FX UK one of its biggest overnight ratings to date.
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NewsC5's Hotel Inspector to front BBC business show
Alex Polizzi, star of hit Channel 5 series The Hotel Inspector, is to front a new show for the BBC about failing family businesses.
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NewsBBC News faces July strikes
The BBC is facing another set of strikes, after NUJ members voted in favour of industrial action over compulsory redundancies caused by the World Service cuts.
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NewsBBC to revisit Gypsy Wars
BBC1 is to follow up seminal documentary Gypsy Wars five years on as the community of 400 traveller families prepare for eviction.
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NewsBBC's 3D Wimbledon sparks mixed reviews
Viewers of the BBC’s free-to-air 3D coverage of Wimbledon have voiced mixed responses to the experiment, with some complaining the quality was so poor they returned to the standard broadcast.
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NewsBBC nets 18,000 with first 3D broadcast
An estimated 18,000 people watched Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal and Petra Kvitova defeat Maria Sharapova in 3D this weekend, in the first free-to-air UK broadcast in the medium.
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NewsBBC to tackle 'toxic' pay
The BBC is planning to make a series of announcements about its plans for tackling “toxic” senior pay, Trust chairman Chris Patten has said.
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Trailer: The Hour, BBC2
BBC2 has unveiled the first look at its 1950s news room drama The Hour, written by Abi Morgan and starring Romola Garai, Dominic West and Ben Whishaw.
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NewsBBC1 lines-up McIntyre Christmas special
Stand up comedian Michael McIntyre is returning to the BBC with a one-hour Christmas special of his Comedy Roadshow.
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NewsBBC to integrate online games with Grid tool
The BBC is ramping up its use of Games Grid, a set of tools that underpins all of the games across the corporation’s website.
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NewsChris Moyles extends R1 deal
Chris Moyles has extended his BBC Radio 1 contract to 2014 - potentially taking his breakfast show tenure to a decade.
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NewsBBC axes Stephen K Amos Show
The BBC has pulled the plug on comedy series The Stephen K Amos Show after ratings plummeted during its six week run.
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RatingsMurray victory nets 7.2m peak
WEDNESDAY: Live coverage of the men’s quarter finals at Wimbledon attracted a peak audience of 7.25m to BBC1 during an afternoon which saw Andy Murray and Raphael Nadal through to the semi-finals.
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NewsBBC to reveal value of WoCC
The BBC is to publish the “size of the prize” and AI figures for the first time as it shakes up its Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) following the release of this year’s data - which saw indies edge further ahead of in-house compared with last year to win the ...
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NewsHistory of musicals takes centre stage for BBC4
BBC4 has commissioned Twofour to make a 3 x 60-minute series on the history of the musical in London’s West End.
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News360 to commemorate Titanic sinking for BBC1
360 Productions has won a BBC1 commission marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, as parent company Impossible Pictures opens a Republic of Ireland office.
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The Broadcast InterviewMark Bell, arts, BBC
Despite the threat of cuts, it’s business as usual for the BBC’s arts commissioner - with ideas for BBC3 and more partnerships high on his wishlist.
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Behind The ScenesRestoration Home, BBC2
The Restoration strand has itself been renovated, says Annette Clarke, with no public money or viewer vote, and more focus on the human stories.
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NewsByford 'received £950,000 BBC payoff'
Mark Byford, the BBC’s former deputy director-general, received a redundancy payment of almost £950,000, it has emerged.
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NewsBBC breached guidelines with pedigree dog claims
The BBC breached its own guidelines on accuracy after it re-edited a controversial programme that had already been criticised by watchdog Ofcom.