All BBC articles – Page 370
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NewsBBC criticised over Kids Company scandal
A report examining the collapse of children’s charity Kids Company has said that the BBC’s handling of Alan Yentob’s role in the scandal reflected poorly on its leadership.
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NewsStephen Fry to revisit BBC1 depression doc
Stephen Fry will revisit his 2006 documentary The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive for a BBC1 mental health season.
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NewsBBC lands online cricket highlights
The BBC is to share the online rights to all major International Cricket Council (ICC) events for the next four years with ESPN.
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NewsComic Relief chief exec steps down
Kevin Cahill is to step down after 19 years as chief executive of Comic Relief later this year.
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NewsGareth Malone heads to Invictus Games for BBC1
Choirmaster Gareth Malone will pull together an ensemble of members and veterans of the Armed Forces ahead of Orlando’s The Invictus Games for his latest musical endeavour for BBC1.
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RatingsThe Voice climbs to 6.9m
SATURDAY: The Voice rallied to its second highest-rated performance of the series but The Getaway Car was unable to gain ground.
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NewsTributes flood in for Sir Terry Wogan
Tributes have been paid to Sir Terry Wogan, with Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan calling him “one of the greatest radio hosts this country has ever heard,” and ITV director of television Kevin Lygo praising his sense of family.
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NewsDCMS eyes radical plans to devolve BBC commissioning power
The government is exploring proposals to hand BBC funding and commissioning power to other organisations to boost public service genres such as arts and children’s.
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NewsRoughcut lands BBC NI chatshow
Patrick Kielty is to dig into the internet histories of celebrity guests in a chatshow format for BBC1 Northern Ireland.
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NewsMOTD chief to join Whisper Films
Channel 4-backed indie, Whisper Films, has hired the BBC’s Match of the Day chief as its head of television.
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NewsBBC inks £100m network deal with BT
The BBC has awarded a £100m, seven-year contract to BT to provide its broadcast network.
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RatingsGreat Sport Relief Bake Off sinks 2m
WEDNESDAY: The Great Sport Relief Bake Off was well down on last year’s Comic Relief cook up, as Channel 5’s 10,000 BC continued to fall.
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NewsBBC3 reaches out for support
BBC3 will be far from the finished product when it launches online next month and controller Damian Kavanagh has called on the industry to rally around the channel to make it a success.
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NewsNUJ: BBC must learn from Savile
The National Union of Journalists has warned that the BBC must learn lessons from Jimmy Savile’s “tragic and shameful” reign of abuse and do more to protect whistleblowers.
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NewsBBC starts 2016 in ruthless mood
The BBC appears to be increasingly ruthless as it confronts the challenge of saving £550m under its new funding deal.
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NewsBBC restructure: the fallout
Fears over the future of BBC2 and radical future-proofing proposals across BBC television have emerged in the wake of last week’s seismic commissioning restructure.
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NewsBBC staff not confident in bullying procedures
Less than half the BBC’s staff have confidence in the broadcaster’s bullying and harassment procedures, according to the latest staff survey.
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RatingsReal Marigold Hotel & Sugar Free Farm reel in 3m
TUESDAY: Social experiments The Real Marigold Hotel and Sugar Free Farm delivered over 3m viewers for BBC2 and ITV respectively.
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NewsMulville & Thoday drop BBC3 campaign
Jimmy Mulville and Jon Thoday have drawn a line under their year-long campaign to prevent BBC3 from moving online.
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VideoVIDEO: Trapped, BBC4
Icelandic drama following the murder of a man in small town, which is cut off from the outside world