All BBC articles – Page 651
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NewsSummer Wine criticises BBC over farewell snub
Last of the Summer Wine star Tom Owen has criticised the BBC for not filming a specially-written farewell episode of the axed show.
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NewsBBC2 orders Live Aid drama
BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has commissioned a new feature-length drama charting the back story behind the legendary 1985 Live Aid Concert.
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NewsCriminal Justice creator pens new legal drama
Criminal Justice creator Peter Moffat and star Maxine Peake are to reunite for a six-part legal drama series on BBC1.
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NewsBBC Breakfast set for Salford move
BBC Breakfast is poised to join 5 Live and BBC Children’s in a move to the corporation’s new Media City HQ in Salford Quays.
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CommentITV's World Cup ratings defeat points to wider issues
As World Cup finalists Spain and Holland battled it out in a dry affair last night, a similar showdown took place on screen as the BBC and ITV squared-up for the first time during the football tournament, writes Jake Kanter.
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NewsPension fury at BBC
The BBC’s overhaul of its pension scheme has provoked a furious reaction on the letters page of Ariel, the corporation’s in-house magazine.
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NewsNo One Show return for Christine Bleakley
Christine Bleakley will not return to The One Show when the programme comes back from its break next week, the BBC has confirmed.
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NewsBBC Children’s to target teens with extra budget
BBC Children’s plans to use some of its recently approved extra budget to try to attract more teenage viewers to its CBBC channel.
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NewsFrontrunners emerge for BBC commissioning role
Watchdog editor Jeff Anderson and BBC executive producers Lisa Edwards and Alison Kirkham are thought to be in the running to succeed Jo Ball as commissioning editor for features for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsBBC audio chief defends digital radio strategy
BBC director of audio Tim Davie has defended the corporation’s digital radio strategy but admitted the industry needs a “step change in all areas” to achieve its digital switchover target.
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NewsProducers slam Trust’s support for online cuts
Multiplatform producers campaigning for the BBC to rethink its online strategy have given short shrift to the BBC Trust’s backing for the proposed 25% budget cut.
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Behind The ScenesThe Secret Tourist, BBC1
Uncovering poor standards and scams in tourist resorts proved doubly difficult when exposure meant going undercover, says Bridget Boseley.
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NewsBBC Daytime to get £5m boost to aid reinvention
BBC Daytime is closing in on a budget boost of between £5m and £10m as it prepares to fast-track its transformation in the wake of strong criticism from the BBC Trust.
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NewsMet Office renews BBC deal
The Met Office has had its contract to supply the BBC’s weather renewed for a further five years, after the contract was put up for tender for the first time in nearly 90 years.
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News5 Live team to meet northern indies
Execs from BBC Radio 5 Live are visiting Salford on 29 July to meet indies ahead of the station’s 2011 Manchester move.
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NewsTwofour admits using "misleading" footage
Indie Twofour has admitted that it “appears” to have mistakenly misled audiences over footage in a series about a Bristol housing estate.
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NewsPolice complain over 'misleading' BBC doc
A policeman in Bristol has said a BBC programme about a housing estate in the city is misleading.
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CommentThe changing face of BBC Daytime
BBC Daytime was criticised by the BBC Trust this week for falling short of audience expectations and needing more “quality and ambition”. BBC Daytime controller Liam Keelan responds.
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NewsBBC counts cost of Salford move
The BBC’s annual report has revealed the significant cost of moving 2,300 staff to the corporation’s new northern headquarters in Salford.
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NewsLyons: 6 Music protests not sole reason for reprieve
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has insisted that the vociferous campaign to protect BBC 6 Music was only one factor in the decision to save the service.