All BBC articles – Page 381

  • Rona Fairhead
    News

    Trust urges government to avoid 'narrow' BBC debate

    2015-07-16T17:39:00Z

    The Trust has urged the government to avoid a “narrow” debate over the future of the BBC as a series of proposals about its own role were also unveiled.

  • TV licence van
    News

    Licence fee enforcement ‘appropriate and fair’

    2015-07-16T13:46:00Z

    The existing licence fee enforcement system is “appropriate and fair”, according to a government-commissioned report on decriminalising the BBC’s funding method.

  • bbc
    News

    BBC green paper and consultation in full

    2015-07-16T13:19:00Z

    The government has published a green paper that will set the stage for a 12-week consultation on BBC charter renewal.

  • john-whittingdale-4
    News

    BBC slams government green paper

    2015-07-16T13:15:00Z

    Culture secretary John Whittingdale has unveiled a green paper on the future of the BBC which the corporation has claimed could herald a “much diminished, less popular” BBC.

  • Danny Cohen
    News

    Cohen ‘coordinated' celebrity letter backing the BBC

    2015-07-16T12:47:00Z

    Michael Palin has confirmed that BBC director of television Danny Cohen helped coordinate a letter signed by nearly 30 celebrities calling on the prime minister to protect the corporation.

  • cuffs
    Behind The Scenes

    Cuffs, BBC1

    2015-07-16T07:44:00Z

    First-time director and former rally driver Nick Rowland is in the hot seat for the climax of BBC1’s pacy crime series. Adrian Lobb visits him on set

  • Doctor Who
    Comment

    Digital strategy key for BBCW

    2015-07-16T07:14:00Z

    Smart manoeuvring can help Davie meet targets, says Kate Bulkley

  • Ripper Street
    News

    BBCW looks to digital future

    2015-07-16T07:09:00Z

    BBC Worldwide chief executive Tim Davie is determined not to suffer the same fate as the music industry by ensuring his distribution business remains profitable as it makes the transition to digital.

  • advisory-board
    News

    Who’s scrutinising the BBC?

    2015-07-16T07:05:00Z

    The BBC has few obvious friends on culture secretary John Whittingdale’s charter renewal advisory board.

  • brian_cox
    News

    BBC gets on the front foot

    2015-07-16T07:04:00Z

    The BBC used the publication of its annual report to get on the front foot after a bruising period in the run-up to charter renewal negotiations with the government.

  • glastonbury
    News

    BBC hints at radical genre move

    2015-07-16T07:01:00Z

    BBC director general Tony Hall has hinted that a radical overhaul of the corporation’s commissioning structures may be modelled on the approach already being applied to music and arts.

  • john_whittingdale
    News

    Whittingdale branded a 'hypocrite' over BBC deal

    2015-07-15T13:08:00Z

    Culture secretary John Whittingdale has been labelled a “complete and utter hypocrite” by his Labour counterpart for ushering through changes to the BBC behind closed doors.

  • Richard-Ayre
    News

    BBC trustee considered resigning over licence fee deal

    2015-07-15T12:32:00Z

    BBC trustee Richard Ayre has revealed he considered resigning after discovering the BBC was to be saddled with the cost of licence fees for the over-75s.

  • Fiona Hyslop
    News

    Scottish culture secretary slams government BBC action

    2015-07-15T12:01:00Z

    The Scottish culture secretary has slammed the government for making decisions that could “slash and diminish” the BBC without consulting the SNP.

  • Great Ormond Street
    Ratings

    Great Ormond Street moves 1.4m

    2015-07-15T10:34:00Z

    TUESDAY: BBC2’s Great Ormond Street documentary series got underway with a bigger audience than The Bank as Only Connect replacement Hive Minds started strongly on BBC4.

  • Chris Bryant
    News

    Chris Bryant: the BBC is under siege

    2015-07-15T10:26:00Z

    Shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant has claimed the BBC will be reduced to a “national irrelevance” by 2027 if the government continues its “bully crusade” against the broadcaster during charter renewal.

  • BBC
    News

    Bullying cases fall at the BBC

    2015-07-15T09:12:00Z

    Around 13 staff were found guilty of bullying at the BBC in the year to end of March 2015, as the number of bullying and sexual harassment cases at the corporation fell 37%.

  • Brian Cox
    News

    Top stars urge prime minister to protect the BBC

    2015-07-15T08:21:00Z

    A host of top stars including Brian Cox, Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench, have written to the prime minister urging him to protect the “precious institution” that is the BBC.

  • Tony Hall
    News

    Hall: BBC’s future must not be dictated by commercial interests

    2015-07-14T13:58:00Z

    Tony Hall has argued that the future of the BBC should not be decided by “narrow commercial interests” but by the British public.

  • commonwealth_games_stadium
    News

    BBC network spend in Scotland tumbles

    2015-07-14T13:29:00Z

    Political pressure on the BBC from Scotland could be ramped up after the corporation spent less in the country in 2014 on network TV and appreciation fell for BBC Radio Scotland.