All articles by Hannah Gannagé-Stewart – Page 49
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NewsDowning Street reassures BBC over funding deal
Downing Street has reassured the BBC that it will honour the funding deal struck in July, including linking the licence fee to inflation.
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NewsRenegade explores tax avoidance for BBC Black Economy season
Renegade Pictures is to produce a one-off social experiment for BBC2 in which businesses in a small town attempt to adopt the tax avoidance techniques of major corporations.
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NewsMark Billingham lands second BBC1 adaptation
Mark Billingham’s crime novel In The Dark is to be adapted into a four-part “darkly funny” drama for BBC1.
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NewsPolly Hill: celebrate British drama
Polly Hill has suggested that the UK is “too British” about celebrating drama success stories, as she hailed the genre’s role in making the case for the BBC’s future.
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NewsMark Linsey comes out fighting
BBC acting director of television Mark Linsey has launched a fullscale defence of the distinctiveness of the corporation’s content after ITV’s criticism last week.
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NewsBBC axes Modern Times strand
BBC head of documentaries Patrick Holland has revealed that Modern Times is to be dropped after the factual strand was briefly revived last year.
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NewsWelsh indies question BBC Studios move
Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC), the trade body for Welsh producers, has questioned the BBC’s plans to commercialise its production arm and called for independent governance of S4C.
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RatingsThe Hunt catches 4.4m
SUNDAY: Sir David Attenborough returned to BBC1 to inform 4.4m with The Hunt, while Jekyll and Hyde slipped below 2.5m for ITV.
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NewsNewsnight reporter's laptop seized by police
A Newsnight journalist who specialises in stories about British-born jihadists has had his laptop seized by police under powers granted to them by the Terror Act 2000.
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RatingsCuffs arrests 4.2m
WEDNESDAY: Cuffs, BBC1’s first new pre-watershed drama series for eight years, started solidly with 4.2m viewers.
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NewsChris Evans hits third quarter high
Chris Evans has pulled in his biggest third-quarter listening figures to his Radio 2 breakfast show to date – entertaining an average of 9.4m listeners.
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NewsBBC charter debate hots up
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is wading through more than 190,000 responses to its charter renewal consultation, as culture secretary John Whittingdale made clear this week that everything is up for debate on the BBC’s future.
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NewsIndies welcome ‘decisive’ BBC entertainment controller
Producers have highlighted Alan Tyler’s decisiveness and cheesy music taste as he is poised to become the BBC’s acting controller of entertainment.
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NewsTrust introduces BBC distribution framework
The Trust has introduced a new framework for the BBC’s £217m TV, radio and online content distribution business.
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NewsBBC ‘has improved’ rural affairs coverage
The BBC Trust has found “clear and direct” improvement in BBC rural affairs coverage after a 2014 independent review said there was a “deficit” in the corporation’s output in the area.
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NewsBBCW scores Adele pre-sales
BBC Worldwide has secured a slew of pre-sales for a one-off event featuring Adele with broadcasters in Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands and Spain.
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NewsRIG: BBC must formalise radio pledge
The Radio Independents Group (RIG) has called for the BBC’s proposal to open up nearly 60% of the eligible BBC Radio hours to indie competition to be written into its new charter.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale reminds BBC licence fee deal is not done
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has cast doubt on the BBC’s financial security after reminding an audience of industry executives that July’s deal for the over-75s did not represent the final licence fee agreement.
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NewsLeopard Films exec to lead The Space
Leopard Films head of arts and performance Fiona Morris has been appointed chief executive and creative director of BBC and Arts Council England joint-venture The Space.
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NewsFrank Skinner to host weekly iPlayer talk show
Frank Skinner is to front a weekly BBC iPlayer show designed to highlight content on the on-demand service.