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NewsBBC4 gears up for motoring doc
Manchester indie Bigger Picture is producing a documentary about motorsports in the mid-1980s, when a relaxation of rules led to exciting and dangerous consequences.
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NewsBBC awards pilot deal to Future Formats trainee
A six-figure BBC initiative to recruit and train bright sparks from outside the TV industry has led to its first order - a non-TX entertainment pilot for BBC1.
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NewsBBC kicks off Roath Lock era
The BBC’s Roath Lock Studios drama hub has opened in Cardiff and will be home to 175,000 sq ft of HD-ready studios, filming areas, post production facilities and the largest green screen in Europe.
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NewsBBC orders Ripper-era drama from Tiger
BBC1 has commissioned an 8 x 60-minute detective drama from Tiger Aspect set in Jack the Ripper-era London.
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NewsCTVC wins orders for My Life and Arena strands
CTVC has won its first children’s commission, making a CBBC film about a group of boys who grow vegetables in a skip in Kings Cross, London.
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NewsFrank Skinner to host BBC2 class comedy
BBC2 is to air a one-off comedy special exploring social class hosted by Frank Skinner and starring comedians Roisin Conaty, Miles Jupp and Micky Flanagan.
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NewsBroadcasters poised for talks over cameras in courts
Broadcasters are gearing up to negotiate the practical and legal details of covering sentencing in UK courts, after welcoming suggestions the Government is poised to allow TV coverage.
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NewsNew Tricks wins two series order
BBC1 crime drama New Tricks has been handed a commission for two new series after collaring some of its biggest audiences in three years.
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NewsBBC’s Debonnaire makes in-house switch to ITVS
Sally Debonnaire is leaving BBC Vision Productions to join ITV Studios as its UK production supremo.
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NewsBBC receives Proms complaints
The BBC has received 55 complaints after the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s Proms was pulled off air following protests during the performance.
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NewsITVS picks up drama rejected by BBC
ITV Studios has optioned a Cornish crime drama previously rejected by the BBC.
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NewsProtestors disrupt BBC Proms
Classical music fans tuning into last night’s BBC Proms found themselves listening to a recording instead of the live performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, after protestors disrupted the evening’s event.
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NewsBattle lines drawn in comedy
Comedy has emerged as a key battleground after this year’s Edinburgh festival, as BBC1 and ITV1 unveiled new initiatives to fend off Sky’s latest offensive in the genre.
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NewsScots to query BBC funding
The BBC is facing another attack on its funding, with the Scottish government calling for £75m to be ring-fenced from the licence fee to fund a national PSB.
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NewsBBC trials first playalong app
The BBC is conducting its first trial of two-screen playalong technology, using audio watermarking around Saturday night gameshow The National Lottery: Secret Fortune.
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NewsBBC3 and E4 differ over pre-watershed
BBC3 is to all but stop commissioning for pre-watershed slots at precisely the moment E4 puts resource into 8pm for the first time.
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NewsCohen sets out the ‘step change’ in BBC content
The BBC’s channel controllers outlined commissions and content wishlists at Edinburgh as they deflected questions about impending Delivering Quality First cuts.
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NewsO’Reilly slams Heggessey ‘personal attack’
Presenter Miriam O’Reilly, who won a landmark ageism case against the BBC, has hit back at a “personal attack” on her during an Edinburgh Festival debate.
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NewsTalkback to revamp Buzzcocks for new series
Talkback Thames is planning to revamp long-running music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks ahead of its new series in October.
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NewsHughes to trumpet “golden age” of history TV
Academic and presenter Bettany Hughes is to claim that history on television is enjoying a “new golden age” at a lecture next month.