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NewsBBC takes gold as Games beats rivals
The London 2012 Olympics has helped the BBC to some of the biggest audiences in its history and badly dented the performance of its fiercest rivals.
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NewsPrebble heads Trust’s impartiality review
Former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble is poised to lead a wide-ranging BBC Trust review into the impartiality of the BBC’s news and current affairs output.
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NewsBBC2 to go backstage at Westminster Abbey
BBC2 is to spend a year behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey and take on Channel 4 with a Grand Designs-style show in a brace of factual commissions.
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NewsBBC1 primetime move for Sheriffs
BBC1 daytime show The Sheriffs Are Coming has been recommissioned and will also be reworked as a primetime series.
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NewsRev returning for third series
BBC2 has ordered a third series of Big Talk Productions’ clergy-based, Bafta award-winning comedy Rev.
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NewsOlympics helps BBC Sport and iPlayer smash records
The triumphant opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games has broken viewing records on the BBC iPlayer while the BBC Sport website has recorded its busiest ever day with 8.3m global unique users.
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NewsBake Off to be remade in Australia and Poland
Australia’s Nine Network and TLC in Poland are set to cook up domestic versions of hit BBC2 show The Great British Bake Off.
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NewsBBC loses exclusive FA Cup radio rights
The BBC has lost exclusive radio rights to the FA Cup to TalkSport for the first time as the commercial station continues to bolster its live sporting output.
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NewsLondon 2012 opener on track for bumper ratings
The curtain raiser to London 2012 is on track to be the highest-rated Olympic opening ceremony on record.
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NewsBBC wins Mail apology
The BBC has won an apology from the Daily Mail after it alleged that the broadcaster was encouraging freelancers to set up limited companies to dodge tax payments.
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NewsShane Allen leads race to become BBC’s new comedy boss
Channel 4 head of comedy Shane Allen has emerged as the leading candidate to become the new BBC comedy controller.
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NewsFlame TV firms up two-year output deal with the BBC
Flame TV has secured a two-year output deal with BBC Daytime that will guarantee it 45 hours of content.
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NewsMillionaire creator to pen gangster drama for BBC2
BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has ordered the first self-contained TV drama series from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? co-creator Steve Knight – a 6 x 60-minute period drama exploring gang life in 1920s Birmingham.
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NewsSuchet to follow in footsteps of St Paul for BBC1
BBC1 has lured David Suchet away from his usual ITV1 duties to front a series on Biblical figure St Paul.
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NewsDCD Rize explores wedding traditions for BBC2 series
DCD’s Rize USA will investigate how couples from different cultures and religions plan weddings for a BBC2 series.
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NewsLine of Duty locks in second series
BBC2 has wasted no time in recommissioning Line of Duty after the police corruption drama bowed out with more than 3.3m viewers last night.
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NewsBBCW partners with See-Saw Films
BBC Worldwide has signed a first look deal with the fledgling television arm of The King’s Speech and Shame co-producer See-Saw Films.
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NewsBBC slams 'misleading' tax reports
The BBC has slammed “inaccurate” newspaper reports that it is railroading presenters and freelancers into being paid through limited companies.
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NewsBBC2 riot docs cleared for TX
BBC2 will finally air innovative drama-doc The Riots: In Their Own Words next month after a controversial injunction was lifted.
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NewsMiranda Hart pilots BBC panel show
Miranda Hart is to front a new BBC panel show pilot that will ask questions about groups of people connected by nothing more than their names.