More BBC News – Page 479
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NewsBBC to mark Olympics with London season
London is to take centre stage for the BBC’s arts and culture season around the Olympics next year.
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News1Xtra orders first doc for Stories strand
Digital station BBC Radio 1Xtra has ordered its first multiplatform documentary as part of its ongoing 1Xtra’s Stories strand.
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NewsBBC wins back World Athletics rights
The BBC has won back the rights to the World Athletics Championships from Channel 4 for the next two events – one of which will be held in the UK.
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NewsLeopard to return stolen goods for BBC1
Victims of burglary will be reunited with the unusual items they have had stolen in a Leopard Films series for BBC Daytime.
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NewsMagicians to go undercover in schools for CBBC
Magicians will attempt to convince schoolchildren that they are supply teachers for a new CBBC series, Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic.
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NewsQuestion Time up for grabs for Scottish indies
The BBC is putting the three-year contract to produce Question Time out to tender to indies with a base in Scotland.
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NewsBBC Learning dramas to focus on literacy
BBC Learning has ordered five daytime dramas and a series of children’s shorts penned by leading writers such as Bill Gallagher, Nick Leather and Esther Wilson.
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NewsBBC trial puts Daleks in the living room
Toy Daleks that move in time with their on-screen counterparts in an episode of Doctor Who have been demonstrated by researchers at BBC R&D North.
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NewsBBC Scotland axes four news editors under DQF process
BBC Scotland’s news and current affairs division is having its number of editors reduced from 10 to six as part of Delivering Quality First.
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NewsBBC Birmingham could get relocation sweetener
The BBC is considering sweetening the deal for staff relocating from Birmingham to Bristol, as it looks to entice the entire workforce to make the move.
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NewsCBBC plans Blue Peter Olympic spin-off
CBBC is planning a Blue Peter spin-off series that would follow the London 2012 Olympics torch around the country and is hunting for a physical comedy star.
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NewsBBC names in-house genre bosses
The BBC has appointed four pan-UK genre controllers to work across its in-house departments – its first step towards creating a unified network production team.
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NewsSorry I've Got No Head axed
BBC children’s sketch show Sorry I’ve Got No Head has been axed after three series.
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NewsBBC4 orders Charlie Brooker review of the year
Charlie Brooker will take a satirical look at the events of 2011 for a one-off BBC4 special.
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NewsMrs Brown's Boys wins third run
BBC1 comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys has been commissioned for a third series – before the second has even aired.
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NewsBBC bosses: local radio DQF cuts not set in stone
The BBC’s Mark Thompson and Caroline Thomson have both indicated the corporation could rethink DQF plans to cut local radio services.
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NewsBBC and HBO developing Wolf Hall drama
A miniseries based on Hilary Mantel novel Wolf Hall is being developed by Shameless indie Company Pictures for the BBC and HBO.
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NewsBBC1's Turn Back Time set for return
BBC1 is poised to commission a second series of historical retail show Turn Back Time - The High Street.
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NewsBBC FM creates £1m fund for tech innovations
BBC Future Media has established a £1m Innovation Fund to give creative thinking at the broadcaster a shot in the arm.
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NewsBBC4 orders drama about Dispatches kidnap
BBC4 has ordered a single drama telling the story of the Taliban’s kidnap of award-winning journalist Sean Langan while he was making a Channel 4 Dispatches in Pakistan.