All BBC articles – Page 354
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VideoVIDEO: The Story of Aardman, BBC1
Boxing Day film about the animation firm, featuring Hugh Grant, David Tennant and Timothy Spall.
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NewsTop Gear exec Lisa Clark steps down
Top Gear executive producer Lisa Clark is to leave the rebooted motoring format after just five months in the role.
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RatingsJohn Bishop outperforms Downton Abbey tribute
MONDAY: John Bishop’s evening of festive entertainment won the 9pm slot as 2.5m tuned in to Bafta’s tribute to Downton Abbey on ITV.
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NewsBBC headhunter bill hits five-year high
The BBC spent more on headhunters in 2014/15 than it has in five years, taking its total outlay on external recruiters to nearly £2.3m since 2010.
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NewsBBC to tender 40% of in-house shows
The BBC has performed a dramatic U-turn and announced plans to tender out 40% of in-house shows to the indie sector within two years of launching BBC Studios under a wide-ranging agreement with Pact.
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RatingsStrictly final up 800,000 on last year
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with a peak of more than 12m viewers as boyband star Jay McGuiness took home the trophy.
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NewsGus O’Donnell to lead BBC pensioner licence fee review
The BBC has commissioned independent research into how to get over-75s to pay their licence fee voluntarily when the corporation takes on responsibility for the £725m bill.
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NewsBBC2 unveils Civilisations details
Mary Beard, Simon Schama and David Olusoga are to front BBC2’s contemporary take on Kenneth Clark’s classic 1969 series Civilisation.
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CommentMusic steps up a gear for Christmas
How viewers access music is changing - but the festive season is where it really comes into its own, says Jan Younghusband
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NewsBBC4 acquires Blink brain doc
BBC4 has acquired Blink Films biggest-budget show, a six-part series exploring the human brain hosted by neuroscientist David Eagleman.
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NewsITV to step in as BBC backs out of F1
The BBC is to back out of its Formula 1 coverage three years early, with ITV poised to pick up free-to-air rights from next season.
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Behind The ScenesDickensian, BBC1
On a vast Victorian street set in a warehouse in west London, James Rampton hears how Red Planet took a light-footed approach to its rummage through Charles Dickens’ brain
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Behind The ScenesWar and Peace, BBC1
At more than 1,400 pages, adapting War And Peace as a six-part drama was not for the fainthearted. Olly Grant meets the director, producer and crew charged with bringing the epic story to life
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NewsBBC1’s youth task laid bare
BBC1 faces an uphill battle to retain young audiences in the absence of a linear BBC3, with its volume of viewers aged 16-34 on course to fall nearly 10% this year.
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NewsBBC object-based trials explained
Alex Farber reports on four projects designed to improve efficiency and evolve storytelling
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NewsBBC’s future-gazing revealed
The BBC is developing personalised dramas, radio shows that talk directly to listeners, and technology to record live events remotely, as it looks to shape the future of broadcasting.
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NewsMPs challenge Tony Hall over Fury and Yentob
Tony Hall has been forced to defend Tyson Fury’s inclusion on the Sports Personality Of The Year award shortlist in front of MPs, and admitted that Alan Yentob’s resignation was the “right” decision.
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NewsSalmon unveils top team at BBC Studios
Peter Salmon has revealed the structure for the new BBC Studios, creating dedicated divisions for entertainment and natural history.
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NewsBBC News pilots auto-translate tool
The BBC is trialling ‘virtual voice-over’ technology around its short-form news content – allowing a report to be automatically translated into multiple languages.