All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 55
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NewsEntwistle to ‘stay put'
George Entwistle has vowed to stay put as controller of BBC Knowledge and has ruled out going for a channel controller job.
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Cactus lands series with Hairy Bikers
The Hairy Bikers are to front a major stripped daytime series for BBC2 that will be made by Cactus TV instead of their long-time producer, Big Bear Films.
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NewsTimewatch editor forms indie JV with Impossible
Primeval producer Impossible Pictures is to launch a new indie specialising in history and science in partnership with Timewatch editor John Farren.
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RDF operating loss triples year on year
RDF Media Group increased its revenues by more than 10% in the six months to 31 July - but its operating loss more than tripled to£824,000.
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NewsBBC commissioner quits for indie sector
RDF-owned indie Presentable has recruited BBC commissioner Martyn Ingram as head of development.
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NewsRDF revenues rise but losses triple
RDF Media Group grew its revenues by more than 10% in the six months to 31 July - but its operating loss more than tripled to£824,000.
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BBC2 to co-produce Hat Trick comedy
BBC2 is to screen medieval comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire after signing up as co-production partner on the Hat Trick Productions comedy.
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NewsBBC1 hands Hammond Saturday night Wipeout
Richard Hammond has landed his first Saturday night presenting job on BBC1, hosting the corporation's version of assault course gameshow Wipeout.
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NewsTwoFour wins first comedy order
TwoFour has won its first comedy commission - a Paramount Comedy pilot from two of the writers of BBC's The Wrong Door.
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Lion to explore classroom life in Damascus
BBC4 is to look at life in four Damascus classrooms in the latest series of its Open University foreign schools strand.
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NewsPanorama prompts PM action
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ordered a review of all the intelligence material around the Omagh bombing, following claims by BBC's Panorama that the bombers phones were being tapped before it happened.
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NewsBBC3 to strip audiences
BBC3 has commissioned World of Wonder to pilot a “fashion gameshow” in which the audience strips to its underwear.
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NewsPaul Jackson quits ITV
Paul Jackson is to leave his job as director of entertainment and comedy at ITV at the end of the year to return to production.
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NewsBBC creates two new exec roles for Salford
The BBC is to appoint a director of BBC North by the end of the year, to spearhead its controversial move to Salford Quays.
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NewsBBC sport boss moves to Olympics role
Roger Mosey is to step down as BBC director of sport and instead coordinate all of the corporation's coverage around the London Olympics in 2012.
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NewsBBC4 unveils season line-up
BBC4 is to examine babies' development in the womb, in a series of groundbreaking documentaries lined up for the autumn/winter season.
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NewsBBC eyed BBC4 for first BME controller
The BBC considered downgrading the BBC4 controller job in order to broaden the list of potential applicants to include some black and minority ethnic (BME) candidates.
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NewsBBC and C4 to create regional supply map
The BBC and Channel 4 are working together to draw up a “supply map” of the UK that will align geographical areas with specific programming genres.
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NewsStarkey to profile Henry VIII for C4
David Starkey is to produce a four-part “psychological profile” of Henry VIII for Channel 4.
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ITV1 doc looks at hunt for paedophile
Folio is to piece together the worldwide hunt for the paedophile dubbed “Mr Swirl” in a 60-minute doc for ITV1's Real Crime strand.