All BBC articles – Page 371
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NewsLabour MP: EU debate threatens to delay charter renewal
Shadow culture secretary Maria Eagle has criticised secretary of state John Whittingdale for prioritising “his longstanding Eurosceptic obsession” over BBC charter renewal.
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CommentDramatic accuracy helps OJ drama hit the mark
Detail makes for gripping viewing, says the editor of the BBC’s coverage of the 1995 trial
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NewsThe Kennedys writer slams BBC's scheduling ‘gamble’
Writer Emma Kennedy has blamed the “massive gamble” of scheduling her sitcom, The Kennedys, in a primetime slot for its failure to be picked up for a second outing.
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NewsPointless to pass 1000-episode mark
The total number of Pointless and Pointless Celebrities will pass the 1000-episode mark after Remarkable Television scored its biggest-ever commission of the daytime format.
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NewsBBC3 partners with UFC
BBC3 has made a move into mixed martial arts after inking a deal with rights holder UFC to offer coverage of the 27 February clash between Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping.
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RatingsSNT smashes The Voice
SATURDAY: Saturday Night Takeaway returned with its biggest audience in three years to outmuscle The Voice UK by almost 2m viewers.
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RatingsMonty Don dreams big for BBC2
THURSDAY: Monty Don returned to BBC2 with almost 2m viewers – well up on the first series opener of Big Dreams Small Spaces.
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NewsBBC Trust raps ‘misleading’ natural history docs
The BBC Trust has censured the Natural History Unit (NHU) for two serious editorial breaches concerning “misleading” scenes in wildlife documentaries involving the same producer.
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NewsBBC4 orders hipster doc
Tinopolis Group indie Mentorn Media is investigating the rise of the hipster for BBC4.
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RatingsOne Child underway solidly
WEDNESDAY: Guy Hibbert’s Chinese-themed One Child got underway with a performance ahead of slot average, while Sky 1’s US acquisition Limitless also launched solidly.
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NewsArchers editor takes over EastEnders
EastEnders’ showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins is leaving the soap this spring to be replaced by The Archers editor Sean O’Connor.
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NewsSexy Beasts shipped to Russia
Lion Television’s unorthodox dating show Sexy Beasts has been snapped up by Russia’s CTC Network.
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NewsITN and Pact call for BBC online transparency
ITN and Pact have led calls for the BBC to be more open and transparent about the way it commissions online content.
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NewsSelect committee’s BBC verdict
Hannah Gannagé-Stewart unpicks last week’s CMS Committee report on the BBC’s future
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NewsCharlotte Moore to tackle indie fears
BBC content supremo Charlotte Moore is preparing to address indie uncertainty over the corporation’s radical commissioning restructure, as the race to lead BBC2 begins in earnest.
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NewsTrust freezes S4C funding
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has written to S4C Authority chair Huw Jones to confirm that the Welsh-language broadcaster’s funding will remain at £74.5m until 2017/18.
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VideoVIDEO: Thirteen, BBC3
Marnie Dickens’ story follows a young woman who escapes from the cellar in which she has been imprisoned.
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NewsTory lords: scrap BBC charter and keep C4 public
The BBC Trust and royal charter should be scrapped and the broadcaster protected from any “government interference”, according to two influential Conservative peers.
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NewsBBC2 checks back in to Marigold Hotel
Twofour’s social experiment The Real Marigold Hotel is to return to BBC2 for a second series.
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NewsScottish government outlines BBC vision
The Scottish government has outlined its vision for the future of public-funded broadcasting in the nation, including the full transition of BBC commissioning and budget decisions to BBC Scotland.