All BBC articles – Page 664
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NewsRIG calls on BBC to up indie radio commissions
The Radio Independents Group (RIG) has called on the BBC to up its level of commissioning from the indie sector to mirror the system in place for TV.
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NewsBBC2 axes Bellamy's People
BBC2 has axed Bellamy’s People, the TV version of Radio 4 comedy Down the Line, after just one series.
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The Broadcast InterviewPat Younge, BBC Vision Productions
The head of BBC Vision Productions aims to boost morale and make in-house production truly multimedia, he tells Katherine Rushton.
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NewsBBC ditches Sherlock footage for re-shoot
The BBC dumped all the footage from the original 60-minute version of Sherlock after making the decision to turn the drama into a 3 x 90-minute series, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsProducers claim BBC allows in-house spending excesses
BBC in-house production is facing accusations of a lax attitude to budgetary overspends, with producers who work for both the indie community and in-house calling for a level playing field.
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NewsEndangered 6 Music surges 50%
Rajars: BBC 6 Music has benefited hugely from the blaze of publicity surrounding its proposed closure, growing its reach by over 50% year-on-year to break the 1m listener barrier in the first quarter of the year.
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NewsMiranda exec upped in BBC comedy rejig
BBC Vision Productions executive producer Jo Sargent has been promoted to creative head of comedy.
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NewsBBC3 reveals World Cup line-up
Being Human actress Leonora Crichlow is to chart the life of Nelson Mandela as part of a season of BBC3 programmes to mark the World Cup in South Africa.
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NewsFuture election debates should be "relaxed"
Current affairs broadcasters have called for the rules that governed the historic election debates to be relaxed.
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NewsSugar blasts Apprentice move
Labour enterprise tsar Lord Sugar has criticised the BBC after his show The Apprentice was delayed to avoid a General Election clash while Lord Lloyd-Webber was allowed to appear on talent show Over The Rainbow.
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NewsBBC4 gets Sectioned
BBC4 is to air a new mental health documentary produced by Embarrassing Bodies indie Maverick Television.
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NewsElection breaks BBC News records
BBC News has smashed its online traffic record during the final stages of the election on Friday.
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NewsBBC criticised over election party
A star-studded BBC election party that reportedly cost at least £35,000 has attracted complaints.
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NewsBBC apologies as Paxman swears in TV rant
The BBC has apologised after Jeremy Paxman swore during a rant about voters not securing a majority government.
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NewsITN to scale new heights for BBC2
ITN Productions is to produce a new series for BBC daytime that promises to scale the heights of Britain’s most iconic buildings.
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NewsCBeebies looks outdoors for new series
CBeebies is aiming to get children off sofas and out into the great outdoors, with two new series about outside spaces and activities.
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NewsAdam Buxton to star in BBC2 comedy chat pilot
BBC2 is piloting a chat show with a difference in which celebrities are interviewed in a mock-village hall by residents played by comedians Adam Buxton, Joanna Neary and Al Kerr.
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NewsBakhurst promoted in BBC News rejig
Kevin Bakhurst has been promoted to deputy head of the BBC newsroom following Craig Oliver’s move to Global News.
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NewsHigh churn expected in BBC Salford move
The BBC is bracing itself for a major churn in personnel as some staff who had signed up to the Salford move seek new jobs in a bid to stay in London.
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NewsYentob to address ‘problem’ teens post-Switch axe
Shows on BBC Switch will live on after the teen service is axed, BBC creative director Alan Yentob has claimed - admitting that the corporation has yet to find a way of properly serving teen viewers.