All BBC articles – Page 604
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NewsThe Lingo Show crosses to TV
CBeebies’ online language game, The Lingo Show, is being made into a TV series.
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NewsBBC1 to air Milly Dowler Crimewatch special
BBC1 is to air a Crimewatch special on Milly Dowler on Thurdsday after Levi Bellfield was found guilty of murdering the schoolgirl.
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RatingsU2 watched by 1m on BBC4
U2’s performance on BBC4 saw the BBC’s multichannel coverage of Glastonbury peak early on Friday with 1m viewers.
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VIDEO: Broadcast Digital Awards 2011
More than 500 people partied into the early hours at this month’s Broadcast Digital Awards.
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NewsCBeebies Justin's House becomes Salford first
New commission Justin’s House will become the first CBeebies show to be recorded in Salford at MediaCity.
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RatingsBBC4 weeds doc grows audience
WEDNESDAY: A BBC4 documentary looking at the reputation of some of the UK’s most hated plants saw its audience creep up on the slot average.
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FeaturesDoes red tape have a stranglehold on TV?
Broadcast’s online survey on compliance revealed fears over the impact on creativity, and a trend towards self-censorship. Will Strauss reports.
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Williams and Snow dig up history live on BBC1
BBC1 has ordered a live history series in which news anchor Sian Williams and academic Dan Snow uncover stories behind the UK’s most exciting historical locations.
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NewsBBC to put nation's art collection online
The BBC is launching a website to host high-resolution pictures of the national collection of art, which will eventually total 200,000 pieces.
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NewsMatchlight wins trio of factual orders from BBC
Glasgow indie Matchlight has secured three specialist factual commissions across two BBC channels, including a new show fronted by Professor Amanda Vickery.
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CommentPanorama’s lasting damage
Primark row goes against cautious view of BBC expressed in our survey
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NewsBelfast-made Panorama films ‘over budget’
Panorama films made out of the BBC’s Northern Ireland base are regularly coming in over budget, and in some cases by as much as double the tariff, it has emerged.
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NewsS4C cuts a fifth of staff
Nearly a fifth of S4C’s staff are to leave the Welsh broadcaster in light of the government-imposed 24% cut to its budget last year.
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NewsWorld Service wins extra £2m from Foreign Office
The BBC World Service’s Hindi short wave service has been saved after the Foreign Office found an extra £2.2m of funding per year for the service.
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NewsBrian Cox hosts live BBC2 lecture
Brian Cox is returning to BBC2 with a live ‘audience with…’ format that sees him give a lecture and take questions from celebrities, scholars and amateur enthusiasts.
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NewsLocal news will not go, BBC confirms
The BBC has confirmed local news services will not be axed as part of its wide-reaching initiative Delivering Quality First, which seeks to save 20% from the broadcaster’s annual budget.
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NewsArmstrong to front BBC1 Saturday night show
Alexander Armstrong is to host a new Saturday night series for BBC1 in which contestants are challenged to perform to win a prize.
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NewsBBC orders Life of Brian drama
A new BBC drama is to explore the controversy surrounding the Life of Brian following its release and use it to discuss the subject of free speech.
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NewsBBC to show film on Muhammad's life
The BBC is to trace the journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad for a new series which is claimed to be a first for British television.
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NewsFormula 1 boss makes free-to-air vow
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has vowed that the sport will stay free-to-air after it emerged that the BBC could halt coverage to save money.