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NewsHistory of musicals takes centre stage for BBC4
BBC4 has commissioned Twofour to make a 3 x 60-minute series on the history of the musical in London’s West End.
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NewsByford 'received £950,000 BBC payoff'
Mark Byford, the BBC’s former deputy director-general, received a redundancy payment of almost £950,000, it has emerged.
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NewsBBC breached guidelines with pedigree dog claims
The BBC breached its own guidelines on accuracy after it re-edited a controversial programme that had already been criticised by watchdog Ofcom.
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NewsBBC complaints too complicated - Lords
The system for complaining about BBC programmes is “convoluted and overly complicated”, a committee of peers said today.
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NewsNew Tricks stars slam 'censorship'
The stars of BBC police drama New Tricks have criticised television “censorship” - saying that the broadcaster is “terrified” of causing offence.
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NewsTV writers festival returns for second year
Writers Paula Milne and Jimmy McGovern are among the leading names appearing at the BBC writersroom festival which takes place in Leeds next week.
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NewsSwain confirmed as BBC Knowledge controller
Emma Swain has been confirmed as George Entwistle’s sucessor as controller of BBC Knowledge commissioning and the corporation will close her previous role.
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NewsBBC to hand back Panorama RTS award
The BBC is to return the Royal Televsion Society award it won for Panorama’s Primark - On the Rack, which the BBC Trust ruled contained footage that was probably not genuine.
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NewsThe Lingo Show crosses to TV
CBeebies’ online language game, The Lingo Show, is being made into a TV series.
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NewsBBC1 to air Milly Dowler Crimewatch special
BBC1 is to air a Crimewatch special on Milly Dowler on Thurdsday after Levi Bellfield was found guilty of murdering the schoolgirl.
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VIDEO: Broadcast Digital Awards 2011
More than 500 people partied into the early hours at this month’s Broadcast Digital Awards.
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NewsCBeebies Justin's House becomes Salford first
New commission Justin’s House will become the first CBeebies show to be recorded in Salford at MediaCity.
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Williams and Snow dig up history live on BBC1
BBC1 has ordered a live history series in which news anchor Sian Williams and academic Dan Snow uncover stories behind the UK’s most exciting historical locations.
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NewsBBC to put nation's art collection online
The BBC is launching a website to host high-resolution pictures of the national collection of art, which will eventually total 200,000 pieces.
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NewsMatchlight wins trio of factual orders from BBC
Glasgow indie Matchlight has secured three specialist factual commissions across two BBC channels, including a new show fronted by Professor Amanda Vickery.
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NewsBelfast-made Panorama films ‘over budget’
Panorama films made out of the BBC’s Northern Ireland base are regularly coming in over budget, and in some cases by as much as double the tariff, it has emerged.
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NewsS4C cuts a fifth of staff
Nearly a fifth of S4C’s staff are to leave the Welsh broadcaster in light of the government-imposed 24% cut to its budget last year.
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NewsWorld Service wins extra £2m from Foreign Office
The BBC World Service’s Hindi short wave service has been saved after the Foreign Office found an extra £2.2m of funding per year for the service.
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NewsBrian Cox hosts live BBC2 lecture
Brian Cox is returning to BBC2 with a live ‘audience with…’ format that sees him give a lecture and take questions from celebrities, scholars and amateur enthusiasts.
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NewsLocal news will not go, BBC confirms
The BBC has confirmed local news services will not be axed as part of its wide-reaching initiative Delivering Quality First, which seeks to save 20% from the broadcaster’s annual budget.