All articles by Hannah Gannagé-Stewart – Page 66
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NewsBBC brings in 12 Yard for Sue Perkins pilot
The BBC has brought 12 Yard on board to co-produce the pilot of a Sue Perkins-fronted panel show.
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NewsBBC extends freeze on newsroom job cuts
The BBC has extended by three months the moratorium on compulsory redundancies in its newsroom after further talks with broadcasting unions, it has emerged.
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NewsClarkson pulls out of Have I Got News For You
Jeremy Clarkson has pulled out of hosting an episode of topical news quiz Have I Got News For You, despite having been cleared to appear by the BBC.
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NewsRed Arrow strikes partnership with Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis’ performance capture studio The Imaginarium Studios has forged a partnership with distributor Red Arrow International to develop high-end scripted TV drama.
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NewsBob The Builder leaps to YouTube
Bob The Builder is set for a move onto YouTube after Hit Entertainment kicked off production on a raft of shorts for the VoD platform, along with a second series of the CGI reboot.
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NewsIndies react to BBC daytime boss
Dan McGolpin can overcome a lack of commissioning experience to be successful as the new BBC daytime controller, but will need to foster relationships with producers after a number of them admitted they knew little about him.
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NewsPoldark to return to BBC1
BBC1 has recommissioned historical drama Poldark and revealed the channel has secured its highest first quarter share of viewing in a decade.
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NewsBBC revives Shannon Matthews drama
The dramatisation of the Shannon Matthews’ hoax kidnapping is to resume after the BBC halted production last year to address production and editorial issues.
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NewsBBC2 explores Victorian baking
BBC2 is to explore Victorian baking techniques in a three-part series produced by Wall To Wall.
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NewsBBC2 pilots Shakespeare sitcom
Peep Show star David Mitchell is to play William Shakespeare in an in-house sitcom being piloted for BBC2.
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NewsTom McDonald lands BBC natural history job
Tom McDonald has been named BBC head of natural history and specialist factual formats as the shake-up to the factual commissioning team continues.
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NewsEastEnders prepares spin-off series
EastEnders characters Kat and Alfie Moon are to star in their own spin-off series next year while taking a break from Albert Square.
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NewsEd Miliband defends licence fee
Ed Miliband has committed to defending the licence fee if Labour wins the general election.
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NewsBBC appoints daytime boss
BBC1 head of planning and scheduling Dan McGolpin is to become the broadcaster’s daytime controller, stepping into the role vacated by Damian Kavanagh.
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NewsShine Australia chief execs to depart
The joint chief executives of Shine Australia, Mark and Carl Fennessy, are to leave the company following the Endemol Shine Group mega-merger.
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NewsIndies voice concerns over terms of trade
The growing debate around broadcaster proposals to overhaul terms of trade dominated an event to launch the Broadcast Indie Survey last week.
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NewsBBC’s creative industries impact revealed
BBC research has found that £450m (37%) of the corporation’s external investment in UK creative industries in 2013/14 went to companies with less than 49 employees.
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NewsTop Gear Live gets greenlight
BBC Worldwide has given the greenlight for Top Gear Live to continue following Jeremy Clarkson’s “fracas” - with the caveat that all BBC branding will be removed from the event.
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NewsUnions to meet BBC over 415 job cuts
Bectu and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) will meet BBC bosses this week to discuss the threat of 415 newsroom job losses, while a 12-hour walkout of BBC Global News studio managers is due to take place tomorrow.
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NewsBBC2 orders Stephen Poliakoff WW2 drama
Stephen Poliakoff is to write and direct a six-part drama set in a bomb-damaged London hotel in the aftermath of World War II for BBC2.