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NewsBBC1 ring-fenced as cost-saving themes emerge
Pat Younge has revealed that BBC1 could well be ring-fenced as he outlined the main themes to have emerged from talks over how the corporation can save £1.3bn over four years from 2013.
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NewsLords committee seeks views on BBC compliance
Programme-makers are to be called to give evidence about the BBC’s compliance culture to a House of Lords select committee, as part of a wide-ranging review of the BBC Trust.
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NewsDiscovery on hunt for head of format factory
Discovery Networks International is understood to be recruiting for a heavyweight exec to head up a London-based initiative to come up with international formats.
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NewsTurner sticks neck out with Gumball re-order
Turner Broadcasting has ordered a second series of live-action animation hybrid The Amazing World Of Gumball before the first series has aired.
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NewsRevolution develops Peace’s GB84 for C4
Channel 4 is planning to follow its adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding with a new series based on GB84, the novelist’s fictional take on the miners’ strike of the 1980s.
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NewsBetty to hijack holiday makers for Channel 4
Betty is to send groups of people who are expecting a free luxury holiday on an authentic working experience instead, in a series for Channel 4.
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NewsYesterday orders two more docs for 1940s strand
Yesterday has ordered two 60-minute documentaries about World War II as it extends its Spirit of the 1940s strand.
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NewsTV freelancers: last chance to have your say
LAST CHANCE: Broadcast is calling on all freelancers to help shape the future of training in the TV industry.
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NewsBBC2 to air Kennedys drama
A multi-million dollar miniseries about the rise of the Kennedys, pulled by the History Channel in the US, is to air on BBC2.
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NewsDarlow floats house for Nat Geo
Darlow Smithson is making a new series for Nat Geo that will attempt seemingly impossible feats, including an experiment inspired by animated film Up.
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NewsC4 names first show to go global on 4oD
Channel 4 series Unreported World will become the first programme to be made available to audiences outside the UK through the broadcaster’s online catch-up service, 4 on Demand (4oD).
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NewsEmmerdale names new boss
A new series producer has been appointed to ITV soap Emmerdale, following the death of Gavin Blyth.
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NewsBBC to broadcast royal wedding globally
The BBC is to broadcast a live feed of the royal wedding around the world, making it available to viewers outside the UK on its Entertainment channel.
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NewsCox the star of RTS awards
Science presenter Professor Brian Cox was the star himself after becoming a double winner at the Royal Television Society Awards.
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NewsBodies creator returns with gritty cop drama
Bodies writer Jed Mercurio is to put the “controversial and perverse realities of 21st century policing” under the spotlight in his new BBC2 drama, Line of Duty.
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NewsITV overhauls senior news team
ITV is to scrap its most senior regional news roles and incorporate Daybreak into the network news team as part of a management shakeup.
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NewsC4 lines-up transgender films
Channel 4 is to broadcast a week of short films focussed on transgender issues as part of a drive to improve their portrayal in the media.
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NewsBBC dismisses copycat claims
The BBC has dismissed claims its new BBC4 comedy Twenty Twelve is a plagiarised version of Australian sitcom The Games.
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NewsBBC1 orders daytime legal drama
Daytime controller Liam Keelan has ordered a new legal drama from Liverpool-based Lime Pictures, to air on BBC1 later this year.
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NewsBBC issues audibility guidance
The BBC is issuing best practice guidance for programme makers in a bid to address audibility issues, following a year-long research project into the problem.