All BBC articles – Page 365
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NewsPartners in Crime heads to Japan
Agatha Christie spy series Partners In Crime is headed to Japan after All3Media International struck a deal with public broadcaster NHK.
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RatingsScandalous Lady W elopes with 2.5m
MONDAY: BBC2’s The Scandalous Lady W won the 9pm battle as no channel managed to attract more than 2.5m viewers across the 9pm hour.
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NewsNews channels breach Ofcom impartiality code
An Ofcom investigation into news impartiality has uncovered numerous breaches by broadcasters including the BBC, CNN and CNBC for broadcasting films sponsored by governments, charities and NGOs.
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NewsFairhead: ‘chilling’ to politicise licence fee debate
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has claimed that allowing politicians to interfere in the way in which the BBC is funded could have a “potentially chilling” impact.
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VideoVIDEO: Boy Meets Girl, BBC2
Tiger Aspect’s transgender sitcom created by Elliott Kerrigan and Simon Carlyle
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NewsGove wades into licence fee debate
Justice secretary Michael Gove has waded into the licence fee decriminalisation debate arguing that prosecutions for non-payment are overburdening the criminal justice system.
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RatingsMountain Goats amuses 1.5m
FRIDAY: BBC1 sitcom Mountain Goats kicked off with an audience half the size of the slot average as ITV’s BBQ Champ sunk to a series low.
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RatingsGreat British Bake Off dips below 9m
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off continued to burn the competition despite the BBC1 format’s audience dipping slightly on last week’s opening episode.
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NewsBBC reveals BAME fund spend
The BBC’s six new BAME assistant commissioners have revealed their aims and wishlists, and details have emerged of how the corporation has spent £1.5m of its Diversity Creative Talent Fund.
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CommentPlaying it safe is not an option
TV may have moved on from The Word, but risk-taking is essential
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NewsCommercial rivals could secure BBC3 spectrum
BBC3’s HD slot could be leased to commercial rivals following the decision to close the linear channel.
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CommentFuture-proofing BBC3
New-look BBC3 would allow for more, not less, creative risk-taking, says controller Damian Kavanagh
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RatingsLife in Squares bows out with 760k
MONDAY: Bloomsbury Group drama Life in Squares bowed out on BBC2 with fewer than half of the audience drawn in for its opening episode.
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RatingsDragon's Den hits four-year high as Javone Prince struggles
SUNDAY: BBC2 experienced a mixed evening as Dragon’s Den pulled in its biggest audience in four years but Javone Prince’s comedy show bowed out with a series average under 350,000.
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RatingsRipper Street and BBQ Champ suffer declines
FRIDAY: Ripper Street continued on BBC1 with 300,000 fewer viewers than tuned in for last week’s opener – as ITV’s BBQ Champ lost half a million people.
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NewsYentob: Kids Company claims 'a disgrace'
BBC creative director and chairman of Kids Company Alan Yentob has refuted claims of financial mismanagement at the children’s charity but admitted to contacting Newsnight regarding its revelations.
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NewsBBC1 developing Mark Duggan drama
BBC1 is in the early stages of developing a factual drama about Mark Duggan, the Tottenham resident killed by police in 2011 whose death sparked riots across the country.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: The Great British Bake Off, BBC1
Click to see how well the opener of the Love Productions show fared.
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NewsITVS ties with Weinstein Company for USSR drama
ITV Studios and The Weinstein Company have boarded Archery Pictures’ big-budget drama set in the USSR.