All BBC articles – Page 305
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NewsBBC sets comedy challenge
The BBC’s Shane Allen has challenged Britain’s comedy writers and producers to take on the mainstream after the Porridge revival topped a trio of sitcom commissions.
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NewsBBC1 explores 'generation rent'
Boundless will turn the tables on landlords in a three-part commission for BBC1 in which they will be forced to live in the properties they rent out
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RatingsRipper Street slips by 1m for BBC2
MONDAY: Ripper Street came to the end of its debut run on BBC2 with 1m fewer viewers than it gripped on BBC1.
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NewsKit Harington preps BBC gunpowder drama
The BBC is lining up a Guy Fawkes-inspired drama produced by and starring Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington.
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NewsCBBC reboots Dennis The Menace
Dennis The Menace is to be revived as a CGI series for CBBC after Beano Studios landed its first TV commission.
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RatingsThe Fall knocks Paranoid
THURSDAY: The return of The Fall dented the audience for ITV’s crime drama Paranoid by over 1m.
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NewsJames Purnell handed BBC radio brief
James Purnell is to take responsibility for the BBC’s audio division after Helen Boaden revealed she will retire in March.
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RatingsGBBO cooks up series high
WEDNESDAY: Botanical week on The Great British Bake Off inspired the biggest audience of the series thus far, while BBC2’s Conviction locked up 1.2m with its final episode.
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NewsTFI producer to join Fulwell 73
Suzi Aplin, the former producer of TFI Friday, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross and Comic Relief, has taken a staff job as Fulwell 73’s first head of non-scripted.
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News‘Big rewards’ on offer for right daytime ideas
BBC daytime chief Dan McGolpin is searching for thought-provoking and topical breakfast shows and mid-morning returnable formats for BBC1.
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NewsTony Hall backs BBC Studios to win
BBC director general Tony Hall has expressed a “strong belief ” that BBC Studios will hold its own in an era of full competition for the broadcaster’s airtime.
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NewsBBCW boosts Lookout stake
BBC Worldwide has increased its stake in War And Peace producer Lookout Point and laid out a path to taking full ownership of the firm.
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NewsThe great Bake Off bun fight
A fierce row has erupted between the BBC and Channel 4 over the transfer of The Great British Bake Off, and Ofcom and Love Productions owner Sky have had their first say on the controversy.
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NewsNick Fraser exits BBC
BBC Storyville editor Nick Fraser has left his role after nineteen years to launch SVOD documentary platform Yaddo.
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NewsCBBC's Muller leaves for Milkshake!
Channel 5 has appointed CBBC’s Sarah Muller as head of children’s programming, replacing Jess Symons who left earlier this year.
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NewsBake Off heads to Bulgaria and Mexico
The Great British Bake Off is heading to Mexico and Bulgaria after BBC Worldwide secured two international format sales.
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NewsHunt and Purnell clash over Bake Off
Jay Hunt and James Purnell have gone toe-to-toe over The Great British Bake Off, in a fiery on-stage exchange at the RTS London conference.
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RatingsCrimewatch locks up 3m
MONDAY: BBC1’s Crimewatch reboot of bowed out with 3m while BBC2’s new impression show Morgana Robinson’s The Agency made a slow start.
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NewsBBC unveils daytime slate
Emerging Bristol-based indie Hungry Gap has scooped two BBC commissions as part of the broadcaster’s refreshed daytime slate.
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NewsiPlayer to require log-in from 2017
The BBC will require users to sign-in to access iPlayer from early next year, bringing the corporation closer to its personalised MyBBC vision.