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NewsThompson restricts BNP to once a year
The BBC will give the BNP a platform on a range of political programmes - but no more than once a year, director general Mark Thompson has said.
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NewsBBC orders successor to The Street from new McGovern indie
The BBC has ordered the ‘spiritual successor’ to The Street from Jimmy McGovern’s new production company.
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NewsWogan still king of breakfast
Q3 RAJARS: Sir Terry Wogan has again been crowned the king of breakfast radio, extending his lead over rival Chris Moyles and attracting a weekly audience of 7.8m.
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NewsO’Grady could return to C4 in chat show deal
Paul O’Grady may be returning to ITV1 - but his indie Olga TV is poised to hang on to the teatime Channel 4 slot that is currently home to his show.
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NewsOccupation director: BBC ‘debilitated’ by job fears
BBC staff are plagued by “morbid job insecurity”, which is “debilitating” the corporation’s ability to deliver its public service remit, Occupation director Nick Murphy has claimed.
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NewsCandidates line up for C4 entertainment role
Channel 4 has set tongues wagging as it seeks to move swiftly to hire new blood for the entertainment part of Andrew Newman’s commissioning brief.
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NewsC4 takes back seat on co-pros to boost doc series budgets
Channel 4 is scaling back its investment in co-productions for strands such as Bodyshock to boost the budgets for major documentary series such as The Family.
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NewsBig Talk secures BBC2 urban church sitcom
The Full Monty director Peter Cattaneo is to return to his TV roots for a BBC2 sitcom about a frustrated urban Anglican vicar.
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NewsOctober to make prefab house series for Home
Amanda Lamb will front an October Films series for Home that will see the presenter help people make prefabricated houses.
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NewsSilver River looks to scripted with ex-Endemol hiring
Silver River has hired former Endemol exec Shaun Parry to bolster its drive into scripted content, as its first-ever drama approaches TX in Scotland.
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NewsOrion gets creative on funding for art-travel show
Indie Orion TV has pieced together an innovative deal involving local authorities, furniture retailer DFS and Discovery to fund a new art-inspired travel series.
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NewsBBC orders legal, art and war docs from regions
BBC1 is to investigate libel law in a 6 x 60-minute ob doc co-production from BBC Scotland and Matchlight as part of a batch of orders from the nations and regions.
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NewsFlame TV wins BBC daytime order
The BBC has ordered more than 40 new hours from Flame TV as part of a raft of recommissions by daytime controller Liam Keelan.
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NewsITV recruits BBC entertainment format executive
ITV Studios has hired BBC entertainment executive Joe Mace for a new role that will oversee the creation of non-scripted entertainment formats for the UK and international markets.
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NewsMark Gatiss to adapt HG Wells novel for BBC4
League of Gentleman star Mark Gatiss is to star in his own adaptation of HG Wells’ sci-fi romance, The First Men In The Moon, for BBC4.
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NewsBBC to give BNP annual platform
The BBC will give the BNP a platform on a range of political programmes but no more than once a year, director general Mark Thompson has said.
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NewsThis Week pulled over race fears
The BBC has pulled an episode of This Week from the internet amid worries of a race backlash after host Andrew Neil compared Diane Abbott and Michael Portillo with a chocolate HobNob biscuit and a custard cream.
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NewsBBC integrates press and PR effort
The BBC is to integrate all its press and public relations operations into one division, which will report to communications director Ed Williams.
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NewsSports bodies attack Ofcom intervention
The UK’s leading sports bodies have attacked Ofcom’s proposed intervention in the UK pay TV market claiming it is “fatally flawed in a number of key areas”.
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NewsComic hits out at BBC producers
Mock The Week star Frankie Boyle has hit out at the programme’s producers for asking panellists to avoid discussing serious issues.