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  • Happy Valley
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    Sally Wainwright lands BBC1 drama

    2016-09-21T16:44:00Z

    Happy Valley will not be returning to BBC1 for at least two years – but creator Sally Wainwright already has a new series commission for the channel.

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    BBC dominates Grierson shortlist

    2016-09-20T12:28:00Z

    The BBC has dominated the final shortlist for the 44th Grierson Awards, picking up 27 nominations including all four presenter nominees.

  • Holby City
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    Holby City tops BBC tender line-up

    2016-09-20T11:48:00Z

    The BBC has kicked off the biggest change to commissioning in a decade after revealing Holby City, A Question of Sport and Songs of Praise are to be put out to tender to the independent sector.

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    Sacked BBC journalist awarded £50k

    2016-09-19T13:28:00Z

    Chandana Keerthi Bandara, a BBC journalist working on its Sri Lankan Sinhala service, has been awarded £50,000 compensation by an employment tribunal after his failure to prioritise news of Prince George’s birth contributed to his dismissal in 2015.

  • BBC Wales
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    BBC Wales plans £9m savings

    2016-09-19T12:39:00Z

    BBC Wales is seeking to save £9m per year by 2022 as part of a major shake-up of senior management and commissioning staff.

  • EastEnders
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    BBC Studios consultation kicks off

    2016-09-16T13:05:00Z

    The Trust has launched a public consultation into the BBC’s plans to transform its in-house production arm into a commercial subsidiary.

  • Karen Bradley
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    BBC to come under NAO's microscope

    2016-09-15T13:06:00Z

    BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide will need to demonstrate value for money to licence fee payers after the National Audit Office (NAO) was awarded oversight of all BBC activities.

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    BBC to disclose presenter salaries over £150,000

    2016-09-15T11:37:00Z

    The BBC will be forced to publish salaries for talent paid more than £150,000 under the terms of its new royal charter, a draft of which is being published later this morning.

  • CAKE
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    BBC’s R&D unit rustles up cook-along prototype

    2016-09-15T07:09:00Z

    The BBC’s future-gazing research and development division (BBC R&D) has developed a real-time, interactive prototype to help audiences cook recipes at their own pace.

  • Bake Off
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    Inside the battle for Bake Off

    2016-09-15T07:03:00Z

    Years of simmering tension and a commercial chasm were behind the failure of the BBC and Love Productions to renew the contract for The Great British Bake Off.

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    How C4 cooked up its Bake Off deal

    2016-09-15T07:01:00Z

    Channel 4 secured board approval for its audacious and controversial capture of The Great British Bake Off over the weekend, and pounced within hours of Love Productions’ Richard McKerrow calling Tony Hall to notify him that the show’s BBC tenure was over.

  • Rose d’Or Awards
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    John Cleese: TV execs have no idea

    2016-09-14T12:09:00Z

    TV executives have “no idea what they are doing” and should put more trust in talent, according to comedian John Cleese.

  • Rona Fairhead
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    Rona Fairhead to step down

    2016-09-14T09:51:00Z

    Rona Fairhead will not lead the BBC’s forthcoming unitary board after prime minister Theresa May requested that she reapply for the job.

  • Mel & Sue
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    Mel & Sue to leave Bake Off

    2016-09-13T17:01:00Z

    Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc will step down as hosts of The Great British Bake Off when the show moves to Channel 4 next year.

  • Morgana Robinson: The Agency
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    Shane Allen backs female talent

    2016-09-13T12:48:00Z

    BBC head of comedy commissioning Shane Allen has highlighted the importance of backing female talent in the wake of the loss of Victoria Wood and Caroline Aherne.

  • The Great British Bake Off
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    Poll: the future of Bake Off

    2016-09-13T10:57:00Z

    Was Love Productions right to take The Great British Bake Off from the BBC to Channel 4?

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    BBC to lose Bake Off

    2016-09-12T19:17:00Z

    The Great British Bake Off, the biggest show on UK television, is to leave the BBC after talks broke down between the corporation and Love Productions.

  • Top Gear
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    BBC2 gears up motoring format

    2016-09-12T13:13:00Z

    Paul Hollywood is to front his own car show as BBC2 ordered a North One Television series starring The Great British Bake Off host.

  • Bannan
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    BBC Alba seeks 'parity' with S4C

    2016-09-12T12:20:00Z

    BBC Alba and its supporters have called for “greater parity” between the Gaelic broadcaster and its Welsh counterpart S4C as part of charter renewal. 

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    Report: BBC to concede talent pay to secure board independence

    2016-09-12T10:17:00Z

    Culture secretary Karen Bradley is reported to have struck a deal with the BBC which will force the corporation to publish talent salaries well below the £450,000 threshold already agreed.