All BBC articles – Page 611

  • Pensions dispute
    News

    BBC faces court battle over pension changes

    2011-04-27T08:00:00Z

    A handful of BBC staff are preparing to launch a legal challenge against the corporation, claiming breach of contract caused by the changes to its pension scheme.

  • Mark Thompson
    News

    Thompson faces down Lords over compliance

    2011-04-27T08:00:00Z

    Mark Thompson has given an impassioned defence of the BBC’s compliance system to the House of Lords communications committee.

  • Freelancer survey
    News

    Revealed: TV’s freelancer training gap

    2011-04-27T08:00:00Z

    Financial pressures, employer cutbacks and the time-consuming task of job-hunting have led to almost a quarter of TV freelancers having had no training at all in the past four years.

  • Exile
    Behind The Scenes

    Exile, BBC1

    2011-04-27T07:58:00Z

    Part psychological drama, part crime thriller and part family character piece, Paul Abbot’s Exile is a difficult one to pigeon-hole. Will Strauss goes on set to meet the cast and crew

  • Misfits
    News

    Misfits leads Bafta nominations

    2011-04-26T11:12:00Z

    E4 superhero drama Misfits has scooped four nominations for this year’s TV Bafta awards including nods for stars Robert Sheehan and Lauren Socha for supporting actor and actress.

  • John Sullivan
    News

    Only Fools writer John Sullivan dies aged 64

    2011-04-26T10:24:00Z

    Scriptwriter John Sullivan, the creator of BBC favourites Only Fools and Horses and Citizen Smith, died on Saturday (April 23) of viral pneumonia aged 64 years old.

  • Jackson Heggesy Entwistle
    News

    Final three in race to lead BBC Vision

    2011-04-26T10:19:00Z

    The BBC is poised to announce its new director of Vision, with three remaining candidates still fighting it out for the top job.

  • Anne Robinson
    News

    BBC cancels Weakest Link after Robinson departs

    2011-04-26T09:27:00Z

    The BBC has canned long running quiz show The Weakest Link after host Anne Robinson decided to step down.

  • Outcasts
    Ratings

    BBC Live+7 reveals Outcasts boost

    2011-04-23T00:01:00Z

    BBC1 drama Outcasts, which was pushed back from its slot after failing to connect with audiences, saw the channel’s biggest uplift in the seven days following transmission, according to new BBC cross-platform metric Live+7.

  • Richard Bacon
    News

    Young Question Time recommissioned

    2011-04-21T15:43:00Z

    Mentorn has been commissioned to produce a special edition of Young Voters’ Question Time, which will run on BBC3 two days ahead of the 5 May electoral reform referendum.

  • Caroline Thomson
    News

    BBC expenses claims 'rise by 60%'

    2011-04-21T13:23:00Z

    Expenses claims by BBC executives rose by 59.6% to reach almost £200,000 during the final quarter of last year, it has been revealed.

  • Absolutely Fabulous
    News

    BBC poised for Ab Fab comeback

    2011-04-21T11:44:00Z

    The BBC is poised to bring ‘90s sitcom Absolutely Fabulous back to our screens, it has confirmed.

  • So What If My Baby Is Born Like Me?
    Ratings

    BBC3 ethical parenting dilemma doc grabs audience

    2011-04-20T11:17:00Z

    TUESDAY: A BBC3 documentary looking at the ethical dilemmas of having a baby if the parents suffer from a genetic condition won the 9pm multi-channel slot and improved on the slot average.

  • Simon Mayo
    News

    BBC looks to take R4’s Act Your Age to TV after pilot

    2011-04-20T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is hoping to transfer Radio 4 comedy panel show Act Your Age to television and is producing a non-broadcast pilot.

  • Twenty Twelve
    News

    BBC axes Vision jobs before DQF cuts hit

    2011-04-20T08:00:00Z

    The BBC has cut 187 jobs from its in-house departments in the past six months - none of which are part of the impending 20% savings to come from Delivering Quality First.

  • Caroline Thomson
    News

    BBC Bristol move back on track

    2011-04-20T08:00:00Z

    The BBC has effectively committed to Bristol after rekindling its stalled plans to relocate in the city.

  • Jonathan Ross
    News

    Ross returns to BBC1 for comedy show

    2011-04-19T16:22:00Z

    Jonathan Ross is to appear on BBC1 once more, as one of a number of contributors to a new comedy list show to air on the channel this summer.

  • So You Think You Can Dance
    News

    BBC 'set to drop So You Think You Can Dance'

    2011-04-19T14:09:00Z

    The BBC could be set to axe its Saturday night show So You Think You Can Dance unless the series pulls in more viewers, according to reports.

  • The Books We Really Read
    News

    Authors complain over "sneering" BBC

    2011-04-19T10:40:00Z

    Iain M Banks, Michael Moorcok and Adam Roberts are among some 85 authors to have written to the BBC complaining about its “sneering derogatory tone” towards genre fiction.

  • The Only Way Is Essex
    News

    The Killing, Essex up for Bafta Audience Award

    2011-04-19T10:15:00Z

    BBC4’s Danish crime drama The Killing has been nominated alongside ITV2’s constructed reality show The Only Way Is Essex for this year’s YouTube Audience Award, which will be announced at the Bafta Awards on 22 May.