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NewsVaizey: BBC got "superb" licence fee deal
The BBC got a “superb” licence fee settlement as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) and will retain its independence from the Government despite budget cuts, Ed Vaizey has insisted.
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NewsNUJ offers to call off strike
The NUJ strike planned for next week will be called off and talks re-opened if the BBC drops disciplinary action against three overseas union members who supported the strike.
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NewsFine tuning of BBC offer could prevent NUJ strikes
A telephone call between BBC HR director Lucy Adams and Bectu general secretary Gerry Morrissey may have set the wheels in motion to avert the NUJ strike planned for next week.
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NewsBBC News calls for compromise
BBC newsroom managers have urged Helen Boaden and Lucy Adams to extend an olive branch to the NUJ or risk the prospect of long-running strikes.
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NewsHunt fights corner over O’Reilly misogyny claims
Former BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has hit back at claims that four female presenters were culled from Countryfile because she “hated women”, arguing that the suggestion was “profoundly distressing”.
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NewsCohen sets sights on stronger BBC1 online presence
Danny Cohen has made building a stronger, more coherent online presence for BBC1 a key priority.
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NewsBBC cuts to see World Service scaled back
Entire services from the BBC World Service could be closed as part of its £67m cuts, with those broadcasting to areas such as the Caribbean, Vietnam and Macedonia thought to be most at risk.
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NewsBBC3 to pilot panel show from Twenty Twenty
BBC3 has ordered a non-TX pilot for a comedy panel show from Twenty Twenty called 10 Things You Don’t Know About Your Mum.
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NewsQuickfire lines up Grant for Arabian Nights doc
Bristol-based independent Quickfire Media has secured Richard E Grant to front a 1 x 60-minute film about the Arabian Nights for BBC4.
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NewsLyons: BBC has "no ambitions" on S4C
The chair of the BBC Trust has written to his counterpart at S4C stressing the corporation has “no ambitions to take over” the Welsh broadcaster once the new arrangement comes into being.
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NewsNUJ strike: view from the picket line
The weather may have been wet, but feelings were not dampened at the BBC picket line at White City on Friday 5 November.
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NewsBBC launches diversity consultation
The BBC has launched an independent consultation into its diversity strategy to help shape future policy.
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NewsBBC Wales director Menna Richards to step down
Menna Richards, the BBC Wales director who led a “creative transformation” in the nation, is to leave the corporation next February after more than 10 years at the helm.
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NewsSherlock scores five RTS Craft nods
BBC1 drama Sherlock has picked up five nominations in this year’s RTS Craft and Design Awards.
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NewsWelsh viewers back S4C
Welsh broadcaster S4C has received a tentative thumbs-up from the viewing public, with a slim majority of people agreeing there is a need for a national language channel.
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NewsThompson: No new pension talks
The BBC’s director general has made it clear he will not reopen talks with journalists in a bitter row over pensions despite the threat of fresh strikes, including walkouts over Christmas and the New Year.
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NewsBBC quizzed McGovern over anti-Man Utd bias
TV dramatist Jimmy McGovern said today that he was taken to task by BBC chiefs over concerns that his writing would offend Manchester United fans.
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NewsBBC siege drama dropped after director quits
An “ambitious” BBC1 drama about a fictional siege in a London secondary school has been dropped because of “creative difficulties”.
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NewsBBC orders Tony Marchant probation drama
The BBC has commissioned a new drama about probation written by Garrow’s Law creator Tony Marchant.
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NewsBBC1 must take more risks, Trust demands
The BBC Trust has given new controller Danny Cohen just over 12 months to make BBC1 early peaktime more surprising and to show more creative ambition at 9pm.