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NewsBBC suspends Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended as the presenter of Top Gear following a “fracas with a BBC producer”.
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NewsIn brief: Idris Elba, C5, Formula E, All3Media
Woodcut partners on Idris Elba doc and Channel 5’s sales boss is poised to depart. Click for more in today’s round-up.
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NewsBBC services face axe without ‘riskier’ management savings
More BBC services will face the axe if the corporation is unable to make “riskier changes to organisational structures and ways of working” as part of its strategy to save £700m a year, according to a report.
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NewsGaelic drama Bannan to return
Gaelic broadcaster BBC Alba is to tap into the success of foreign-language series such as The Killing after commissioning another 10 episodes of local drama Bannan.
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NewsC5 returns to 10,000 BC
Channel 5 is bringing back The Garden’s stone-age reality series 10,000 BC for a second series.
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NewsC4 explores SAS selection process
Minnow Films is to use fixed-rig cameras to shine a light on the SAS selection process in a documentary series for Channel 4.
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NewsLabour and Lib Dems commit to keeping C4 in public hands
Business secretary Vince Cable and shadow minister for the arts Chris Bryant have committed to keeping Channel 4 under public ownership if Labour or the Liberal Democrats win the general election.
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NewsDon't Tell The Bride travels to China
Don’t Tell The Bride is to be remade in China after distributor DRG sold the format to local broadcaster Shenzhen.
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NewsMP tells Rona Fairhead to resign
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair Margaret Hodge has called on BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead to resign over her handling of the HSBC tax evasion scandal.
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NewsOfcom diversity record 'shabby'
Former RTS boss Simon Albury has branded Ofcom’s diversity record “shabby” in evidence to the media regulator’s PSB review.
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NewsBBCW hires Twenty Twenty producer
BBC Worldwide has appointed Twenty Twenty executive producer Kirsty Hanson as commissioning executive for its recently-launched international channel BBC Earth.
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NewsHorror Channel heads to Freeview
The Horror Channel is to be made available in around 17m extra homes after striking a deal to launch on Freeview.
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NewsLBC presenter handed ITV series
LBC Radio presenter James O’Brien has signed up to front a topical debate show for ITV Daytime in the run up to the election.
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NewsBBC questions 25% indie quota
The BBC has raised concerns about its ability to continue commissioning 25% of its content from qualifying indies amid seismic market consolidation.
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NewsBroadcasters stand firm on leaders’ debates
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have held firm on their original plans for the proposed election debates – raising the possibility of prime minister David Cameron being empty-chaired if he fails to participate.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Gogglebox
Click to see the consolidated success of the fifth series opener of Channel 4’s TV-watching format.
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NewsShed of the Year returns to C4
Channel 4 is to extend its coverage of the annual Shed of the Year contest with a four-part recommission for Plum Pictures.
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NewsGomorrah lands second series
Filming on the second series of acclaimed Sky Italia crime-drama Gomorrah is due to get underway in Naples next month.
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NewsBBC acquires female aviator film
BBC4 has acquired a film that will follow a female pilot’s mission to fly from Cape Town to London.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Broadchurch
Click to see how the second series of the Kudos drama compared with its 2013 debut.