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    Guy Hibbert pens BBC2 China drama

    2014-04-02T12:41:00Z

    Complicit writer Guy Hibbert is to pen a BBC2 drama about a Chinese woman struggling to find her identity after being adopted by Anglo/American parents.

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    BBC under fire over climate change

    2014-04-02T10:38:00Z

    The BBC must draw up “clear editorial guidelines” for reporting on climate change to avoid providing a “false balance” for audiences according to a group of MPs.

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    BBC1 shuts down Waterloo Road

    2014-04-02T08:26:00Z

    BBC1 has announced that it will close the school gates on classroom drama Waterloo Road after 10 series.

  • Panorama
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    BBC probes Films of Record Panorama data leak

    2014-03-31T19:01:00Z

    The BBC has launched an “urgent investigation” into an information leak on a Films of Record Panorama documentary about the mayor of Tower Hamlets.

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    BBC ‘must safeguard World Service’

    2014-03-31T09:08:00Z

    Foreign secretary William Hague must “hold the BBC’s feet to the fire” to ensure it protects the World Service, a group of MPs has argued.

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    The Voice to return in two-year deal

    2014-03-31T09:05:00Z

    BBC1 has wrapped up a deal to keep broadcasting The Voice UK for another two years.

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    BBC names Newsbeat editor

    2014-03-28T09:34:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live daytime editor Louisa Compton is to become the boss of Radio 1 Newsbeat.

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    BBC must halve senior managers to hit Trust target

    2014-03-27T18:11:00Z

    The BBC must halve its number of senior managers over the next 20 months or fail to hit a stretching target set by Lord Patten, according to Broadcast calculations.

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    BBC launches child protection policy review

    2014-03-27T13:07:00Z

    The BBC has launched a stand-alone investigation into its child protection and whistleblowing policies following delays to the Dame Janet Smith review.

  • The Review Show
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    BBC axes The Review Show

    2014-03-27T12:08:00Z

    The BBC has axed its 20-year old arts round-up The Review Show less than 12 months after switching it to a monthly BBC4 format.

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    Celebrity Juice producer joins BBC

    2014-03-27T07:51:00Z

    Celebrity Juice and Sweat The Small Stuff producer Ed Sleeman is to join the BBC’s entertainment commissioning team and take on the BBC3 brief left by Sean Hancock.

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    Drama set for return to BBC4

    2014-03-27T07:14:00Z

    BBC4 is to return to drama with a series of theatrical two-handers produced by Mammoth Screen, as part of the corporation’s ambitious arts push.

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    BBC arts push under fire

    2014-03-27T07:08:00Z

    Prominent executives have argued that the combination of the BBC’s plans to create more arts content “than ever before” and the cuts to BBC3 will make the corporation “increasingly irrelevant”.

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    BBC faces licence fee review

    2014-03-27T07:06:00Z

    The BBC faces an uphill battle to fight off the biggest overhaul of TV licence laws in more than a decade as plans to decriminalise evasion took a leap forward this week.

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    BBC creates Guerilla Group for digital content drive

    2014-03-26T10:39:00Z

    The BBC is poised to launch a Birmingham digital content innovation unit dubbed Guerilla Group.

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    MPs back plans to decriminalise TV licence fee evasion

    2014-03-25T18:05:00Z

    The BBC has welcomed a group of MPs’ decision to clear a path for a review into decriminalising licence fee evasion – but has warned that “ideological motivations” must not cloud the debate.

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    Jimmy Mulville slams BBC arts push

    2014-03-25T16:28:00Z

    Jimmy Mulville has reacted angrily to the BBC’s plans for its biggest arts push in a generation, claiming the corporation has “embarked on a mission focused on making itself irrelevant in 10 years’ time”.

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    Tony Hall unveils BBC's 'biggest arts push in a generation'

    2014-03-25T12:57:00Z

    A second helping of Hollow Crown Shakespeare adaptations and the revival of landmark series Civilisation will form part of the BBC’s biggest commitment to the arts in a generation.

  • Zai Bennett
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    Bennett: BBC3 must place 'big bets' on fewer shows

    2014-03-25T09:05:00Z

    BBC3 must place Netflix-style “big bets” on certain programmes to make a success of its move online, according to Zai Bennett.

  • Roger Wright
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    R3 and Proms boss to leave BBC

    2014-03-24T13:14:00Z

    BBC3 Radio 3 controller and BBC Proms boss Roger Wright is to leave the corporation after a 16-year spell.