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NewsProducers claim BBC allows in-house spending excesses
BBC in-house production is facing accusations of a lax attitude to budgetary overspends, with producers who work for both the indie community and in-house calling for a level playing field.
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NewsEndangered 6 Music surges 50%
Rajars: BBC 6 Music has benefited hugely from the blaze of publicity surrounding its proposed closure, growing its reach by over 50% year-on-year to break the 1m listener barrier in the first quarter of the year.
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NewsMiranda exec upped in BBC comedy rejig
BBC Vision Productions executive producer Jo Sargent has been promoted to creative head of comedy.
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NewsBBC3 reveals World Cup line-up
Being Human actress Leonora Crichlow is to chart the life of Nelson Mandela as part of a season of BBC3 programmes to mark the World Cup in South Africa.
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NewsFuture election debates should be "relaxed"
Current affairs broadcasters have called for the rules that governed the historic election debates to be relaxed.
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NewsSugar blasts Apprentice move
Labour enterprise tsar Lord Sugar has criticised the BBC after his show The Apprentice was delayed to avoid a General Election clash while Lord Lloyd-Webber was allowed to appear on talent show Over The Rainbow.
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NewsBBC4 gets Sectioned
BBC4 is to air a new mental health documentary produced by Embarrassing Bodies indie Maverick Television.
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NewsElection breaks BBC News records
BBC News has smashed its online traffic record during the final stages of the election on Friday.
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NewsBBC criticised over election party
A star-studded BBC election party that reportedly cost at least £35,000 has attracted complaints.
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NewsBBC apologies as Paxman swears in TV rant
The BBC has apologised after Jeremy Paxman swore during a rant about voters not securing a majority government.
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NewsITN to scale new heights for BBC2
ITN Productions is to produce a new series for BBC daytime that promises to scale the heights of Britain’s most iconic buildings.
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NewsCBeebies looks outdoors for new series
CBeebies is aiming to get children off sofas and out into the great outdoors, with two new series about outside spaces and activities.
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NewsAdam Buxton to star in BBC2 comedy chat pilot
BBC2 is piloting a chat show with a difference in which celebrities are interviewed in a mock-village hall by residents played by comedians Adam Buxton, Joanna Neary and Al Kerr.
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NewsBakhurst promoted in BBC News rejig
Kevin Bakhurst has been promoted to deputy head of the BBC newsroom following Craig Oliver’s move to Global News.
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NewsHigh churn expected in BBC Salford move
The BBC is bracing itself for a major churn in personnel as some staff who had signed up to the Salford move seek new jobs in a bid to stay in London.
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NewsYentob to address ‘problem’ teens post-Switch axe
Shows on BBC Switch will live on after the teen service is axed, BBC creative director Alan Yentob has claimed - admitting that the corporation has yet to find a way of properly serving teen viewers.
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NewsBBC rapped over Smith’s Venice trip
The BBC has come under fire after it flew Doctor Who actor Matt Smith to Italy for a making-of show - about a programme that was never filmed there.
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NewsCBBC returns to Paradise Café
CBBC is to return to the South Pacific for a second series of comedy adventure series Paradise Café.
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NewsMark Thompson to deliver MacTaggart
This year’s MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival will be delivered by BBC director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsSpeculation over C4 move for Jay Hunt
Speculation is mounting that BBC1 controller Jay Hunt could move to Channel 4 following Kevin Lygo’s departure.