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NewsBBC2 sees 60% increase in original drama hours
BBC2 will see its hours of original drama increase by nearly 60% next year, with even more likely to come in 2012.
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NewsNBCU eyes UK market with fact ent boost
NBC Universal is ramping up production activity in the UK, with one show already under way and four others in the pipeline.
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NewsPart two of WoCC review
The BBC Trust has kicked off its second review of the BBC’s Window of Creative Competition, two years after it was last put under scrutiny.
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News'Lucky' Ross records final BBC show
Jonathan Ross said he was “grateful, lucky and honoured” to have worked at the BBC as he recorded his last chat show for the corporation.
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NewsSir Michael Lyons responds to sexism accusation
Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, has offered to meet Selina Scott after the former newsreader accused the corporation of “malign sexism and ageism”.
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NewsBBC in legal action over The Scheme pirate copies
The BBC has taken legal action to stop pirate copies of the unseen episodes of hit TV show The Scheme from being distributed.
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NewsBBC Audiobooks sold
BBC Worldwide has sold its 85% stake in BBC Audiobooks to AudioGo in a deal believed to be worth up to £15m.
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NewsBBC Breakfast move to Salford confirmed
The BBC has confirmed that 88 staff from its BBC Breakfast operation will be relocating to the corporation’s new production hub in Manchester’s Salford Quays.
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NewsCall to split World Service funding
A peer has called for the cost of the BBC World Service to be shared between the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development (DfID) in order to protect it from cuts.
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NewsSexism 'institutionalised' at BBC
Former BBC ‘Golden Girl’ Selina Scott has taken the broadcaster to task over alleged “blatant” sexism and ageism against women.
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NewsSummer Wine criticises BBC over farewell snub
Last of the Summer Wine star Tom Owen has criticised the BBC for not filming a specially-written farewell episode of the axed show.
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NewsBBC2 orders Live Aid drama
BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has commissioned a new feature-length drama charting the back story behind the legendary 1985 Live Aid Concert.
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NewsCriminal Justice creator pens new legal drama
Criminal Justice creator Peter Moffat and star Maxine Peake are to reunite for a six-part legal drama series on BBC1.
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NewsBBC Breakfast set for Salford move
BBC Breakfast is poised to join 5 Live and BBC Children’s in a move to the corporation’s new Media City HQ in Salford Quays.
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NewsPension fury at BBC
The BBC’s overhaul of its pension scheme has provoked a furious reaction on the letters page of Ariel, the corporation’s in-house magazine.
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NewsNo One Show return for Christine Bleakley
Christine Bleakley will not return to The One Show when the programme comes back from its break next week, the BBC has confirmed.
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NewsBBC Children’s to target teens with extra budget
BBC Children’s plans to use some of its recently approved extra budget to try to attract more teenage viewers to its CBBC channel.
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NewsFrontrunners emerge for BBC commissioning role
Watchdog editor Jeff Anderson and BBC executive producers Lisa Edwards and Alison Kirkham are thought to be in the running to succeed Jo Ball as commissioning editor for features for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsBBC audio chief defends digital radio strategy
BBC director of audio Tim Davie has defended the corporation’s digital radio strategy but admitted the industry needs a “step change in all areas” to achieve its digital switchover target.
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NewsProducers slam Trust’s support for online cuts
Multiplatform producers campaigning for the BBC to rethink its online strategy have given short shrift to the BBC Trust’s backing for the proposed 25% budget cut.