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NewsQuickfire lines up Grant for Arabian Nights doc
Bristol-based independent Quickfire Media has secured Richard E Grant to front a 1 x 60-minute film about the Arabian Nights for BBC4.
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NewsLyons: BBC has "no ambitions" on S4C
The chair of the BBC Trust has written to his counterpart at S4C stressing the corporation has “no ambitions to take over” the Welsh broadcaster once the new arrangement comes into being.
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NewsNUJ strike: view from the picket line
The weather may have been wet, but feelings were not dampened at the BBC picket line at White City on Friday 5 November.
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NewsBBC launches diversity consultation
The BBC has launched an independent consultation into its diversity strategy to help shape future policy.
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NewsBBC Wales director Menna Richards to step down
Menna Richards, the BBC Wales director who led a “creative transformation” in the nation, is to leave the corporation next February after more than 10 years at the helm.
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NewsSherlock scores five RTS Craft nods
BBC1 drama Sherlock has picked up five nominations in this year’s RTS Craft and Design Awards.
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NewsWelsh viewers back S4C
Welsh broadcaster S4C has received a tentative thumbs-up from the viewing public, with a slim majority of people agreeing there is a need for a national language channel.
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NewsThompson: No new pension talks
The BBC’s director general has made it clear he will not reopen talks with journalists in a bitter row over pensions despite the threat of fresh strikes, including walkouts over Christmas and the New Year.
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NewsBBC quizzed McGovern over anti-Man Utd bias
TV dramatist Jimmy McGovern said today that he was taken to task by BBC chiefs over concerns that his writing would offend Manchester United fans.
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NewsBBC siege drama dropped after director quits
An “ambitious” BBC1 drama about a fictional siege in a London secondary school has been dropped because of “creative difficulties”.
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NewsBBC orders Tony Marchant probation drama
The BBC has commissioned a new drama about probation written by Garrow’s Law creator Tony Marchant.
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NewsBBC1 must take more risks, Trust demands
The BBC Trust has given new controller Danny Cohen just over 12 months to make BBC1 early peaktime more surprising and to show more creative ambition at 9pm.
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NewsBBC: no more money on table for pensions
The BBC has outlined there was no more money on the table to resolve a bitter row over pensions despite a new offer from journalists aimed at averting fresh strikes.
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NewsBBC faces Christmas strikes
The National Union of Journalists is considering further strike action over Christmas and New Year’s Eve over the BBC’s pension reform proposals.
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NewsDanny Cohen outlines BBC1 ambitions
DOC/FEST: New BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has underlined his ambition to take risks in breaking new talent and airing challenging programming.
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NewsBBC strikes: Twitter chat
As the BBC strikes take hold, presenters, commissioners and other industry figures share their thoughts on Twitter.
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NewsO'Reilly "squeezed out" of BBC, tribunal hears
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has said she was “squeezed out” of her job by senior figures at the BBC, who believed she had leaked stories to the press claiming the corporation had axed her and other female presenters because of ageism.
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NewsBBC strikes hit news output
Thousands of BBC journalists are on strike in a row over pensions which will disrupt radio and television schedules.
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NewsStrikes to hit Newsnight, Today and World At One
Newsnight, the Today programme and the World at One are expected to be cancelled as a result of the 48-hour strike over the BBC’s pension proposal, the NUJ has claimed.