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NewsDanny Cohen: it’s time to shape up
BBC director of television promises to crack down on commissioners ‘letting the BBC down’
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NewsDanny Cohen rallies support for BBC
Danny Cohen has made an impassioned appeal to the industry to get behind the corporation as it approaches its “biggest moment for a generation”.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing set for clash with The X Factor
The launch of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing is to go head-to-head with ITV’s The X Factor after both shows were scheduled in a Sunday evening slot.
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NewsBBC Academy plans freelance drama training
BBC Academy is to host two training days for drama freelancers in Birmingham and Salford later this year.
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NewsBrown Bob wins first BBC show
Fledgling indie Brown Bob Productions has hired Flame Television’s head of development and picked up its first commission - a BBC daytime format.
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NewsChris Evans hints at TFI Friday revival
Cult chat show TFI Friday may make a return to Channel 4 for a one-off special episode according to former host Chris Evans.
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NewsBBC3 cooks up chicken shop sitcom
A sitcom set in a fried chicken shop, produced by Bwark and Two Brothers Pictures, is one of three comedies green-lit by BBC3.
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NewsLove heads to Stockton for Benefits Street follow-up
Stockton-On-Tees’ Kingston Road has been selected by Love Productions as the location for the second series of Channel 4’s Benefits Street.
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NewsAmazon pilots The Foundation & Brown Bag kids shows
UK kids producers The Foundation and Brown Bag Films have picked up pilots from online video streaming service Amazon.
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NewsWorld Cup boosts UTV profits 62%
UTV has reported a 62% boost in profits as a result of an improving advertising market driven partly by the World Cup 2014.
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NewsSherlock pulls off Emmy hat trick
BBC1 drama Sherlock has won a trio of awards at the 2014 Emmy Awards.
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NewsC4 named best channel at Edinburgh TV Awards
Channel 4 picked up a hat trick of gongs at this year’s Edinburgh International TV awards including the prize for channel of the year.
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NewsMoore blames social media for Generation Game mishap
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore has blamed social media for the confusion over Miranda Hart’s involvement in a revival of The Generation Game.
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NewsBen Stephenson urges industry to back BBC
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has called on the TV industry to get behind the corporation as it faces a “worrying time” in the run up to charter renewal.
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NewsBBC3 shows to air in BBC1 peaktime
Some BBC3 shows will play in the heart of peaktime on BBC1 after the youth-skewing channel moves online, as part of a push to better serve young viewers.
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NewsTory MP: government has interfered in BBC Trust hire
Conservative MP Conor Burns had admitted the government has interfered in the appointment of the next BBC Trust chair.
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NewsCohen: BBC in-house will hold onto hit shows
Long-running BBC in-house shows, such as EastEnders and Top Gear, will not be put out for tender as part of plans to scrap quotas and free-up internal producers to pitch to all broadcasters.
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NewsBBC to relaunch e-commissioning system
Danny Cohen has revealed that the BBC will relaunch its e-commissioning system this autumn as he bemoaned the corporation’s commissioning performance.
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NewsDarlow Smithson travels to Victorian workhouse for BBC1
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore is keen to introduce new angles to the channel’s factual programming, kicking off with a series focusing on the poorest members of Victorian society.
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NewsC5 set to renew Big Brother
Channel 5 has fought off interest from rival broadcasters to renew its deal to air Big Brother and its celebrity spin-off.