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NewsOnly Connect on iPhone and iPad
Zodiak indie Presentable is developing an app game for iPhone and iPad of its BBC4 quiz show Only Connect, with plans to launch it when the fifth series starts in August.
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NewsAntiques Road Trip moves to peak with added celebs
A celebrity version of BBC2’s daytime hit Antiques Road Trip is to be pushed into primetime for a special series later this year.
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NewsBBC eyes The Voice for Saturday night
BBC1 is considering new singing format The Voice for a prime Saturday night slot following its success in the US.
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NewsHague rejects World Service pleas
The Government has rebuffed calls by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to reverse the decision to cut BBC World Service funding by 16%.
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NewsAttenborough criticises top BBC salaries
TV science doyens Sir David Attenborough and Professor Brian Cox have made their debut together - in front of the Lords communications select committee.
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NewsLord Patten to reveal BBC vision
New BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has been selected to deliver the RTS Fleming Memorial Lecture, his first public speech in the role.
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NewsHunt: BBC not always right
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the BBC does not always get it right on issues of political impartiality - before saying the corporation would be a “deity” if they achieved it on every occasion.
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NewsBBC1 bets on Kay Mellor lottery winners drama
Kay Mellor, the writer behind Band of Gold and Fat Friends, has penned a new drama series for BBC1 about a group of supermarket workers who win the lottery.
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NewsBBC3 picks up Scottish sitcom
BBC Scotland comedy Gary: Tank Commander has secured a network slot on BBC3 - the first such move for a Scottish sitcom in seven years.
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NewsBBC draws up online plans for London 2012
The BBC is finalising its plans for how its coverage of the London 2012 Olympics will be structured online.
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NewsBBC to publish guidance on hiring and firing stars
The BBC is set to publish guidance for producers on how to avoid legal pitfalls when hiring and firing on-screen talent, following Miriam O’Reilly’s successful discrimination suit last year.
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NewsBBC’s Hare set for axe as viewers switch off
The BBC is to drop Saturday night format Don’t Scare The Hare after it failed to attract enough viewers - and didn’t impress those who did tune in.
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NewsGallery: BBC Salford
As the first BBC employees take up residence at MediaCityUK in Salford, new pictures have been released of the corporation’s new northern base where BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live, children’s, learning, future, sport and technology will be based.
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NewsPatten: BBC must apologise faster
The BBC should respond to complaints more quickly and present a united front when doing so, the new Trust chairman has said.
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NewsMoffat attacks Doctor Who plot leaking 'vandals'
Doctor Who series boss Steven Moffatt has blasted fans who leak details of plots, accusing them of “vandalism”.
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NewsMPs slam S4C funding move
The speed with which the government and BBC agreed to fund S4C from the licence fee was “regrettable”, a report by the Welsh Affairs select committee has said.
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NewsThompson dispels Salford "myths"
BBC director general Mark Thompson has moved to dispel some of the “myths” surrounding the corporation’s move to Salford, including the misconception that it will cost £800m in taxpayers’ money.
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NewsBBC to air teen Shakespeare competition
Secondary school students are being challenged to learn and perform speeches from some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays as part of a new BBC2 show.
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NewsEastEnders not realistic, boss admits
EastEnders is not a realistic portrayal of working-class life in today’s East End, the BBC’s soap boss has admitted - while Corrie’s exec producer claims the ITV soap is “sufficiently real”.
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NewsSky recruits BBC's Anne Mensah to head drama
Sky has appointed BBC exec Anne Mensah to head up its drama commissioning, following Elaine Pyke’s move to manage Sky Atlantic.