Latest BBC News – Page 329
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NewsSearch begins for BBC3 digital controller
The BBC is hunting for both an overarching digital content chief and an editorial head of BBC3 as it paves the way to move the channel online.
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NewsAdrian Van Klaveren returns to BBC News
Adrian Van Klaveren, the former Radio 5 Live controller who lost his job in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, is to return to BBC News as head of strategic change.
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NewsMaxine Watson named BBC acting docs head
BBC documentaries commissioning editor Maxine Watson has been appointed as acting head of documentaries to replace Emma Willis.
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NewsBBC4 unearths more Detectorists
Quirky comedy Detectorists is returning for a second series on BBC4.
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NewsBBC Worldwide hires global formats chief
BBC1 and BBC3 channel executive Kate Phillips has joined BBC Worldwide to lead its global formats strategy.
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NewsDanny Cohen: BBC feeling ‘devolutionary pressures’
Danny Cohen has admitted that “devolutionary pressures” on the BBC will increase following the Scottish independence referendum in September.
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NewsPanorama investigates Ebola epidemic
Blakeway Productions is to shine a light on the Ebola epidemic in a Panorama film for BBC1.
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NewsBBC Worldwide ready to open Store
BBC Worldwide has revealed its launch and commercial plans for BBC Store after hiring a former Virgin Media and BT executive to lead the download-to-own service.
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NewsNUJ probes claims BBC blacklisted Miriam O’Reilly
The NUJ is investigating claims that former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has been blacklisted by the broadcaster for fighting an ageism case in 2011.
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NewsCohen: BBC ‘won’t survive’ without diversity boost
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has claimed that the corporation will not survive if it fails to tackle diversity.
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NewsA&E boards Vice and Raw's Silk Road doc
Vice and Raw TV’s documentary about the online illicit drugs and weapons market for BBC4 has been picked up in the US by A&E IndieFilms.
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NewsAlex Graham urges BBC to increase factual spend
Wall to Wall founder Alex Graham has criticised the BBC for its failure to invest more heavily in factual programming.
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NewsCBBC conjures up The Worst Witch return
CBBC is planning to resurrect nineties children’s TV programme, The Worst Witch.
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NewsBBC2 doubles Two Tribes order
BBC daytime has doubled its order of Remarkable Television quiz show Two Tribes for BBC2.
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NewsBBC re-hires sacked staff at a cost of £10m
The BBC has spent more than £10m on redundancy packages for staff it has gone on to re-employ.
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NewsRadio 1 to launch on iPlayer
BBC Radio 1 is to be handed a dedicated channel on iPlayer after the BBC Trust green-lit proposals made by the radio station 12 months ago.
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NewsCall The Midwife to return for fifth outing
BBC1 has re-commissioned Heidi Thomas’ Bafta winning drama Call the Midwife for a fifth series, as filming for the fourth run draws to a close.
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NewsBBC iPlayer orders sci-fi docs
The BBC has ordered its third batch of iPlayer-only content in the last four months: a 3 x 20-minute doc strand about science fiction.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing embraces Vine
Strictly Come Dancing has generated a record number of Vine video views and plans to adopt Twitter’s live content editing tool for the show’s final.
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NewsCohen backs Clarkson in Argentina row
Danny Cohen has thrown his full support behind Jeremy Clarkson in the on-going row over Top Gear’s trip to Argentina.