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NewsBargain Hunt presenter suspended
Bargain Hunt presenter Tim Wonnacott has been suspended after clashing with producers on the in-house show.
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NewsLucy Lumsden to leave Sky
Sky head of comedy Lucy Lumsden is stepping down after nearly six years to return to the “coalface” of television production.
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NewsHall: no plans to close CBBC and CBeebies
Tony Hall has claimed that the BBC has no plans to close its children’s television services.
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NewsPlebs star to front hybrid ITV2 sketch show
ITV2 will send up some of television’s most recognisable brands in a hybrid sketch/prank show from the makers of Celebrity Juice.
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NewsABC gives Love a second bite at Bake Off
Love Productions has secured a second chance to make The Great British Bake Off a format hit in the US after agreeing a deal with network ABC.
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NewsBBC stands up for funding deal
The BBC has strongly defended the negotiation of its funding deal with government at a select committee hearing, claiming it secured a better deal than in 2010.
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NewsHall defends The Voice and ‘luvvies letter’
Director general Tony Hall has pledged that the BBC’s next entertainment hit will be “home grown” and defended the decision to coordinate a ‘luvvies letter’ backing the broadcaster.
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NewsC4 orders wedding format from US indie
US indie Half Yard Productions is setting up in the UK to make a series for Channel 4 loosely based on its hit TLC format Say Yes To The Dress.
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NewsHello Halo lands debut BBC commission
Greenbird-backed Hello Halo has won its first BBC commission – a five-part wildlife series featuring celebrity guests including Dermot O’Leary.
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NewsBBC4 plans interactive pop music series
7 Wonder is to produce a four-part interactive history format about pop music for BBC4.
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NewsBig names lined up for Broadcast Commissioning Forum
Recently appointed BBC genre chiefs Patrick Holland and Polly Hill are among the big names speaking at Broadcast’s Commissioning Forum in November.
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NewsBBC Children’s reshapes senior team
BBC Children’s has shaken up its senior management team, appointing Sarah Muller as its first in-house creative director of scripted, animation and co-productions.
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NewsAnalysis: why Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour will fight for the BBC
In June, Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell strode into a Parliament committee room midway through a debate on the future of BBC.
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NewsChildren's producers urge BBC to double spend
The creator of Teletubbies and Aardman Animations’ co-founder are among nearly 80 executives to have signed a letter urging the BBC to double its spend on children’s programming and establish a £55m contestable funding pot.
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NewsBBC orders Aneurin Bevan bipoic
The BBC is developing a 90-minute film with screenwriter Andrew Davies about post-war health minister and founder of the National Health Service Aneurin Bevan.
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NewsChris Bryant replaced as shadow culture secretary
Chris Bryant has been replaced as shadow culture secretary by Michael Dugher after Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader on Saturday.
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NewsCBBC’s Roy gets two spin-off series
The BBC has commissioned two spin-off series of CBBC’s Bafta award-winning animation and live action series Roy.
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NewsSky: bulk of Now TV customers new to pay-TV
Some 90% of Sky’s Now TV subscribers have never previously considered signing up to a pay-TV service, according to its director Gidon Katz.
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NewsDiscovery targets 1m OTT subs
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has targeted signing up 1m subscribers to its video-on-demand services D Play and Eurosport Player over the next two years.
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NewsRobert Lindsay moots Citizen Smith reboot
Robert Lindsay has revealed that 1970s sitcom Citizen Smith could to return to television – although it is yet to be formally pitched to a broadcaster.