All BBC articles – Page 354
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NewsDrifters writer: BBC3 online move ‘robbing’ new generation of talent
The decision to move BBC3 online is “robbing an audience and new generation of talent of a creative outlet” according to the writer of comedy Drifters.
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RatingsThe Apprentice recruits 6.4m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice recruited 6.4m viewers as it returned to BBC1 as Alexander Armstrong set off to the Arctic Circle for ITV with fewer than 3m in tow.
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The Broadcast InterviewAlison Kirkham: giving BBC factual a shot in the arm
Alison Kirkham and her team want to work creatively with indies to bring ambitious projects to life.
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NewsLord Alli calls for BBC debate
Lord Alli has issued a rallying call for the industry to engage in a “grown-up” debate about the BBC’s future, at the heart of Westminster.
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CommentPopular leader will be missed
Time will be needed to assess the director of television’s legacy
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NewsCohen: end of an 'all-powerful' era
Danny Cohen could be the last “all-powerful” BBC director of television, as the corporation begins the task of replacing him.
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NewsBBC on brink of The Voice recommission
The Voice UK is on the brink of being recommissioned for BBC1.
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NewsiPlayer to stream Elton John concert
BBC iPlayer is to offer visitors an exclusive Elton John performance from Cornwall’s Eden Project.
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NewsCohen: no conspiracy theory behind my departure
Director of television Danny Cohen has told Broadcast his decision to leave the BBC is about his personal need for a fresh challenge rather than any “climactic situation” facing the corporation.
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NewsCohen: BBC faces seismic challenges
Danny Cohen has acknowledged that he is leaving the BBC as it prepares for “challenges the like of which [it] and the television industry have never faced before”.
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NewsDanny Cohen: letter to staff
Click to read the note sent to BBC staff by outgoing director of televison Danny Cohen.
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NewsDanny Cohen to leave BBC
Danny Cohen is to leave the BBC to “pursue a new leadership challenge”.
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NewsSNP demands more funds from Tony Hall
Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has urged Tony Hall to launch new channels and invest more of the licence fee north of the border at a meeting with the director general.
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NewsPeople Just Do Nothing wins double order
BBC3 has ordered another two 6x30-minute series of Roughcut Television’s pirate radio mockumentary People Just Do Nothing.
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NewsCoba calls for external BBC governance
The BBC’s proposal to create a unitary board – with director general Tony Hall as chief executive – to oversee governance has been blasted by the pay-TV sector.
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NewsEastEnders hires first transgender actor
EastEnders has become the first UK soap to cast a transgender actor in a continuing role with the hire of 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington.
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NewsWhittingdale mulls regulatory boost for kids’ and current affairs
John Whittingdale has asked Ofcom to consider whether production sector regulation could be introduced that would promote investment in genres such as children’s and current affairs.
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NewsTrust: there is ‘extraordinary’ public support for BBC
The BBC Trust has found that there is an “extraordinary degree of popular support” for an independent and universal BBC - but has warned that the corporation must sharpen up its approach to distinctiveness.
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NewsBBC to fight Worldwide sell-off and top-slicing
The BBC will fight any government effort to privatise its commercial arm, or top-slice the licence fee, arguing that such decisions would be tantamount to reopening its July funding deal.
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RatingsGBBO becomes biggest show of 2015
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off final became the highest-rated show of the year, contributing to a stellar night for BBC1.