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NewsNUJ and Bectu petitioned Lord Hall pre-strike
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Bectu wrote to incoming BBC director general Lord Hall ahead of today’s 24-hour strike to ask him to intervene over job cuts.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt War and Peace
Andrew Davies is to adapt Leo Tolstoy’s iconic novel War and Peace into a six-part drama for BBC1.
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NewsFlagship BBC services forced off air by NUJ strikes
BBC Breakfast and Radio 4’s Today Programme have been taken off air as BBC journalists strike over job cuts.
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NewsLord Patten demands ‘tougher terms’ on BBC payoffs
Lord Patten has demanded that the BBC introduces “tougher terms” on senior manager payoffs as part of a wide-ranging speech on consumer trust in the British media.
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NewsBBC hunts for Casualty & Holby City boss
The BBC is on the hunt for a new Casualty and Holby City showrunner as Johnathan Young looks set to leave the broadcaster.
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NewsDamian Kavanagh named BBC daytime controller
Damian Kavanagh is to become the BBC’s new daytime controller - after just six months as head of features and factual formats at Channel 4.
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NewsBBC PR boss to leave corporation
BBC PR chief Paul Mylrea is leaving the corporation following the announcement of James Purnell as director of strategy and digital.
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NewsBBC Trust orders content distribution review
A review of the BBC’s £200m a year content distribution strategy to consider audience’s changing consumption habits, has been ordered by the BBC Trust.
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NewsPurnell to be Lord Hall’s right-hand man
James Purnell will effectively become BBC director general Lord Hall’s right-hand man as he takes on a wide-ranging brief to lead the corporation into a digital future.
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NewsPurnell appoinment: Tony Hall's email to staff
Incoming director general Tony Hall has explained the thinking behind James Purnell’s appointment to all BBC staff.
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NewsBBC hires James Purnell as Tony Hall starts to shape senior team
Former Labour culture minister James Purnell is returning to the BBC in a wide-reaching strategic role, as incoming director-general Tony Hall begins to shape the corporation ahead of his arrival.
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NewsBBC news executives: ‘Don’t publish Pollard in full’
Senior BBC newsroom figures have written to Lord Patten to raise concerns about the publication of the Pollard review transcripts.
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NewsSky back in hunt for channel boss after U-turn
BSkyB has restarted the search for a director of Sky 1 after former BBC Daytime boss Liam Keelan made a dramatic U-turn and joined BBC Worldwide.
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NewsBBC Vision set for shake-up
Improved indie relations and new methods of in-house development among the changes
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NewsSavile victims to sue the BBC
As many as eight victims of alleged sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile are to sue the BBC for compensation.
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NewsMorgana heads to BBC3 with sitcom pilot
Channel 4 talent Morgana Robinson is piloting her first project for the BBC - a celebrity culture sitcom in which the comedian plays multiple characters.
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NewsViewer trust in BBC recovers after Jimmy Savile scandal
The Jimmy Savile scandal does not appear to have inflicted permanent damage to the BBC’s reputation - as trust in the corporation showed signs of recovery in January.
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NewsBBC2 calls time on The Hour
BBC2 drama series The Hour will not be re-commissioned for a third series despite being nominated for a string of awards.
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NewsUnions demand BBC pay rise
Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Unite have demanded that BBC staff receive a pay rise 3% above inflation.
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NewsDoctor Who to be filmed in 3D for 50th birthday
Doctor Who is to be filmed in 3D for the second time to celebrate the Time Lord’s 50th anniversary later this year.