Latest BBC News – Page 523
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NewsBBC to axe Working Lunch
BBC business series Working Lunch has been axed after more than 15 years on air.
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NewsRoss interviews grounded stars via satellite
Jonathan Ross has secured an appearance from three Hollywood stars on his BBC1 chat show despite the flight ban caused by the Icelandic volcano – with interviews via satellite.
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NewsThe Family honoured at diversity awards
Channel 4 factual series The Family and BBC1 drama Small Island were among the winners at a new awards ceremony recognising diversity in TV production last night.
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NewsAnger at BBC decision on TV debate
A complaint about nationalists in Wales and Scotland being left out of a televised leadership debate has been rejected by the BBC Trust.
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NewsFox rejects Torchwood US
US network Fox has passed on a planned remake of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood.
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NewsColin Murray to host MOTD2
BBC Radio 5 Live DJ Colin Murray is to take over from Adrian Chiles as host of Match of the Day 2.
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NewsHumphrys to lead Matchlight’s BBC triple doc order
John Humphrys is to examine the inequalities of the UK’s education system in Mind The Gap, one of three Matchlight productions commissioned by the BBC.
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NewsO’Reilly wins right to employment tribunal
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has won the right for her claim of age and sex discrimination against the BBC to be heard at an employment tribunal in November.
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Coming soon: Luther
The first trailer for new BBC1 crime drama Luther, starring The Wire’s Idris Elba.
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NewsVolcano grounds Jonathan Ross A-list
The BBC has hastily booked Jeremy Clarkson to appear on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross after three Hollywood stars were kept overseas by the volcanic ash.
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NewsBBC execs splash out on taxis and flights
The BBC’s disclosure of expenses is curbing day-to-day spending by execs – but senior figures continue to book business class flights costing more than £3,000 each and embark on expensive taxi rides.
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NewsSteve Rider in talks over ITV future
ITV sports presenter Steve Rider could make a return to the BBC following Adrian Chiles’ defection from the corporation to the commercial broadcaster.
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NewsDermot O'Leary to quiz party leaders
X Factor host Dermot O’Leary is to throw the spotlight on Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg by quizzing them on first-time voters’ concerns.
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NewsChiles signs four-year ITV deal
BBC presenter Adrian Chiles has signed an exclusive four-year deal with ITV to anchor its World Cup coverage and host GMTV.
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NewsCBBC acquires £8m Jungle Book
The BBC has picked up an £8m reworking of The Jungle Book made in 3D.
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NewsAntiques Road Trip to return
The BBC has ordered a second series of popular antiques show, the Antiques Road Trip.
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NewsBBC ends censorship row over Sri Lankan feeds
BBC World Service programming is to return to Sri Lankan national broadcaster SLBC after the broadcasters resolved a row over censorship.
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BBC takes on fly-tippers and holidays from hell
The BBC is to tackle fly-tippers and holiday disasters in two major daytime consumer journalism series for BBC1.
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NewsBBC staff slam FM&T revamp
The radical restructure of the BBC’s Future Media & Technology division has sparked a furious internal row - with insiders accusing director Erik Huggers of “an aggressive land grab”.
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NewsInfluential factual producer dies
Sam Organ, the Bafta-nominated executive producer of Tribe and a driving force behind Crimewatch UK, has died of a brain tumour at the age of 52.


















