All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 113
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NewsStuart Hall charged with indecent assault
Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been dropped by Radio 5 Live after being charged with indecent assault.
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NewsChris Packham to front R4 panel show pilot
Chris Packham is to front a Radio 4 comedy panel show pilot about the animal kingdom.
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NewsJonathan Creek to return
Jonathan Creek will return to BBC1 for the first time in three years in 2013 with a new mystery about supernatural events at a girls’ boarding school for.
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NewsBBC set to avoid Christmas strikes
The BBC is set to avoid Christmas strike action across its news services as it closes in on a temporary resolution with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
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RatingsLast Tango in Halifax scores 6.2m
Last Tango in Halifax climbed to a series high on Tuesday - as Arsenal’s Champions League defeat underperformed for ITV1.
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NewsBBC1 rests Secret Fortune in National Lottery shake-up
BBC1 has opted to rest National Lottery show Secret Fortune and commissioned a new format from FremantleMedia UK’s Thames Scotland.
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RatingsMore than 3m check-in to Claridge's
BBC2’s Claridge’s documentary was the stand out show of Monday night – as The Royal Variety Performance pulled its biggest audience in two years.
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NewsMP slams BBC1 cycling doc as "irresponsible nonsense”
BBC1 intends to push ahead with a documentary about cycling in Britain, despite the joint chair of the Parliamentary Cycling Group condemning it as “stupid, sensationalist, irresponsible nonsense”.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy
JK Rowling novel The Casual Vacancy is to be adapted by BBC1 as part of an exclusive deal with the author’s literary agency The Blair Partnership.
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NewsBBC holds on to National Lottery draw
The BBC is to ditch its Wednesday night National Lottery show as part of a new four-year deal with Camelot.
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RatingsI’m a Celebrity finale draws 9.4m
Eastenders actress Charlie Brooks was named queen of the jungle in front of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’s lowest finale since 2008 - as The X Factor semi-final sunk to a seven-year low.
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NewsSky Sports rejigs management as Melvin retires
Sky Sports’ deputy managing director Andy Melvin is to retire in 2013 after 22 years at the pay-TV operator.
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NewsMark Thompson emailed over Savile scandal in February
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson was notified about the Jimmy Savile scandal more than seven months before he left the corporation in September.
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NewsPatten wants 'appropriately independent' review into BBC reporter's death
The BBC Trust has urged the BBC to ensure its investigation into the death of journalist Russell Joslin is “appropriately independent” amid concerns that staff are not able to submit evidence “without fear of negative repercussions”.
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NewsCaroline Thomson joins CN Group board
Caroline Thomson has taken on her second non-executive post since leaving the BBC in September - this time at local media firm CN Group.
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RatingsYoung Apprentice hires record low audience
BBC1’s Young Apprentice slumped to a record low for the second time in consecutive weeks at 8pm, and BBC2’s Great Continental Railway Journeys beat BBC1 at 9pm on Thursday.
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NewsBBC1 and BBC2 freed from factual commitments
BBC1 and BBC2 will no longer be required to broadcast a set number of new factual programmes a year after the BBC Trust amended the channels’ licences.
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RatingsHugh Grant press doc flounders
Channel 4’s documentary following Hugh Grant and the Hacked Off campaign in the run up to the Leveson report failed to make a splash.
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NewsABC to remake EHF's Vexed in second US deal
BBC2 comedy-drama Vexed is heading for an ABC remake in Eleventh Hour Films’ second transatlantic deal in a month.
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NewsPlurality issue clouds Standard local TV bid
The Evening Standard’s bid to establish a local TV station in London could be dealt a blow after it emerged that Ofcom will consider media plurality as part of its licence awards process.