All BBC articles – Page 678

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy
    News

    BBC Audiobooks sold

    2010-07-14T17:35:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has sold its 85% stake in BBC Audiobooks to AudioGo in a deal believed to be worth up to £15m.

  • MediaCityUK
    News

    BBC Breakfast move to Salford confirmed

    2010-07-14T14:05:00Z

    The BBC has confirmed that 88 staff from its BBC Breakfast operation will be relocating to the corporation’s new production hub in Manchester’s Salford Quays.

  • BBC
    News

    Call to split World Service funding

    2010-07-14T11:39:00Z

    A peer has called for the cost of the BBC World Service to be shared between the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development (DfID) in order to protect it from cuts.

  • Selina Scott
    News

    Sexism 'institutionalised' at BBC

    2010-07-14T11:35:00Z

    Former BBC ‘Golden Girl’ Selina Scott has taken the broadcaster to task over alleged “blatant” sexism and ageism against women.

  • Last Of The Summer Wine
    News

    Summer Wine criticises BBC over farewell snub

    2010-07-14T11:33:00Z

    Last of the Summer Wine star Tom Owen has criticised the BBC for not filming a specially-written farewell episode of the axed show.

  • Live Aid
    News

    BBC2 orders Live Aid drama

    2010-07-14T10:02:00Z

    BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has commissioned a new feature-length drama charting the back story behind the legendary 1985 Live Aid Concert.

  • Maxine Peake
    News

    Criminal Justice creator pens new legal drama

    2010-07-13T12:41:00Z

    Criminal Justice creator Peter Moffat and star Maxine Peake are to reunite for a six-part legal drama series on BBC1.

  • MediaCityUK
    News

    BBC Breakfast set for Salford move

    2010-07-13T11:56:00Z

    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.

  • Jake Kanter
    Comment

    ITV's World Cup ratings defeat points to wider issues

    2010-07-12T13:22:00Z

    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.

  • Coins
    News

    Pension fury at BBC

    2010-07-09T12:07:00Z

    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.

  • Christine Bleakley
    News

    No One Show return for Christine Bleakley

    2010-07-09T09:31:00Z

    Christine Bleakley will not return to The One Show when the programme comes back from its break next week, the BBC has confirmed.

  • Dinosapien
    News

    BBC Children’s to target teens with extra budget

    2010-07-08T08:02:00Z

    BBC Children’s plans to use some of its recently approved extra budget to try to attract more teenage viewers to its CBBC channel.

  • High Street Dreams
    News

    Frontrunners emerge for BBC commissioning role

    2010-07-08T07:55:00Z

    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.

  • Tim Davie
    News

    BBC audio chief defends digital radio strategy

    2010-07-08T07:13:00Z

    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.

  • BBC
    News

    Producers slam Trust’s support for online cuts

    2010-07-08T07:10:00Z

    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.

  • The Secret Tourist
    Behind The Scenes

    The Secret Tourist, BBC1

    2010-07-08T07:00:00Z

    Uncovering poor standards and scams in tourist resorts proved doubly difficult when exposure meant going undercover, says Bridget Boseley.

  • Car Booty
    News

    BBC Daytime to get £5m boost to aid reinvention

    2010-07-08T07:00:00Z

    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.

  • BBC Weather
    News

    Met Office renews BBC deal

    2010-07-07T15:33:00Z

    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.

  • MediaCityUK
    News

    5 Live team to meet northern indies

    2010-07-07T15:03:00Z

    Execs from BBC Radio 5 Live are visiting Salford on 29 July to meet indies ahead of the station’s 2011 Manchester move.

  • The Estate We’re In
    News

    Twofour admits using "misleading" footage

    2010-07-07T12:29:00Z

    Indie Twofour has admitted that it “appears” to have mistakenly misled audiences over footage in a series about a Bristol housing estate.