All BBC articles – Page 371
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NewsBBC1 nets Wayne Rooney documentary
Gary Lineker’s indie Goalhanger Films has secured access to Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney for a BBC1 documentary.
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NewsInfographic: Strictly Come Dancing Launch Show
Click to see how the BBC1 format performed on its return to the Saturday night schedule.
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NewsBBC scores NFL deal
The BBC has scored the rights to a number of key NFL games including the Super Bowl.
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CommentBBC Children’s: riding two horses
BBC kid’s boss Alice Webb on opening up the entire BBC to young audiences via the iPlay service
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NewsLords warn of 'excessive interference' over gender gap
Conservative peer Lord Dobbs has raised concerns over the cost of recruitment reforms to improve gender equality in news and current affairs and claimed some recommendations came “close to excessive interference”.
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RatingsBBC2 India doc transports 1.4m
TUESDAY: BBC2’s two-part documentary about India concluded on a low as England’s Euro 2016 qualifier dominated for ITV.
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NewsBBC plans £100m 'scheduling mix' savings
BBC content will come under the microscope as the corporation bids to find £100m of “scheduling mix efficiencies” under Tony Hall’s vision for the next charter.
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NewsBBC: household levy could boost income
The BBC has indicated that replacing the licence fee with a German-style household levy could generate additional income – and hinted at changes to free licence fees for over-75s.
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NewsTony Hall: ‘inevitable’ services will close
Director general Tony Hall has said it is “inevitable” that BBC services will either close or be scaled back over the next five years.
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RatingsLady Chatterley's Lover stirs 5m
SUNDAY: Lady Chatterley’s Lover gripped almost 5m viewers, well above the audience for BBC1’s previous 90-minute drama The C-Word.
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NewsBBC eyes industry-wide VoD service to rival Netflix
The BBC has floated the idea of launching a Project Kangaroo-style online platform featuring the best of British content from a variety of sources.
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NewsiPlayer to allow users to ‘binge watch’ BBC drama
Flagship BBC dramas will be made available to “binge watch” on a Netflix-style model via iPlayer as the broadcaster bids to keep pace with evolving audience demands.
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VideoVIDEO: an open, more distinctive BBC
Click to watch the video setting out how the BBC plans to adapt and change to meet future audience demands.
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NewsTony Hall: future vision for the BBC
The director general’s speech about the future of the BBC - delivered at the Science Museum earlier today.
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RatingsRecord high for Strictly Launch Show
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing: Launch Show roared back with its best audience since the annual curtain-raiser’s inception in 2010.
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News7 Wonder secures debut BBC2 order
Fledgling indie 7 Wonder has landed its first BBC2 commission – a six-part consumer format fronted by Cherry Healey.
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NewsTony Hall to unveil iPlayer plans as part of more 'open' BBC
Tony Hall will today unveil a dedicated children’s iPlayer and plans to expand the VoD service to carry content from rivals as part of a vision for an “open BBC”.
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RatingsCradle to Grave brings success for BBC2
THURSDAY: BBC2’s new brace of comedies began solidly as its Danny Baker biopic became the highest-rated comedy origination of the year.
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NewsWhittingdale warns BBC and Ofcom over EU coverage
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has warned the BBC Trust and Ofcom that they must act quickly to resolve complaints about “erroneous views or partial coverage” during the EU referendum.
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Behind The ScenesBoy Meets Girl, BBC2
There is no agenda to our transgender comedy, but the issue still required sensitive treatment, says Margot Gavan Duffy