All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 69
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NewsBlue Planet mastermind to start own indie
Planet Earth and Blue Planet creator Alastair Fothergill is to strike out on his own after securing an annual six-month sabbatical from the BBC.
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NewsNuts TV overhaul ends ETV contract
Nuts TV is being overhauled after Turner Broadcasting Systems ended ETV's contract to produce all its live programming.
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NewsBBC renews Wimbledon deal
The BBC has secured the rights to broadcast Wimbledon for a further five years, after signing a new contract with the All England Club.
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NewsITV orders Beadle tribute
Talent Television has won a commission from ITV1 to make a tribute to Jeremy Beadle, who died in January.
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NewsBBC defends EastEnders burial
The BBC has robustly defended EastEnders scenes which showed a man being buried alive - despite being flooded with complaints from viewers.
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NewsBBC unveils first footage from 'Trunkcam'
The BBC has revealed extraordinary footage of a tiger licking its cubs clean - in the first ever wildlife documentary to be shot by elephants.
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NewsBBC4 cursed over new drama
BBC4's flagship drama season, The Curse of Comedy, has become mired in controversy after claims of underhand methods and “defamatory” errors by those closest to its subjects.
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NewsBBC names political reporters
BBC News has named Iain Watson and Ben Wright as its new political correspondents, replacing James Hardy and Guto Harri as they move into PR.
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NewsCBBC reaps relaunch rewards
The CBBC channel has grown its reach by nearly a third in the first six month of its relaunch.
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NewsBBC to air Minghella interview
The BBC is to screen an archive interview with director/writer Anthony Minghella on Easter Sunday, following the TV premier of his final film, The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
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NewsSpeight cleared of drugs charge
CBBC presenter Mark Speight will not face any charges following the death of his fiancee Natasha Collins.
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NewsBBC reclaims Formula One
Formula One is to return to the BBC after 12 years following a decision by ITV to drop the championship.
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NewsProf Winston back on BBC1 to reveal heroes of medicine
Professor Robert Winston is to return to BBC1 in a three-part documentary looking at medical pioneers.
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NewsBBC asks children to test new sites
The BBC is to launch a website that will allow kids to test and give feedback on pilot multi-media projects.
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NewsFive to focus on fathers and sons
Five is to turn bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys into a TV series featuring celebrity dads on old-fashioned adventures with their sons.
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NewsBBC1 scores a hat trick with star comedy trio
Jimmy Nail, Caroline Quentin and Roger Lloyd-Pack are to return to BBC1 in a trio of major new sitcom series.
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NewsITV to halve team of regional MDs
ITV is halving its team of regional managing directors and scaling back their remit to only cover news.
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NewsCBBC to remake Horrible Histories with live action
The BBC is planning a live action kids show based on the Horrible Histories books, six years after ITV's animated version came to an end.
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Monkey series recreates cartoon stunts
Scientists will recreate cartoon stunts in a new Monkey series for US cable channel TruTV.
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NewsBBC Trust to examine WoCC
The BBC Trust is to examine if there is real competition under the WoCC (Window of Creative Competition), as well as the scale and regional spread of indies who win commissions under the system.