Latest BBC News – Page 463
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NewsHague rejects World Service pleas
The Government has rebuffed calls by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to reverse the decision to cut BBC World Service funding by 16%.
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NewsAttenborough criticises top BBC salaries
TV science doyens Sir David Attenborough and Professor Brian Cox have made their debut together - in front of the Lords communications select committee.
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NewsLord Patten to reveal BBC vision
New BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has been selected to deliver the RTS Fleming Memorial Lecture, his first public speech in the role.
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NewsHunt: BBC not always right
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the BBC does not always get it right on issues of political impartiality - before saying the corporation would be a “deity” if they achieved it on every occasion.
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NewsBBC1 bets on Kay Mellor lottery winners drama
Kay Mellor, the writer behind Band of Gold and Fat Friends, has penned a new drama series for BBC1 about a group of supermarket workers who win the lottery.
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NewsBBC3 picks up Scottish sitcom
BBC Scotland comedy Gary: Tank Commander has secured a network slot on BBC3 - the first such move for a Scottish sitcom in seven years.
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NewsBBC draws up online plans for London 2012
The BBC is finalising its plans for how its coverage of the London 2012 Olympics will be structured online.
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NewsBBC to publish guidance on hiring and firing stars
The BBC is set to publish guidance for producers on how to avoid legal pitfalls when hiring and firing on-screen talent, following Miriam O’Reilly’s successful discrimination suit last year.
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NewsBBC’s Hare set for axe as viewers switch off
The BBC is to drop Saturday night format Don’t Scare The Hare after it failed to attract enough viewers - and didn’t impress those who did tune in.
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NewsGallery: BBC Salford
As the first BBC employees take up residence at MediaCityUK in Salford, new pictures have been released of the corporation’s new northern base where BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live, children’s, learning, future, sport and technology will be based.
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NewsPatten: BBC must apologise faster
The BBC should respond to complaints more quickly and present a united front when doing so, the new Trust chairman has said.
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NewsMoffat attacks Doctor Who plot leaking 'vandals'
Doctor Who series boss Steven Moffatt has blasted fans who leak details of plots, accusing them of “vandalism”.
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NewsMPs slam S4C funding move
The speed with which the government and BBC agreed to fund S4C from the licence fee was “regrettable”, a report by the Welsh Affairs select committee has said.
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NewsThompson dispels Salford "myths"
BBC director general Mark Thompson has moved to dispel some of the “myths” surrounding the corporation’s move to Salford, including the misconception that it will cost £800m in taxpayers’ money.
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NewsBBC to air teen Shakespeare competition
Secondary school students are being challenged to learn and perform speeches from some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays as part of a new BBC2 show.
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NewsEastEnders not realistic, boss admits
EastEnders is not a realistic portrayal of working-class life in today’s East End, the BBC’s soap boss has admitted - while Corrie’s exec producer claims the ITV soap is “sufficiently real”.
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NewsSky recruits BBC's Anne Mensah to head drama
Sky has appointed BBC exec Anne Mensah to head up its drama commissioning, following Elaine Pyke’s move to manage Sky Atlantic.
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NewsDownton Abbey scores double at Bafta Craft awards
Downton Abbey and Human Planet were the biggest winners at the Bafta Craft Awards last night picking up two awards each.
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NewsBBC compliance to be 'dialled down'
The head of BBC’s editorial policy team has said he will look at reducing compliance requirements where possible – though stressed regulation would never become “light touch”.
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NewsBBC turns to flagship brands for IPTV trial
The BBC is trialling IPTV projects around Dragons’ Den, Mastermind and EastEnders as it begins developing a content strategy for the platform.