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NewsBBC opens Savile culture and practices inquiry
The BBC has today opened an inquiry into its culture and practices at the time Jimmy Savile allegedly sexually abused young people.
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NewsOlympic Closing ceremony most watched show for 30 years
The London Olympics 2012 Opening and Closing ceremonies have become two of the three most watched TV shows of the past 30 years according to the latest figures.
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NewsSavile pressure boils over at BBC
The pressure of dealing with the Jimmy Savile scandal has boiled over with a full-scale argument in the BBC newsroom and Lord Patten admitting the affair has done “terrible damage” to the corporation.
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NewsGreat British Bake Off heading to Norway
The Great British Bake Off will be remade for Norwegian audiences as the format continues to sell around the world.
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NewsSavile investigation was 'pitched' to Panorama
The cannibalism within the BBC took a further twist today with former Today editor Kevin Marsh revealing that the Savile story was pitched to Panorama on the same day as Newsnight.
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NewsBBC digital stations make double-digit gains
Rajar: Listening share and total hours of radio via digital platforms has grown steadily year-on-year helped by double-digit percentage gains from BBC stations Radio 4 Extra, 6Music and 1Xtra, despite recording slight drops compared with the previous quarter.
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NewsTimeline: how a TX u-turn threw the BBC into a public crisis
All the key dates in the Savile scandal
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NewsBBC and Broadcast join forces for Expert Women training day
Broadcast is working with the BBC Academy and FindaTVExpert.com to launch a free training day for aspiring female TV presenters or experts keen to appear on air.
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NewsPrincess sees the funny side with two BBC orders
Shine Group’s Princess Productions is making moves into scripted comedy with a CBBC sketch show commission and a BBC pilot.
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NewsBBC drama exec to join Company Pictures as MD
BBC drama executive John Yorke has been confirmed as the new managing director of All3Media drama producer Company Pictures.
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NewsSavile saga exposes BBC factions
The failure of BBC2’s Newsnight to run its investigation into Jimmy Savile has exposed the divisions and faultlines within the programme and affected morale within BBC News, sources have alleged.
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NewsUnasked questions haunt DG
Entwistle ‘disappointed’ by Rippon blog as chain-of-command defence puts focus on Boaden
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NewsEmma Swain contacts suppliers over Savile
BBC controller of Knowledge commissioning Emma Swain has emailed the BBC’s suppliers urging them to pass any information they receive about Jimmy Savile to the BBC or the police where appropriate.
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NewsSavile: latest stories
George Entwistle points finger at Peter RipponBBC hires human rights lawyer for harassment probeSavile film propels Panorama to two year highTim Davie de-facto DG for Savile scandalBBC: Rippon’s Savile blog was wrongSavile scandal scuppers New TricksPanorama to stoke Savile controversyBBC lines up Savile Panorama for MondayEntwistle to face MPs over ...
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NewsMP calls for Lord Patten and George Entwistle to resign
Conservative MP and former BBC staffer Sir Roger Gale has become the first high profile politician to suggest that the BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten and the corporation’s director-general George Entwistle may have to resign.
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NewsWelsh indies concerned by S4C agreement
TAC, the Welsh indies trade association, has voiced concerns about the role of the BBC Trust set out in the new S4C operating agreement.
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NewsRippon's "impossible" demands; Maria Miller writes to BBC Trust
Further insight into Peter Rippon’s decision to drop Newsnight’s Jimmy Savile film have emerged, as culture secretary Maria Miller writes to BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten for reassurance about how the Trust will handle the investigations.
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NewsBBC hires human rights lawyer for harassment probe
The BBC is hiring human rights lawyer Dinah Rose QC to examine its procedures on handling sexual harassment complaints.
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NewsGeorge Entwistle points finger at Peter Rippon
BBC director general George Entwistle has told MPs that the decision not to proceed with the Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile was taken solely by the programme’s editor Peter Rippon, whose failure to give an accurate version of events in his blog was “a matter of regret and embarrassment”.
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NewsHorrible Histories leads Bafta kids
CBBC’s Horrible Histories has emerged as an early frontrunner in the Bafta Children’s Awards 2012 with Junior Bake Off named in the Entertainment category.