All articles by Hannah Gannagé-Stewart – Page 50
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NewsAlan Tyler steps up as BBC entertainment chief
BBC entertainment commissioning editor Alan Tyler has been appointed acting controller of entertainment commissioning following Mark Linsey’s move to cover the director of television role.
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RatingsLast Kingdom crowns 2m
THURSDAY: BBC2 medieval drama The Last Kingdom got underway with around half the audience locked up by Wolf Hall earlier this year.
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NewsHall: Cohen departure unrelated to ‘luvvies letter’
Tony Hall has argued that Danny Cohen’s forthcoming departure from the BBC is unrelated to the controversial ‘luvvies letter’ the director of television orchestrated in July.
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NewsLondon Mayor backs initiative for small indies
Mayor of London Boris Johnson and former drama and entertainment producer Victoria Powell have joined forces to launch an accelerator programme for London-based indies with revenues under £5m.
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NewsNo evidence the BBC ‘crowds out commercial rivals’
The BBC Trust has claimed that there is no evidence to suggest that the BBC’s online, entertainment or news content crowds out commercial rivals.
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NewsSpun Gold pilots Dutch singing format for BBC
Spun Gold is piloting a Dutch format for BBC daytime in which four contestants host a singing contest in their own homes over the course of a week.
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NewsLive at the Apollo moves to BBC2
Live at the Apollo is to move from BBC1 to BBC2 as the latter bids to become more of a home for stand-up comedy.
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NewsBBC1 drama to explore organised crime
The shadowy world of organised crime will form the backdrop of a BBC1 drama from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell-producer Cuba Pictures.
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NewsPact takes BBC Studios fight to DCMS
Pact has placed its concern over the commercialisation of BBC Studios at the heart of its response to the government’s green paper on the future of the BBC.
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NewsSimon Albury hits out at BBC diversity policy
The Campaign for Broadcasting Equality has submitted a 27-page response to the government’s charter renewal green paper which is heavily critical of the BBC’s record on diversity.
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NewsBBC clamps downs on expenses to save £50m
The BBC is to crack down on staff expenses, with bans being introduced on first class train travel and certain alcohol claims as the corporation bids to save £50m.
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NewsJeremy Dear joins Wall to Wall
Jeremy Dear has joined Wall to Wall as director of international factual after only establishing his factual indie The Ideas Room last year.
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NewsFairhead: ‘not a huge appetite’ for BBC local press plans
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has admitted that there is “not a huge appetite” for one of the corporation’s central plans to partner with local newspapers.
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NewsPublic back BBC’s universal funding model
Nearly 60% of the UK support the BBC’s universal funding model, with more than a third of this group being in favour of a household levy, according to findings from the BBC Trust.
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NewsBBC unveils major factual slate
BBC1 has ordered a medical experiment challenging the nation’s dependency on prescription drugs as part of a broad slate of factual programmes from Alison Kirkham’s team.
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The Broadcast InterviewAlison Kirkham: giving BBC factual a shot in the arm
Alison Kirkham and her team want to work creatively with indies to bring ambitious projects to life.
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NewsPeople Just Do Nothing wins double order
BBC3 has ordered another two 6x30-minute series of Roughcut Television’s pirate radio mockumentary People Just Do Nothing.
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NewsEastEnders hires first transgender actor
EastEnders has become the first UK soap to cast a transgender actor in a continuing role with the hire of 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington.
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NewsTrust: there is ‘extraordinary’ public support for BBC
The BBC Trust has found that there is an “extraordinary degree of popular support” for an independent and universal BBC - but has warned that the corporation must sharpen up its approach to distinctiveness.
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NewsBBC to fight Worldwide sell-off and top-slicing
The BBC will fight any government effort to privatise its commercial arm, or top-slice the licence fee, arguing that such decisions would be tantamount to reopening its July funding deal.