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NewsBBC Trust under fire over pay scrutiny
A government report into BBC radio production efficiencies has been overshadowed by a spat with the BBC Trust over whether presenters’ salaries should be made public.
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BBC goes for Gold in Worst team’s Olympics spoof
The BBC is lining up a mockumentary about the 2012 Olympic Games from the writers of The Worst Week of My Life.
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ITV and UTV defend £100m budget for regional news
ITV and UTV have stepped in to defend Ofcom’s proposed £100m budget for regional news, after the BBC dismissed the figure as “fantasy”.
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NewsBBC1 revives spirit of Tomorrow's World
BBC1 is to reinvent the Tomorrow’s World format with new science series Bang Goes the Theory.
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Primates to "funk up" CBeebies
CBeebies controller Michael Carrington is to “funk up the channel” with a major new 52 x 22-minute live action series fronted by primates.
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NewsBBC4 needs more Answers
BBC4 has commissioned 13 more episodes of offbeat quiz show We Need Answers following a three-part trial run.
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NewsBBC1 cools on acquisitions
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has warned that she will not be shopping for US acquisitions and pledged her support to British productions instead.
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NewsNorton chatshow heads to BBC1
Graham Norton’s BBC2 chatshow will move to BBC1 in the autumn as part of a plan to make him one of the principle faces of the channel.
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NewsBBC1 extends lifeline to Britain's villages
BBC1 is set to transform the fortunes of six villages in a primetime Lottery-funded series.
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BBC disputes ITV regional news cost
The BBC has questioned Ofcom’s estimate for the cost of a regional news service on ITV, amid fears it will have to cover at least some of the shortfall.
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News'Disgusting' Monty Python nearly axed after first series
Monty Python’s Flying Circus was nearly taken off the air after just one series after BBC management lost patience with its “disgusting and nihilistic” humour, newly released documents have revealed.
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NewsDoctor Who selects new companion
Karen Gillan, a relatively unknown 21-year-old, will star alongside Matt Smith as Doctor Who’s new companion.
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NewsTennant's Hamlet coming to BBC2
David Tennant is to bring his acclaimed stage performance of Hamlet to BBC2.
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NewsDelia to cook up classic dishes for tribute on BBC2
Delia Smith is to take a fresh look at the dishes that have defined her 40-year career in a major five-part series for BBC2.
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NewsBBC3 gives a Strictly spin to disabled talent show
BBC3 is to mix the glitz of Strictly Come Dancing with the public service gravitas of wheelchair use in its latest disabled talent format.
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BBC3 quiz show to test theories of intelligence
BBC3 is to pit hairdressers against quantum physicists in a quiz show designed to challenge conventional thinking on intelligence.
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Zephaniah teams with Leopard for murder drama
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah is working with Leopard Films on his first TV drama project for 17 years.
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NewsVictim's son to front Madoff doc
The son of a British soldier who killed himself after his family’s life savings were swallowed up in Bernie Madoff’s $50bn swindle is to front a BBC2 doc on the subject.
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Snog Marry Avoid goes abroad
BBC3 ‘make-under’ format Snog Marry Avoid? is to venture overseas to tackle the holiday style of Brits abroad in its third series.
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NewsSwearing TV chef sparks complaints
The BBC has apologised after 40 viewers complained about a chef using the f-word in a live pre-watershed show.