All BBC articles – Page 639
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NewsTalkSport doubles Premier League rights
TalkSport has struck a further blow for commercial radio by winning the right to broadcast commentary on 64 Premier League games for the next three seasons - twice as many as it currently airs.
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NewsBetty secures BBC3 order for fit pensioner format
BBC3 is to pit unhealthy young Brits against fitness-obsessed American pensioners in a 5 x 60-minute series from Betty.
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NewsMensah upbeat on indie drama
BBC1 is planning a “hot, passionate” detective series and a look at single fatherhood in two major dramas series steered by head of independent drama Anne Mensah.
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NewsStrictly exec spearheads Gallowgate format push
Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate has hired Strictly Come Dancing’s executive producer, Sam Donnelly, to develop new formats.
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NewsBBC touts its distinctiveness
The BBC’s size and scope review has yet to be published, but the word on the lips of the corporation’s staff is “distinctiveness”.
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Behind The ScenesOn Expenses, BBC4
A tiny budget and a tight schedule meant the On Expenses production team had to pull out all the stops, reveals director Simon Cellan Jones.
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NewsBBC plans for iPlayer on iPhone
The BBC is eyeing up an iPlayer app for iPhones later this year, following planned launches for news and sport apps.
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NewsBBC opens doors to new drama writers
BBC Drama is to hold monthly “open days” for new and upcoming writers.
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NewsBBC3 orders more Good News from Russell Howard
BBC3 has ordered two more series of Russell Howard’s topical news show.
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NewsBBC News to broadcast live from Cuba
BBC News is to broadcast live from Cuba next week – thought to be a first for a UK news channel.
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NewsCorbett reunited with Sorry writers for R4 sitcom
Ronnie Corbett has re-teamed with the writers of Eighties sitcom Sorry for a new Radio 4 series.
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NewsTrust gives hope to 6 Music
Under-fire BBC radio station 6 Music has received a vote of confidence from the BBC Trust – despite revelations that just 20% of adults even know it exists.
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NewsBBC confirms Reggie Perrin 2
BBC1 will air a second series of Reggie Perrin this autumn, after reviving the 1970s sitcom last year.
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NewsBBC has 382 staff on £100k or more
Some 382 BBC staff - including 35 producers - are on six-figure salaries, according to new figures published over the weekend.
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NewsWogan guarded over replacing Ross
Sir Terry Wogan revealed he has received “various offers” when asked whether he would make a TV return after Jonathan Ross’s exit.
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NewsSambrook to join PR firm
The BBC former director of global news, Richard Sambrook, is to join PR giant Edelman.
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NewsCerys Matthews gets 6 Music show
Former Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews has been given her own radio show, replacing Jon Richardson on BBC 6 Music.
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NewsCreeping doubts over Six Nations SpiderCam
Six Nations fans were left in a spin when the BBC used a pioneering new camera to cover the action during the England v Wales game.