Latest BBC News – Page 267
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NewsBBC4 visits James May's workshop
James May is to front a three-part Plum Pictures series for BBC4 in which the former Top Gear presenter will rebuild everyday objects to see what makes them tick.
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NewsPeers could block BBC governance reforms
Lord Anthony Lester QC is planning to table a private members bill that will block culture secretary John Whittingdale’s proposed reforms to BBC governance.
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NewsLabour accuses government of 'bullying' BBC & C4
Shadow culture secretary Maria Eagle has criticised the government’s “ideological approach” to the broadcasting sector and accused her opposite number John Whittingdale of “bullying” the BBC and Channel 4.
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NewsBBC3 orders Jane Treays addiction doc
Mum, Heroin and Me director Jane Treays is to produce a Rare Day documentary about drug addiction for BBC3 – as Pulse Films secures a film about legal highs.
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NewsTheroux explores alcoholism and brain injury for BBC2
Louis Theroux will return to BBC2 this year with two hour-long films dealing with alcohol addiction and brain injury.
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NewsBBC savings plans unpicked
How the BBC will go about the gruelling task of meeting its £800m savings target by 2022
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NewsPeter Bowker plots WW2 epic
Peter Bowker is eyeing up a multi-lingual World War II drama as his next BBC project – and plans to go deeper into society’s attitudes toward autism in a second series of The A Word.
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News7 Wonder examines skinheads for BBC4
DJ and film director Don Letts is to appear in a BBC4 documentary about skinheads from 7 Wonder.
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NewsMo Farah doc races to BBC1
The Class of 92 indie Fulwell 73 has been commissioned to produce an hour-long documentary chartering Mo Farah’s brutal training schedule in the build up to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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NewsBBC tightens conflict of interest rules
The BBC Trust has tightened its guidance around conflict of interest issues for senior managers following Alan Yentob’s departure in the wake of the Kids Company scandal.
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NewsPuttnam: BBC EU coverage strangulated
The BBC’s “strangulated” EU referendum coverage is failing to effectively inform viewers, according to Lord Puttnam.
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NewsWho's in charge of the Top Gear steering wheel?
The BBC editorial lead on Top Gear has become as much of a mystery as the identity of The Stig - but Broadcast can now unmask the executive responsible for the BBC2 show.
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NewsWestminster Council denies permitting Top Gear stunt
Westminster Council has said that it did not give permission for Top Gear to perform stunts close to the Cenotaph, while the BBC has confirmed it will not air any scenes showing the monument.
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NewsUnions release ‘alternative’ white paper
The Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU) has produced an ‘alternative’ white paper arguing against BBC Studios and the decision to burden the BBC with the cost of licence fees for over-75s.
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NewsCBBC gets digital-friendly rebrand
Controller of CBBC Cheryl Taylor has unveiled a “bright, mischievous and sophisticated” channel re-brand after she claimed the existing logo was not fit for purpose in a multiplatform world.
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NewsEvans apologises for Top Gear Cenotaph stunt
Top Gear presenter Chris Evans has apologised “unreservedly” for any offence caused by co-host Matt LeBlanc filming scenes by the Cenotaph war memorial in London on Sunday.
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NewsBoaden: government proposals risk turning BBC into state broadcaster
BBC Radio chief director Helen Boaden is to warn that new governance proposals could turn the corporation into a “state broadcaster”.
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NewsBBC4 doc explores disabled Romeo & Juliet adaptation
BBC4 has ordered a one-off film documenting a theatrical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet which features a disabled cast.
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NewsGreenbird backs factual indie
Greenbird Media has invested in fledgling indie Top Hat Productions as it has landed a debut documentary series about the House of Lords for BBC2.
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NewsInsert Name Here lands second run
Sue Perkins-fronted panel show Insert Name Here is to return for a second series on BBC2 later this year.