All BBC articles – Page 646
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NewsPatrick Stewart's Macbeth to follow David Tennant Hamlet on BBC
Patrick Stewart will reprise his role as Macbeth on the BBC next year, following the TV version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet starring David Tennant, which airs this Christmas.
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NewsBBC2 backs second series of Miranda
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Miranda, the pre-watershed studio comedy show starring Miranda Hart.
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NewsBBC drama to explore social services fallout
The BBC is to air a 90-minute film about three brothers split up by social services, produced by Kindle Entertainment and directed by The Devil’s Whore director Marc Munden.
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NewsBBCW forms German JV with All3Media
BBC Worldwide is to partner with superindie All3Media to launch a new production company in Germany.
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NewsBBC to offer pitching tips
The BBC is to host pitching workshops for indies and will post journalism masterclasses by Robert Peston and John Humphrys online, as part of a wide-ranging initiative to share its training resources.
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NewsHuggers: NHS and Job Centre could use Canvas
BBC director of Future Media & Technology Erik Huggers has raised the prospect of public sector organisations like the NHS and the Job Centre creating apps for Project Canvas – and insisted there is space for Sky as well.
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NewsSarah Edwards bolsters BBC entertainment
The BBC has recruited Sarah Edwards, head of entertainment development at TalkbackThames, to bolster its in-house entertainment production team.
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NewsToday announces guest editor line up
Guest editors including former England football captain Tony Adams, influential artist David Hockney and crime writer PD James will take the helm of the Today programme over the festive period, the BBC announced.
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NewsRadio industry honours reluctant Wogan
Broadcasting legend Sir Terry Wogan was honoured by the UK radio industry today as he prepares to bow out from his Radio 2 Breakfast Show, and admitted: “I don’t really want to go”.
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NewsMurray to debunk German stereotypes for BBC4
BBC4 plans to combat negative stereotypes about German culture in a two-part factual series fronted by comedian Al Murray.
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NewsBBC ditches Siemens from £80m DMI scheme
The BBC’s £80m Digital Media Initiative is floundering so severely that the corporation has ditched technology partner Siemens.
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NewsPedigree Dogs was "on the money", producer claims
Pedigree Dogs Exposed producer Jemima Harrison has claimed today’s Ofcom ruling as a victory after it rejected Kennel Club allegations that the doc was unfairly edited.
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NewsBBC3 charts 9% year on year growth
BBC3 is on course to increase its share of 16-to 34-year-olds to 4.4% by the end of the year – in line with growth for all the BBC’s digital channels.
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NewsMasterChef heading to France
It was a long time coming, but MasterChef is finally going to teach the French how to cook.
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NewsBBCW may be sold off by Government
The BBC is on a new collision course with Number 10 after the government included BBC Worldwide in a list of assets it may sell.
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NewsBBC hires first iPlayer scheduler
The BBC has appointed its first “head of content release” – a new addition to the scheduling team that will oversee how content is launched on iPlayer as well as on linear TV.
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NewsHorne and Corden "on hold"
The future of Mathew Horne and James Corden’s sketch show is looking shaky after the BBC suspended production of the second series.
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NewsBBC2 greenlights Watson & Oliver pilot
BBC2 has greenlit a pilot from female comedy duo Watson & Oliver to be made by Peep Show producer Robert Popper and French and Saunders exec Jo Sargent.
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NewsTop BBC staff must "justify salaries"
BBC staff earning more than £150,000 are to be forced to publicly justify their salaries in a Government bid to crack down on public-sector pay and bonuses.
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NewsMarr to take over Dimbleby duties
The BBC’s Andrew Marr has been told that he is to take over covering some of the big state and ceremonial occasions from David Dimbleby in 2012.