All BBC articles – Page 701

  • BBC TV centre
    News

    Tories 'might sell BBC Worldwide'

    2009-09-18T10:52:00Z

    Top BBC salaries would be capped, the license fee frozen and its commercial activities severely curtailed if the Conservatives win power, says the party culture spokesman Jeremy Hunt.

  • News

    Cox signed-up for BBC2 drama

    2009-09-18T10:50:00Z

    Brian Cox and Lindsay Duncan are among the stars confirmed to be appearing in upcoming BBC2 drama The Sinking Of The Laconia.

  • Reggie Perrin
    News

    BBC1 eyes more Reggie Perrin

    2009-09-18T10:20:00Z

    The BBC is understood to be close to commissioning a second series of Reggie Perrin after dusting off the 1970s sitcom earlier this year.

  • Luke Johnson
    News

    C4's Johnson will lead hunt for chief executive

    2009-09-18T00:01:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has confirmed he will personally lead the search for Andy Duncan’s successor, despite the fact he too is standing down in January.

  • Mark Thompson
    News

    Thompson signals review will reduce size of BBC

    2009-09-18T00:01:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: BBC director general Mark Thompson has given his clearest signal yet that the review of the BBC’s “size and scope” will result in a smaller organisation.

  • Jana Bennett
    News

    Jana Bennett to stand down from BBCW board

    2009-09-18T00:01:00Z

    BBC director of vision Jana Bennett is to step down from the BBC Worldwide board in a shake-up to prevent potential “conflicts of interest”.

  • Ben Bradshaw
    News

    Bradshaw may scrap BBC Trust before Charter Review

    2009-09-17T10:39:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: The row between the BBC Trust and the government intensified late yesterday evening, with Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw suggesting he could scrap the Trust before the next Charter Review.

  • Strictly Come Dancing
    Features

    The wind of change blows through BBC

    2009-09-17T09:18:00Z

    As the BBC faces its biggest overhaul since the 2006 Creative Future review, Katherine Rushton examines executive reaction to the shake-up and what the changes will mean for the corporation.

  • News

    Shine exhumes corpses for BBC2’s History Cold Case

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    BBC2 has ordered a history series from Shine Television, billed as “Time Team for dead bodies”.

  • Bellamy's People
    Behind The Scenes

    Bellamy's People, BBC2

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    Following their Radio 4 comedy, Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse took the show’s weird and wonderful characters on a road trip across Britain.

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    The Broadcast Interview

    Caroline Raphael, Radio 4

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    Risky, edgy, experimental: BBC Radio 4’s commissioning editor talks to Katherine Rushton about comedy, compliance, self-censorship and using the radio waves to strike TV gold.

  • How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
    News

    Exec anger as Talkback is handed Webber’s Wizard

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    BBC entertainment execs are up in arms following the corporation’s surprise decision to hand the production of BBC musical talent format The Wizard Of Oz to indie Talkback Thames.

  • The English Surgeon
    News

    BBC eyes online docs archive

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    The BBC is considering creating a permanent online portal to house full-length documentaries as part of its plan to revolutionise how it uses its archive.

  • BBC
    News

    BBC Radio looks into indie sector commissioning

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    BBC Radio is conducting an internal review of its relationships with the indie sector, which is to be followed by a separate BBC Trust consultation in the new year.

  • My Family
    News

    BBC cuts My Family budget; orders two new series

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    BBC1 has cut the budget for My Family by 15%, and commissioned a 10th and 11th series of the sitcom.

  • Phil Redmond
    News

    Redmond: BBC and C4 must work together

    2009-09-17T00:01:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: Grange Hill creator Phil Redmond has called for BBC and Channel 4 to be merged as a single “creative content provider” in a bid to save teen television.

  • BBC
    News

    Bradshaw attacks BBC Trust

    2009-09-16T19:01:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: The BBC Trust is at loggerheads with the government after culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said its role as both “regulator and cheerleader” was unsustainable.

  • News

    BBC war reporter Barron dead at 69

    2009-09-16T13:35:00Z

    BBC war correspondent Brian Barron has died from cancer at the age of 69.

  • Menna Richards
    News

    Salary of BBC Wales boss revealed

    2009-09-16T10:52:00Z

    BBC Wales director Menna Richards is in the £160,000 to £190,000 salary band, according to figures released after a freedom of information request.

  • Michael Palin
    News

    Palin slams BBC "interference"

    2009-09-16T10:45:00Z

    Veteran broadcaster Michael Palin has hit out at the culture of “managerial interference” at the BBC, claiming it no longer allows the sort of creative freedom that led to Monty Python.