Latest BBC News – Page 419
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NewsBBCW partners with See-Saw Films
BBC Worldwide has signed a first look deal with the fledgling television arm of The King’s Speech and Shame co-producer See-Saw Films.
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NewsBBC slams 'misleading' tax reports
The BBC has slammed “inaccurate” newspaper reports that it is railroading presenters and freelancers into being paid through limited companies.
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NewsBBC2 riot docs cleared for TX
BBC2 will finally air innovative drama-doc The Riots: In Their Own Words next month after a controversial injunction was lifted.
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NewsMiranda Hart pilots BBC panel show
Miranda Hart is to front a new BBC panel show pilot that will ask questions about groups of people connected by nothing more than their names.
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NewsDick and Dom to celebrate inventors for CBBC
Kids presenters Dick and Dom are to celebrate important inventors as part of a trio of new CBBC commissions.
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NewsBolt doc sprints to Europe
BBC1 documentary Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive has been sold to a number of European territories ahead of the Olympics.
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NewsEmmys: how the Brits fared
ITV1 drama Downton Abbey led the British charge in the Emmy Award nominations, picking up 16 different nods.
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NewsBBC's Davis to head up Directors Cut sound team
Directors Cut has appointed Kate Davis to head up the facility’s sound department.
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NewsBBC2 ties up with France 5 for human cells doc
BBC2 and France 5 have commissioned a single science documentary exploring human cells.
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NewsEx-ITVS comedy boss joins BBC in-house team
Former ITV Studios creative director of comedy Saurabh Kakkar has moved to the BBC’s in-house comedy division as an executive producer.
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NewsBBC1 and ITV1 close in on drama adaptations
BBC1 and ITV1 are lining up adaptations of Daphne du Maurier classic Jamaica Inn and Dorothy Koomson’s Ice Cream Girls respectively.
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NewsWartime Farm picked up for Eastern Europe and Canada
Wartime Farm, a forthcoming Lion TV production for BBC2, has been picked up by Viasat for Russia and Eastern Europe, and Knowledge Network in Canada.
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NewsAgents defend BBC tax arrangements
TV agents including Jonathan Shalit have leaped to the defence of the BBC, amid mounting pressure over the broadcaster’s practice of paying talent and freelancers through limited companies.
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NewsBBC Vision restructure set for September
BBC Vision Production’s factual restructure around genres rather than regional hubs has moved a step closer, with a view to launching in September.
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NewsBBC2 eyes more Shakespeare in the wake of The Hollow Crown
BBC2 is in talks with producer Neal Street Productions to extend its The Hollow Crown series of Shakespeare adaptations to new plays.
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NewsPatten: BBC in-house commissioning guarantee will stay
Lord Patten has made clear that the BBC has no plans to reduce its in-house commissioning guarantee, despite indies winning a record share of the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) last year.
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NewsRedesigned BBC websites lose audience appeal
Overhauls of key BBC websites contributed to a decline in the broadcaster’s online audience appreciation (AI) score last year.
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NewsObituary: Ewart Needham
Ewart Needham, award winning film cameraman and former managing director of Teddington Studios has died aged 71.
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NewsBBC strikes Olympics rights deal
The BBC has struck a deal to hang on to exclusive UK Olympic Games broadcast rights for the next eight years.
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NewsBBC1 orders Richard Curtis drama
Richard Curtis has penned a single drama for BBC1 about two women brought together after losing their sons to malaria.