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NewsBBC led by two Lords after Hall hired
Crossbencher Lord Hall of Birkenhead will become the second Lord leading the BBC as he joins Conservative Lord Patten in March.
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NewsBBC Trustee "indignant" at Entwistle payoff
BBC Trustee Anthony Fry has spoken of his “moral indignation” at the size of former DG George Entwistle’s payoff but claimed that he had no choice but to recommend the award to Trust chair Lord Patten.
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NewsTony Hall appointed new DG
Royal Opera House chief executive Tony Hall has been appointed as the new BBC director general.
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NewsC5 single doc puts spotlight on cage-fighters’ WAGs
Cage-fighters’ wives and girlfriends are to star in a one-off documentary for Channel 5.
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NewsBBC reveals dramas for 2013
Hustle creator Tony Jordan and Scott & Bailey writer Sally Wainwright have both penned returnable police procedurals as part of a raft of BBC1 drama commissions that also includes a retelling of the Great Train Robbery by the team behind United.
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NewsKlein: BBC4 will keep character in DQF cuts
Richard Klein has vowed to maintain BBC4’s broad-ranging character in the face of programming budget cuts of almost 30%, aiming to plug gaps in its history and scripted output through acquisitions and arts.
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NewsNews chiefs staying in touch during Pollard
Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell will be keeping in touch with their teams, despite “stepping aside”, acting head of news Fran Unsworth has told BBC news staff in an email.
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NewsBBC plans cross-platform programming for WWI centenary
The BBC is planning a major cross-platform programming push to mark 2014’s centenary of World War I.
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NewsFrow return to C5 eases concerns over content
Indies have welcomed Ben Frow’s return to Channel 5 as its head of programmes as a sign that the broadcaster continues to take its original-content business seriously.
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NewsTrust steps up hunt for DG
The BBC Trust is meeting today (Thursday) for the 12th time in less than six weeks with the appointment of a new director general top of its agenda.
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NewsAll change as News restructure takes shape at C4
Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear has appointed two new heads to handle indie commissions.
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NewsBBC3 commits to suicide comedy
US comedy writer Bob Kushell has created a black comedy for BBC3 about a group of men forced into launching an assisted suicide business.
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NewsPollard caught in legal mire
The BBC’s report into why Newsnight’s Jimmy Savile investigation was dropped looks set to be delayed until next month amid legal wrangles at the Pollard Review.
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NewsCosgrove scales back C4 duties to write book
Channel 4 executive Stuart Cosgrove is handing his education and sports commissioning duties to other departments as he reduces his workload to focus on writing a book on black music.
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NewsTim Davie tackles staff concerns over BBC crisis
Tim Davie addressed all BBC staff for the first time today as he embarks on a tour of the country to “get a grip” on the crisis engulfing the corporation.
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NewsLicence holders welcome renewal
Northern & Shell will continue investing in all genres having retained the Channel 5 licence, owner Richard Desmond has said, while ITV chief executive Adam Crozier hailed the Channel 3 renewal as an important milestone.
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NewsKlein hints at pulling TOTP
Archive editions of Top of the Pops face an uncertain future on BBC4, with controller Richard Klein admitting that “no decision” has been made on whether to screen the 1978 editions of the music show.
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NewsVicars, boffins and scousers share jokes for BBC4
Vicars are to tell dirty jokes for BBC4 in a British spin-off of cult hit Old Jews Telling Jokes for a planned ‘year of comedy’ on the channel.
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NewsTwofour sells hoarder and table-dancer docs to Really
UKTV has picked up two Twofour docs covering table dancing and hoarding for free-to-air channel Really.
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NewsITV dodges grilling over This Morning stunt
ITV executives have avoided being questioned by MPs over Phillip Schofield’s paedophile list stunt on This Morning.