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NewsBBC claws back Bennett's £687k payoff from Worldwide
The BBC paid for Jana Bennett’s £687,333 BBC Worldwide redundancy package out of the licence fee but later recovered the cost, according to new revelations about the corporation’s payoffs.
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NewsCBBC extends Science Fiction shorts
Kite Entertainment has landed a CBBC commission for a science-based comedy series featuring a mixture of puppetry and animation.
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NewsLucy Adams hits NUJ with legal threat
BBC HR director Lucy Adams has issued the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) with a legal warning over its claims that she tried to undermine its resistance to 2010 pension changes.
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NewsBBC drama trail angers female writers
The BBC’s new Original British Drama trailer has sparked an online backlash with female television writers complaining that it features hardly any women.
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NewsFormer Indy editor to lead BBC Scottish referendum output
John Mullin, the former editor of The Independent on Sunday, is to lead the BBC’s coverage of the Scottish independence referendum next year.
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NewsTributes pour in for Sir David Frost
Tributes have poured in for broadcaster and producer Sir David Frost, who has died aged 74.
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NewsNUJ accuses BBC of undermining pension reform
The BBC has been accused of trying to destabilise union resistance to 2010 pension changes, in an extraordinary attack by the National Union of Journalists.
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NewsDoghouse wins BBC4 & Yahoo! orders
Doghouse Media has won commissions from BBC4 and Channel 5, as well as an online fitness series for Yahoo!.
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NewsBBC HR boss to step down
BBC HR director Lucy Adams is to step down in March 2014 – but the decision is not thought to be linked to criticisms of her handling of executive payoffs.
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NewsCommissioning: the indie view
“The elephant in the room in this whole debate is who pays,” said one indie producer, commenting on the Broadcast/GfK commissioning survey and the ‘We Need to Talk About Commissioning’ panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsMark Linsey takes on BBC deputy director of TV role
The BBC’s Mark Linsey is to become deputy director of television alongside his entertainment responsibilities.
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NewsPies & Puds get Hollywood treatment from Spun Gold
Spun Gold TV is to help The Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood explore his passion for pies and puddings in a BBC1 daytime series.
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NewsYentob hints at 2016 changes to BBC in-house quota
Alan Yentob has become the first BBC exec to hint at a major rethink of the in-house commissioning quota at the 2016 charter renewal.
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NewsHall promises end of BBC finger pointing
Tony Hall is bidding to end the BBC’s internal blame game and boost the confidence of programme- makers to give it back its “creative bounce”.
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NewsBBC2 to showcase Wonder of Dogs
BBC2 is looking to build on the success of The Secret Life of the Cat with a series examining the behaviour and intelligence of different breeds of dogs.
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NewsChelsea Flower Show rooted at BBC
The BBC has signed a new four-year deal with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to cover the Chelsea Flower Show and other related events.
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NewsHall promises ‘bonfire of the boards’
Tony Hall has promised a “bonfire” of the BBC’s management boards after learning lessons from the way the world’s biggest technology companies operate in Silicon Valley.
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NewsYentob predicts end of in-house quotas
BBC creative director Alan Yentob has suggested that the corporation may scrap its in-house commissioning quota in the next five years.
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NewsBen Stephenson defends The Fall
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has defended BBC2’s The Fall - arguing that its mix of crime, sex and sexuality touched a nerve in ways that many crime dramas tend to ignore.
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NewsBBC to reinvent 'conventional whodunit'
BBC drama chief Ben Stephenson is looking for ways to reinvent the “conventional whodunit” with some serialised elements.