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NewsCBBC prepares comedy sketch show & factual format
CBBC has ordered six in-house series including comedy sketch show Class Dismissed and factual entertainment series The Dengineers.
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NewsC5 set to sign Football League rights
Channel 5 is set to pick up the rights to Football League coverage from the BBC after earmarking a primetime slot for a highlights show.
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NewsDon't Tell The Bride leaps to BBC1
Don’t Tell the Bride is set to leap to BBC1 after BBC3 revealed plans to scrap its factual entertainment formats.
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NewsRetransmission fees and terms of trade part of Ofcom review
Ofcom has fired the starting gun on a consultation into retransmission fees and a shake-up of the terms of trade as part of its public service broadcasting review.
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NewsIf Not Us lands debut BBC order
Brighton-based production company If Not Us Films has landed its first BBC commission – a feature documentary about the history of British policewomen.
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NewsDamian Kavanagh lands BBC3 role
Damian Kavanagh will be responsible for commissioning traditional, short-form and “new-form” content for BBC3 after being named digital controller of the channel.
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NewsIndustry plans diversity study
The BBC, ITV and Broadchurch indie Kudos have teamed up with the Edinburgh International Television Festival to investigate the lack of diversity among production crews.
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NewsPeter Horrocks to join The Open University
Peter Horrocks, the director of the BBC World Service group, is to join The Open University following his departure from the BBC.
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NewsBBC to adapt J.K Rowling's detective novels
The BBC is developing a TV series based on J.K Rowling’s detective novels The Cuckoo’s Calling and The Silkworm.
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NewsComedy leads BBC3 revolution
Shane Allen has pledged that BBC3’s move online will boost the quality and quantity of its comedy output after being promised a budget of more than £10m under the plans.
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NewsFeatures & formats at risk from BBC3 online move
BBC3 formats such as Don’t Tell the Bride and Sun, Sea and Suspicious Parents could become potential casualties of BBC3’s proposed move online.
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NewsBlast! delivers Post Office doc to BBC2
The Tube producer Blast! Films is to turn its attention to the Post Office for its latest BBC2 ob-doc series.
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NewsBBC3 online plans revealed
A fifth of BBC3’s new £30m digital budget will be ploughed into short-form content as the corporation bids to put the channel at the heart of young audiences’ online worlds.
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NewsIan Hislop urges BBC to become more 'pugnacious'
Ian Hislop has called on the BBC to become “more pugnacious” BBC after a period of cautious programming.
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NewsBBC extends late evening regional news bulletins
The BBC is to double the length of its late evening regional news bulletins in the run-up to next year’s general election.
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NewsBBC1 lures Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is to make his first series for BBC1 - a three-part investigation into food waste.
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NewsTern secures 20 hours of BBC nations output
Tern Television has picked up over 20 hours of commissions from BBC Scotland and Northern Ireland, including a six-part documentary about Britain’s leading ski resort.
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NewsBBC News boss hits back at government criticism
James Harding has argued that BBC News will be “undeterred” in holding politicians to account following government anger over its autumn statement coverage.
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NewsVeteran BBC producer joins Ukip
Veteran BBC News producer Paul Lambert has joined Ukip as director of communications.