Latest BBC News – Page 467
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NewsFlaws appear in DQF drama plan
The BBC proposal to repeat highend drama in daytime or overnight would barely save any money, Broadcast has discovered.
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NewsSugar confirms new Apprentice series
Lord Sugar has revealed the next series of his hit show The Apprentice will begin next month.
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NewsCBeebies extends reach in Latin America
MipTV: CBeebies is to grow its presence in Argentina on the back of a distribution deal struck by BBC Worldwide.
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NewsBBC3 formats head to Ukraine
MIPTV: BBC3 formats The Week the Women Went and Baby Borrowers are to travel to the Ukraine as part of a number of BBC Worldwide deals.
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NewsBBC2 orders Adam Curtis series
Bafta-winning film-maker Adam Curtis has unveiled details of his first TV series in four years.
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NewsQuentin criticises bias ahead of Cohen meeting
Actress Caroline Quentin has criticised the gender balance of lead TV roles for older stars - claiming men far outweigh women.
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NewsBBC presenters warned over Twitter use
BBC Radio 4 presenters including John Humphrys and Sarah Montague have been warned about their future use of social networking sites after a picture posted on Twitter of Today presenter James Naughtie in a hotel room in Japan caused embarrassment.
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NewsBBC invites sailing tender
The BBC is to open to tender coverage of sailing during the 2012 Olympic Games.
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NewsBBC to hear doc concerns
The BBC is to listen to the concerns of documentary distributors, who have complained that the corporation is not acquiring enough independent factual films.
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NewsBBC Breakfast: 46% to make Salford move
More than half the BBC Breakfast team will not make the move to Salford – including presenters Sian Williams and Chris Hollins.
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NewsBBC stands firm over government ads
The BBC has said it will continue to resist the government’s wish to run advertising for charities or community groups on any of its platforms, arguing it would compromise the broadcaster’s independence.
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NewsBBC4 orders more Dirk Gently
BBC4 has commissioned a mini-series of the Douglas Adams adaptation Dirk Gently after a successful TX pilot last December.
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NewsHunt: BBC must not cut core services
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned the BBC not to cut core services as it struggles to deal with a real terms reduction in its licence fee.
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NewsTop Gear sued over fake race claim
The BBC’s Top Gear programme is being sued by electric car manufacturer Tesla over claims that the show faked a race.
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NewsHenshaw to tell Lords that Ed Pol Unit is ‘wholly unnecessary'
The award-winning producer of Undercover Mosque and Secret NHS Diaries is set to tell the Lords’ Communications Committee that the BBC’s Editorial Policy Unit should be scrapped.
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NewsBBC1 could lose kids’ block under DQF proposals
Flagship children’s series Blue Peter could no longer play out on BBC1 in the latest proposal to emerge from the BBC’s Delivering Quality First initiative.
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NewsLark Rise writer to pen political drama for BBC1
Lark Rise To Candleford writer Bill Gallagher is penning a drama series for BBC1 in which a local politician attempts to atone for his sins.
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NewsMr T to search for World’s Craziest Fools for BBC3
Legendary hardman Mr T will front a new comedy-entertainment clipshow series made by Roughcut for BBC3.
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NewsBBC to keep senior newsreaders tied to the desk to cut costs
Flagship BBC news bulletins will no longer be produced at the location of a big story, unless an exceptional case can be made for doing so.
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NewsBBC plans to turn Hasidic Jews doc into full series
The BBC is keen to turn a one-off doc on the Hasidic Jewish community in Stamford Hill into a full series.