All BBC articles – Page 617

  • The Kennedys
    News

    BBC2 to air Kennedys drama

    2011-03-16T13:01:00Z

    A multi-million dollar miniseries about the rise of the Kennedys, pulled by the History Channel in the US, is to air on BBC2.

  • William and Kate
    News

    BBC to broadcast royal wedding globally

    2011-03-16T11:35:00Z

    The BBC is to broadcast a live feed of the royal wedding around the world, making it available to viewers outside the UK on its Entertainment channel.

  • Brian Cox
    News

    Cox the star of RTS awards

    2011-03-16T08:41:00Z

    Science presenter Professor Brian Cox was the star himself after becoming a double winner at the Royal Television Society Awards.

  • bodies
    News

    Bodies creator returns with gritty cop drama

    2011-03-15T12:22:00Z

    Bodies writer Jed Mercurio is to put the “controversial and perverse realities of 21st century policing” under the spotlight in his new BBC2 drama, Line of Duty.

  • Twenty Twelve
    News

    BBC dismisses copycat claims

    2011-03-15T11:38:00Z

    The BBC has dismissed claims its new BBC4 comedy Twenty Twelve is a plagiarised version of Australian sitcom The Games.

  • BBC
    News

    BBC1 orders daytime legal drama

    2011-03-15T11:30:00Z

    Daytime controller Liam Keelan has ordered a new legal drama from Liverpool-based Lime Pictures, to air on BBC1 later this year.

  • Brian Cox
    News

    BBC issues audibility guidance

    2011-03-15T11:27:00Z

    The BBC is issuing best practice guidance for programme makers in a bid to address audibility issues, following a year-long research project into the problem.

  • Wonders of the Universe
    News

    Cox criticises BBC for turning down music

    2011-03-15T09:00:00Z

    TV presenter Professor Brian Cox has criticised the BBC for agreeing to turn down the music on his science series Wonders of the Universe.

  • Asian Network
    News

    BBC offers Asian Network lifeline

    2011-03-14T18:09:00Z

    The BBC has made another u-turn on its decisions to cut radio services, as the Asian Network is offered a lifeline.

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    News

    Being Human to return in 2012

    2011-03-14T13:23:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned a fourth series of supernatural drama Being Human.

  • Becoming Human
    News

    BBC outlines multiplatform priorities

    2011-03-14T13:13:00Z

    The BBC’s new director of future media Ralph Rivera has met with indies to gather feedback and outlined previous multiplatform projects such as Waterloo Road Reunited and Becoming Human as investment priorities.

  • Doctor Who
    News

    Wales sees BBC's biggest economic boost

    2011-03-14T12:56:00Z

    Wales saw the biggest growth in the BBC’s economic impact of all the nations and regions over the last financial year, a report published today has shown.

  • Lord Patten
    News

    Lord Patten confirmed as BBC Trust chair

    2011-03-14T08:50:00Z

    The appointment of former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten as the chairman of the BBC Trust has been approved by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

  • Shirley Bassey
    News

    BBC2 takes multi-genre approach to mixed race

    2011-03-11T16:06:00Z

    BBC2 has commissioned a raft of programmes across genres for a mixed-race season, highlighting that Britain has the largest mixed-race population in the Western world.

  • Radio
    News

    Laura Kuenssberg lands 5 Live show

    2011-03-11T14:36:00Z

    Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC’s chief political correspondent, has landed a new show on Radio 5 Live.

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    News

    Shadow minister demands meeting over 'radio cuts'

    2011-03-11T13:18:00Z

    Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis has demanded a meeting with BBC bosses over reports that local radio services could be axed and replaced with content from Radio 5 Live.

  • Simon Mayo
    News

    BBC may replace local radio with 5 Live

    2011-03-11T10:09:00Z

    More than 700 jobs could be lost at the BBC under plans to drastically reduce local radio output, union leaders have claimed.

  • Mark Thompson
    News

    World Service "wholly part of the BBC"

    2011-03-11T08:37:00Z

    The World Service could be given a separate service licence and its own trustee on the BBC Trust, but no representative on the board when it is rolled into the corporation in 2014.

  • Lord Patten
    News

    Patten worried by BBC compliance culture

    2011-03-11T00:01:00Z

    Chris Patten has revealed he will push the BBC to change its inhibiting “compliance culture” should he be confirmed as chairman of the Trust.

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    News

    Patten grilled over political and business interests

    2011-03-11T00:01:00Z

    BBC Trust chairman elect Chris Patten was giving a grilling by the DCMS select committee this morning, which questioned him over the extent of his outside business interests and political background.