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NewsBBC3's Life and Death Row gets digital twist
BBC3 is to give one of its highest-profile factual formats, Life and Death Row, a digital twist – after producing a serialised version of the documentary.
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NewsBBC3’s first ratings revealed
The BBC has provided the first insight into how BBC3 is performing as an online-only proposition in figures disclosed exclusively to Broadcast.
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NewsBBC departures fuel unrest
A spate of senior departures from the BBC has fuelled growing unease about the cuts and organisational change facing the corporation under its new charter.
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NewsTony Hall in staunch defence of public service broadcasting
Tony Hall has defended the role of public service broadcasting and admitted that he feels under attack from the media and Westminster.
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NewsChannel 4 in talks to land BDO Darts
Channel 4 is in talks to land the BDO World Professional Darts Championships following the BBC’s decision to walk away from the Lakeside tournament after 38 years.
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NewsContent sells World's Secret Agent to US
US subscription VoD service Acorn TV has picked up the rights to World Productions’ forthcoming BBC1 drama The Secret Agent.
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NewsCuckoo to return for another two series
BBC3 comedy Cuckoo is to return for another two series.
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NewsJack Thorne pens BBC's His Dark Materials adaptation
Triple Bafta-nominated screenwriter Jack Thorne has been unveiled as the writer behind the BBC1 adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.
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NewsTeletubbies re-boot secures second run
Canadian company DHX Media and CBeebies are developing a second series of Darrall Macqueen’s re-booted kids show Teletubbies.
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NewsAll3 sells Irish series to Amazon & BBC
The BBC and Amazon have acquired Irish soap Red Rock after striking a deal with All3Media International.
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NewsPolly Hill on brink of shock ITV move
BBC drama controller Polly Hill is on the brink of a shock move to ITV, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsNatural history chief exits BBC
The BBC’s first female Natural History Unit (NHU) boss Wendy Darke has become the latest BBC Studios board member to leave the corporation.
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NewsBBC1 resurrects Animal Park
Remarkable Television’s Animal Park is returning to BBC1 after a seven-year hiatus to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first drive-through safari park.
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NewsBBC3 lands heavyweight Anthony Joshua access
Gary Lineker’s indie Goalhanger Films has been following British boxer Anthony Joshua for a year and will detail his preparations for a world heavyweight title fight in a series of shorts for BBC3.
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NewsMPs call to ‘mutualise’ BBC
MPs Gareth Thomas and Steve Baker have called for the BBC to be restructured as a mutual organisation in which TV licence-holders elect its board.
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NewsWolf Hall leads hunt for Bafta
Wolf Hall is leading the pack in the hunt for a Bafta television award, but the academy has snubbed Catastrophe in its Scripted Comedy category.
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NewsPretzel lands bumper CBBC Chart show order
Pretzel Films has secured a beefed up second series of its live simulcast chart series for CBBC and Radio 1.
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NewsFiona Campbell moves into digital role at BBC News
BBC head of current affairs Fiona Campbell has moved into the newly-created role of controller of BBC News mobile and online.
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NewsSir Lenny Henry: write diversity into BBC charter
Sir Lenny Henry has called for obligations on diversity to be written into the BBC’s new charter and reiterated his ambition to create a ring-fenced fund for content that reflects British society.
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NewsBig Bang ‘over-reliant on BBC’
The dangers of a post house relying on a single customer for income were highlighted last week following the sale of the trade and assets of Big Bang Post Production to Evolutions.