Latest BBC News – Page 514
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NewsR4 to profile Doctor Who composer
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a documentary about the composer behind the iconic Doctor Who theme music from indie Made in Manchester.
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NewsCharles to host cooking show final
The Prince of Wales is to host this year’s Great British Menu finale banquet on BBC2.
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NewsProtest aims to save 6 Music
Campaigners aiming to save threatened BBC station 6 Music are hoping to take their protest to the charts.
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NewsBBC1 'lacking older talent'
BBC1 has shown a lower proportion of older talent on the channel than its commercial rival ITV1, according to a recent study.
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NewsBBC's IT crowd votes for strike action
Siemens staff working at the BBC are set to strike unless the IT company caves on its pay freeze.
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NewsPact criticises BBC online cuts
Indie execs have spelt out the dangers of the BBC cutting spend in digital media to top BBC officials, with trade body Pact slamming the proposals as a ‘backwards step’ for the industry.
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News5 Live plays down Salford delay date
BBC Radio 5 Live has played down reports that its move to Salford has been delayed by three months and claims it is still on track to be broadcasting from the new location by the end of next year.
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NewsMatt Smith confirmed for more Doctor Who
The BBC will enter production on a second series of Doctor Who with new actors Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in July, the show’s executive producers have confirmed.
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NewsBBC willing to allow NAO scrutiny
The BBC Trust has told MPs that it was prepared to consider allowing the National Audit Office in as the corporation’s auditor - but stopped short of offering it “unfettered access”.
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NewsBBC adapts online strategy to make sites more user-friendly
The BBC is shifting its online focus from generating volume of web content to making its existing sites more usable.
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NewsTeachers to move in with pupils for Lime’s BBC3 pilot
Lime Pictures is hunting for teachers to move in with their most disruptive pupils for a BBC3 pilot show.
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NewsToksvig to front BBC2 primetime antiques offering
BBC2 has secured comedian and actress Sandi Toksvig to front a primetime series touted as MasterChef for antique lovers.
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NewsDance exec to take on Strictly
The BBC has named the new executive producer of Strictly Come Dancing, following the departure of its long-standing exec Sam Donnelly to Gallowgate.
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NewsHunt questions logic of 6 Music plan
Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he could not understand the BBC’s logic in dropping 6 Music but retaining another “niche” service such as Radio 3.
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NewsLamacq & Whiley to revive Evening Session
Classic radio show the Evening Session is to return next month and will be fronted on BBC Radio 6 Music by indie dream team Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley.
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NewsBBC criticised for buying US horror drama
The BBC should not have bid for US horror drama Harper’s Island, the Culture, Media and Sport select committee has claimed.
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NewsAsian Network presenters slam "weak" cuts
BBC Asian Network presenters have slammed plans to axe the station as “weak” and “a devastatingly backward step” in in-house magazine Ariel.
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NewsBBC Vision multiplatform head quits
BBC Vision head of multiplatform products Lloyd Shepherd is to leave the BBC after nine months in the role.
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NewsTen Alps chief calls for online WoCC
The BBC’s Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) scheme should be extended online for the corporation’s planned strategic partnership with cultural institutions, Ten Alps chief executive Alex Connock has argued.
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NewsBBC draws on Hollywood for wildlife action docs
The BBC Natural History Unit is to kick off a new approach to programming with a Hollywood-style look at four predators for BBC1.