All BBC articles – Page 650
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NewsVolcano grounds Jonathan Ross A-list
The BBC has hastily booked Jeremy Clarkson to appear on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross after three Hollywood stars were kept overseas by the volcanic ash.
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NewsBBC execs splash out on taxis and flights
The BBC’s disclosure of expenses is curbing day-to-day spending by execs – but senior figures continue to book business class flights costing more than £3,000 each and embark on expensive taxi rides.
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NewsSteve Rider in talks over ITV future
ITV sports presenter Steve Rider could make a return to the BBC following Adrian Chiles’ defection from the corporation to the commercial broadcaster.
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NewsDermot O'Leary to quiz party leaders
X Factor host Dermot O’Leary is to throw the spotlight on Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg by quizzing them on first-time voters’ concerns.
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NewsChiles signs four-year ITV deal
BBC presenter Adrian Chiles has signed an exclusive four-year deal with ITV to anchor its World Cup coverage and host GMTV.
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NewsCBBC acquires £8m Jungle Book
The BBC has picked up an £8m reworking of The Jungle Book made in 3D.
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NewsAntiques Road Trip to return
The BBC has ordered a second series of popular antiques show, the Antiques Road Trip.
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NewsBBC ends censorship row over Sri Lankan feeds
BBC World Service programming is to return to Sri Lankan national broadcaster SLBC after the broadcasters resolved a row over censorship.
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BBC takes on fly-tippers and holidays from hell
The BBC is to tackle fly-tippers and holiday disasters in two major daytime consumer journalism series for BBC1.
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NewsBBC staff slam FM&T revamp
The radical restructure of the BBC’s Future Media & Technology division has sparked a furious internal row - with insiders accusing director Erik Huggers of “an aggressive land grab”.
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NewsInfluential factual producer dies
Sam Organ, the Bafta-nominated executive producer of Tribe and a driving force behind Crimewatch UK, has died of a brain tumour at the age of 52.
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NewsBBC pension rules prompt exodus
The number of BBC staff taking early retirement has tripled since the start of the year as employees opt to leave early rather than see their pensions become subject to new rules.
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NewsTories vow to open BBC books
The Conservatives have vowed to lay bare the BBC’s accounts to full scrutiny from the National Audit Office for the first time if they get into power.
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NewsMark Damazer quits BBC
Mark Damazer, the controller of BBC Radio 4 and Radio 7, is leaving to become head of St Peter’s College at Oxford University.
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NewsPrimeval wins major digital prize
ITV dinosaur drama Primeval and the BBC’s history of the internet, Digital Revolution, were among the winners at this year’s International Digital Emmy Awards last night.
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NewsBectu protests Casualty job cuts
Broadcasting union Bectu met with BBC executives last night over what it brands “unacceptable and immoral” plans to dismiss seven Casualty staff days before production begins on the next series.
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NewsUS comedy La La Land coming to BBC3
BBC3 has bought La La Land, the debut US series from British comedian Marc Wootton.
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NewsBBC1 Daytime order to resolve tourists’ holiday hiccups
British tourists will aim to overcome their holiday nightmares in a new reality show for BBC1 Daytime.
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NewsMaconie gets 6Music spin-off
BBC 6Music is to launch a late-night spin-off of Stuart Maconie’s eclectic Sunday afternoon show The Freak Zone.
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NewsTwist exits BBC Switch for C4 education job
A commissioner from BBC Switch has jumped ship to Channel 4 - just weeks after director general Mark Thompson announced plans to close the strand and leave it to C4 to deliver PSB content for teens.