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NewsTorchwood returns to weekly format
Torchwood is set to revert to 13 weekly episodes when it returns for a fourth series, star John Barrowman has confirmed.
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NewsReef to repay BBC over fakery scandal
Reef TV is to pay compensation to the BBC after breaching guidelines in three daytime series, but has had a suspension from the corporation lifted.
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NewsNickelodeon triumphs at Children's Baftas
Nickelodeon UK was named channel of the year at the Children’s Baftas last night, beating CBBC and CBeebies to the prize for the first time ever.
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NewsRichard Sambrook to leave BBC; Horrocks steps up
Richard Sambrook, director of BBC global news, is to leave the corporation in March 2010 after nearly 30 years.
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NewsR2 to celebrate pioneering US musician
House of the Rising Sun singer Eric Burdon is to present a series about the life and legacy of seminal US singer Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter for BBC Radio 2.
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NewsRadio 4 seeks ethnic listeners
BBC Radio 4 is to review its programming in a drive to attract more ethnic listeners following criticism that it is ‘too white’.
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NewsBBC apologises for Geoffrey Boycott's on-air swearing
Radio listeners have been given an apology by the BBC following an incident in which cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott was heard swearing on air.
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NewsLaverty named Horizon editor
Aidan Laverty will become Horizon editor in the new year, replacing Andrew Cohen.
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NewsIndie trio win BBC football commissions
The BBC has handed contracts to produce its new Football League magazine show to three regional indies.
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NewsBlessed plays Henry VIII in BBC web comedy
Monkey Kingdom is producing an online comedy series for the BBC starring Brian Blessed as an internet-obsessed Henry VIII.
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BBC Radio 5 live to Answer Me This!
BBC Radio 5 live have rewarded Sony Award-nominated podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann by giving them their own national show.
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NewsHands off the BBC, Thompson tells politicians
Mark Thompson has challenged the UK’s politicians to safeguard the independence of the BBC – and to give it the freedom to carry out a “radical and open-minded review” of its activities.
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NewsRogue Traders’ Allwright to sort out holiday woes
Rogue Traders presenter Matt Allwright is to front a peaktime BBC1 consumer travel show designed to expose the worst of the tourist industry.
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NewsBBC scraps plans to air ‘horny priests’ ballet
The BBC has dropped plans to air a ballet inspired by impresario Sergei Diaghilev this Christmas – after discovering that it features a deformed Pope who rapes nuns.
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NewsEastenders: E20 cast revealed
EastEnders chiefs have cast four relative unknowns to star in the soap’s online spin-off, EastEnders: E20.
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NewsHuggers: Canvas may be delayed until 2011
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Project Canvas will be delayed until 2011 unless the BBC Trust gives interim approval before the end of the year, BBC director of future media and technology Erik Huggers has revealed.
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NewsPsychoville 2 set for 2010
Dark comedy thriller Psychoville, created by League Of Gentlemen actors Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, is to return for a second series on BBC2 next year.
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NewsGodwin: Blue Peter ‘100% safe’ on BBC
New director of BBC Children’s Joe Godwin has vowed to safeguard Blue Peter and reintroduce Saturday morning magazine programmes as a major feature of the CBBC schedule.
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NewsBBC/Ofcom play down Dogs furore
BBC and Ofcom officials moved to distance the organisations from the Pedigree Dogs Exposed furore yesterday after Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards telephoned director general Mark Thompson to discuss a series of damning leaks.
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Temple directs Detroit doc for Films of Record
Ten Alps indie Films of Record is to produce a one-off BBC2 documentary about the life and death of Detroit’s automotive industry.