All BBC articles – Page 303
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NewsBBC2 closes in on SNL-style show
BBC2 is preparing the last of its late-night variety pilots in the next few weeks – paving the way to launch a show this summer.
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NewsBBC docu-drama explores gay laws
BBC2 is to dramatise the real-life testimony of gay men who suffered under the draconian legal system of the 1950s.
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RatingsNo recovery for Let It Shine
SATURDAY: Let It Shine dipped to a series low as it entered its live stage as The Voice UK matched its best performance to date.
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NewsTaskmaster creators pilot BBC gameshow
The team behind Dave comedy format Taskmaster are piloting a BBC1 gameshow.
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NewsNazi drama SS-GB sold to Germany
German broadcaster RTL has picked up BBC1 drama SS-GB, set in a Nazi-occupied Britain post-WWII.
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NewsBBC4 snaps up Canadian crime series
BBC4 has made its latest foreign-drama acquisition – picking up Canadian series Cardinal from eOne.
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NewsBBC3 strand backs emerging talent
Five up-and-coming writers and two directors will showcase their work as part of a returning strand of shorts for BBC3.
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RatingsRoots grabs 1m for BBC4
WEDNESDAY: Roots, the remake of Alex Haley’s classic novel about the slave trade, launched with BBC4’s biggest audience for an original drama in three years.
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NewsBBC ups pay for senior team
BBC director of content Charlotte Moore and deputy director general Anne Bulford have received 10% pay rises after their remits were expanded in July.
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NewsTaboo and Apple Tree Yard get extended iPlayer window
BBC dramas Taboo and Apple Tree Yard will be available to watch as boxsets on iPlayer for an extended window.
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NewsRadio 1 commissions Valentine's Day doc
Radio 1 has ordered a Valentine’s Day-themed series hosted by DJ Alice Levine for its iPlayer channel.
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RatingsMoorside is BBC's biggest drama launch since 2014
TUESDAY: BBC1’s The Moorside, which explores the real-life disappearance of Shannon Matthews, was the channel’s best-performing new drama launch in three years.
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NewsRTS unveils TV Journalism nominations
Channel 4 has secured more nominations than any other channel in the RTS Television Journalism Awards for the second year in a row.
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NewsRio Ferdinand fronts BBC1 film
Only The Best Productions, the indie established by former BT Sport executive Grant Best, has scored a BBC1 documentary in which Rio Ferdinand will explore grief.
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NewsLive Fleabag lined up by BBC
The live stage show of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s dysfunctional comedy Fleabag is being lined up to air on the BBC.
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NewsThree Arrows scores first CBeebies order
Manchester-based children’s indie Three Arrows Media has won its first commission – a CBeebies show about faith and values.
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VideoRoots, BBC4
A+E Studios historical portrait of American slavery, retelling of the life and legacy of Kunta Kinte.
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VideoSS-GB, BBC1
Sid Gentle Films’ five part alternative-history thriller set against a Nazi occupied London.
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NewsCactus retains Saturday Kitchen
Cactus TV has retained the £5m contract to produce BBC weekend cooking format Saturday Kitchen.
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NewsBBCW ties with Snapchat for Planet Earth push
BBC Worldwide is to launch a series of Planet Earth II ‘shows’ on Snapchat ahead of the programme’s North American premiere.