Latest BBC News – Page 522
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NewsCBBC returns to Paradise Café
CBBC is to return to the South Pacific for a second series of comedy adventure series Paradise Café.
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NewsMark Thompson to deliver MacTaggart
This year’s MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival will be delivered by BBC director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsSpeculation over C4 move for Jay Hunt
Speculation is mounting that BBC1 controller Jay Hunt could move to Channel 4 following Kevin Lygo’s departure.
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NewsThompson raps Hadlow over BBC2 direction
BBC director general Mark Thompson has given BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow a public dressing down about the direction of the channel, shocking senior colleagues.
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NewsPageant series headlines BBC3 ‘adult’ doc season
BBC3 is turning Baby Beauty Queens into a six-part series and has lined up topless model Alicia Douvall to discuss her “Faustian” aspirations for her teenage daughter, as part of the channel’s second
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NewsNigella ends Dahl speculation with a return to BBC2
Nigella Lawson is to return to BBC2 for a new 13-part series - ending suggestions that she has effectively been replaced by former model Sophie Dahl.
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NewsBBC’s 3D Olympics plan shapes up
Boxing and gymnastics are top of the BBC’s 3D agenda for the 2012 Olympics as the corporation eyes the games as a watershed moment for technological experimentation.
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NewsYentob: ‘cacophony’ of critical voices harms BBC
The BBC’s creativity and independence is being threatened by too many regulators and commentators having their say, creative director Alan Yentob has claimed.
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NewsBBC unveils Africa project
The BBC is embarking on a major new series exploring the wildlife and landscapes of Africa.
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NewsSNP continue debate battle with BBC
A legal battle between the SNP and BBC over the final prime ministerial debate will continue today.
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NewsMatt Smith to play Isherwood for BBC2
Doctor Who star Matt Smith is to play Christopher Isherwood in a 90-minute film for BBC2 charting the writer’s formative years.
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NewsBBC drama boss hunting shows for 2011
The BBC has £200m to spend on drama in 2011 and “literally nothing commissioned”, controller of drama commission Ben Stephenson has revealed - alongside his aspirations for a new 9pm police show and more younger-skewing drama.
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NewsYouTube leads 37% online video growth
Online video views across sites including the BBC, YouTube and Facebook have leapt 37% year on year to reach 5.5 billion during February.
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NewsDavid Cameron claims to be pro-BBC
David Cameron has claimed he is the “most pro-BBC” Conservative leader after celebrities signed a letter of protest against the party’s plans for the broadcaster.
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NewsTV return for Yes Minister's Sir Humphrey
Yes Minister’s Sir Humphrey Appleby returned to TV last night after more than 20 years.
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NewsEastEnders rapped for showing real phone number
EastEnders “unwarrantably infringed” a woman’s privacy after displaying her business mobile phone number on a prop phone, leading to almost 3,000 unwanted and abusive texts, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsOver 5,500 Doctor Who fans complain to BBC
The BBC has received more than 5,500 complaints from Doctor Who fans concerning a trailer for Over the Rainbow that appeared in the climactic moments of Saturday night’s episode.
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NewsBBC boss defends events spending
The BBC’s chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has hit back at criticism of its spending on major events, claiming it would be a “false economy to cover them half-heartedly” and that viewers don’t want them to broadcast from “windowless” rooms.
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NewsPerformers warn about Tory BBC plans
Some of Britain’s leading comedians and actors joined forces to oppose Conservative plans for the BBC.
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NewsBBC facing anti-BNP protest
Protesters are to gather outside BBC headquarters today as the British National Party’s election broadcast is aired.