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NewsPublic backs Question Time invite to BNP
The BBC’s flagship Question Time programme was right to invite British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin to appear, according to an overwhelming number of voters.
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NewsTories would rip up BBC charter, says Hunt
A pledge to rip up the BBC charter and reverse Government plans to share the BBC licence fee with other broadcasters has been made by Conservative culture spokesman Jeremy Hunt.
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NewsHome secretary slams Question Time BNP decision
Home secretary Alan Johnson has hit out at the BBC’s decision to allow BNP leader Nick Griffin on Question Time, live on the show.
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NewsAdrian Chiles to pilot The Ten Show
The BBC is planning a late-night spin-off of The One Show in which Adrian Chiles will chair a debate about the stories behind the week’s headlines.
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NewsJanet Lee to edit The Culture Show
Imagine editor Janet Lee is to move across to The Culture Show, replacing Eddie Morgan.
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NewsAndrew Jackson at centre of BBC row - before he even starts
Incoming BBC Natural History Unit boss Andrew Jackson has found himself at the centre of a conflict of interest row - weeks before he even starts the new job.
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NewsMoffat developing a ‘British Heimat’ for BBC1
BBC1 is developing a British equivalent of the German television landmark, Heimat, penned by Criminal Justice writer Peter Moffat.
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NewsBBC3 plans Snog Marry Avoid? spin-off series
BBC3 has ordered Endemol subsidiary Remarkable Television to make a spin-off of its Snog Marry Avoid? format called Hotter Than My Daughter.
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NewsBBC improves regional offering
The BBC has been praised in a report for making ‘significant improvements’ in the way it covers news from across the nations and regions of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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NewsBBC to revive Upstairs Downstairs
The BBC is to revive its classic television saga Upstairs Downstairs, with Jean Marsh reprising her original role as Rose the parlour maid - who has been promoted to housekeeper.
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NewsBBC2 greenlights Simon Amstell sitcom
BBC2 has commissioned a six-part run of Grandma’s House from Tiger Aspect Productions, written by and starring Simon Amstell.
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NewsBBC defends BNP radio interview
The BBC has come under fire for the way it handled a controversial with two BNP activists, on Radio 1 Newsbeat.
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NewsCat Deeley to host US dance show import
The BBC’s forthcoming version of US show So You Think You Can Dance is to be hosted by Cat Deeley when it airs in January.
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NewsiPlayer guidance restricts viewing
The BBC has revised its editorial guidelines in a bid to stop children watching inappropriate programmes on its online iPlayer.
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NewsBBC recommissions Missing drama
The BBC has recommissioned the critically acclaimed drama Missing for 10 new episodes to be screened next year, making it twice the length of season one.
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NewsForsyth apologises for race row gaff
Veteran presenter Bruce Forsyth has been forced to backtrack in a formal BBC statement after he said the nation should get a “sense of humour” about the Strictly Come Dancing race row.
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NewsBBC 'breached charter' over FA Cup
The BBC Trust has criticised the corporation for the way it secured radio rights to FA Cup matches.
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BBC Trust freezes three learning services
The BBC Trust has frozen the budgets of three of the BBC’s online learning services following complaints from the British Educational Suppliers Association – one of the organisations that sealed the fate of BBC Jam.
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NewsAnimal baby series to kick off BBC Bristol partnership
BBC1 has unveiled plans for an “emotionally charged” natural history series about the attempts to save some of the rarest animals on earth.
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NewsShine to revive fortunes of brass band for BBC2
BBC2 hopes to do for local brass bands what Strictly has done for ballroom dancing with a three-part Shine Television series fronted by Sue Perkins.