All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 59
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NewsEdwards to supervise CGI relaunch of Hit favourites
Hit Entertainment has appointed Bafta-nominated producer Marion Edwards to oversee the CGI relaunches of the likes of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends.
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NewsPeak Practice creator attacks BBC
Peak Practice and Soldier Soldier creator Lucy Gannon has launched a virulent attack on the BBC saying it should “hang its head in shame” for the way it treats writers and producers.
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NewsSimpson to teach war reporting for BBC2 series
John Simpson will teach adventurers Ranulph Fiennes and Robin Knox-Johnston to file news reports from a war-zone as part of a series for BBC2.
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NewsTypical iPlayer user revealed
The average iPlayer user is a 40-year-old man with a girlfriend but no children, BBC research has revealed.
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NewsC4 to present Britain through foreign eyes
Channel 4 has commissioned a series of shorts from Tiger Aspect, to be filmed by foreign students on attachment with the indie.
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NewsBBC factual developer joins Southern Star
BBC factual developer Joe Evans has left the corporation to join Meerkat Manor-creator Southern Star Factual.
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NewsWalters to star in BBC euthanasia drama
Julie Walters is to star in a new BBC1 drama based on the true story of a doctor and her husband who are both diagnosed with incurable neurological illnesses.
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NewsBBC comedy boss says slapstick is back
Silly, slapstick comedy is set to make a comeback, the BBC's creative head of talent and head of comedy north Kenton Allen has claimed.
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NewsBBC HD chief replaced
BBC head of HD Seetha Kumar has been replaced by Danielle Nagler, previously head of the director general's office.
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NewsHuggers confirmed as BBC technology boss
Former Microsoft executive Erik Huggers has been confirmed as the new BBC director of future media and technology, with effect from 1 August.
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NewsTrust: BBC generates£6.5bn
The BBC contributes around£6.5bn to the economy every year - more than double the money invested in it, the BBC Trust has claimed.
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NewsBleasdale pens BBC war drama
Alan Bleasdale is to return to writing for the BBC with an Anglo-German co-production about the sinking of a British ship by a German U-boat during the Second World War.
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News90% say BBC bosses do not deserve their pay rises
Nearly 90% of respondents to Broadcast's online weekly peer poll said BBC bosses do not deserve their six-figure pay rises.
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NewsBBC's Schlesinger to help comics make leap to TV
BBC head of radio comedy Paul Schlesinger is to return to television as part of the corporation's efforts to narrow the jump from the comedy circuit to TV.
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NewsNick UK to launch new Toons channel
Nickelodeon UK is to launch its first new channel for six years, targeting children aged five to seven.
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NewsPact will slim council down to 12 members
Pact is to reduce its council from 31 to 12 members and limit their term of office to six years.
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FeaturesRaising the tone in daytime
BBC daytime controller Liam Keelan plans to air a raft of hard-hitting current affairs shows and a Jimmy McGovern drama - but admits the UK didn't need another Aussie soap.
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NewsPhillips wants code to monitor diversity
Trevor Phillips, chair of the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission, is calling for broadcasters and the top 20 indies to set up a voluntary code to monitor diversity at a senior level.
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NewsITV orders Horowitz crash drama
ITV has commissioned a conspiracy drama by Anthony Horowitz that will feature what it claims is the largest TV crash ever filmed in the UK.
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NewsBBC daytime gets newsy makeover
The BBC is shaking up its daytime schedules with a string of campaign-style shows on hard-hitting subjects from knife crime to the NHS.