All BBC articles – Page 413
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NewsBBC steps up search for kids boss
The BBC has stepped up its search for a new boss of BBC Children’s ahead of the departure of Joe Godwin at the start of next year.
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NewsBBC pulls Panorama 'fake sheikh' report
BBC1 pulled last night’s episode of Panorama which was to expose “fake sheikh” Mazher Mahmood after the undercover reporter’s lawyers intervened minutes before transmission.
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NewsBBC Academy restructures ahead of Birmingham move
BBC training arm BBC Academy is to shrink its leadership team and reduce the volume of commercial work it undertakes as it prepares to relocate to Birmingham next year.
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RatingsThe Passing Bells moves 2.9m
FRIDAY: BBC1’s World War I drama The Passing Bells finished its five-part run with fewer than 3m viewers as the return of the FA Cup to BBC2 scored 1.8m.
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NewsGreens, SNP & Plaid Cymru challenge TV election debate plans
The Green Party, Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru have joined forces to petition the BBC Trust to be included in the BBC leaders’ debate.
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NewsRadio 1 Newsbeat slammed for Isis report
The BBC Trust and Ofcom have slammed Radio 1’s Newsbeat for broadcasting a report featuring comments from Isis suicide bomber Abu Sumayyah.
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NewsSearch begins for BBC3 digital controller
The BBC is hunting for both an overarching digital content chief and an editorial head of BBC3 as it paves the way to move the channel online.
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RatingsDoctor Who sinks to 5.3m
SATURDAY: Doctor Who bowed out with its lowest-rated overnight series average since BBC1 resurrected the show in 2005.
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NewsAdrian Van Klaveren returns to BBC News
Adrian Van Klaveren, the former Radio 5 Live controller who lost his job in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, is to return to BBC News as head of strategic change.
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VideoVIDEO: Poppies, CBeebies
Go behind the scenes on the making of the CBBC and CBeebies Remembrance animation, Poppies.
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NewsMaxine Watson named BBC acting docs head
BBC documentaries commissioning editor Maxine Watson has been appointed as acting head of documentaries to replace Emma Willis.
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NewsBBC4 unearths more Detectorists
Quirky comedy Detectorists is returning for a second series on BBC4.
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NewsBBC Worldwide hires global formats chief
BBC1 and BBC3 channel executive Kate Phillips has joined BBC Worldwide to lead its global formats strategy.
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NewsDanny Cohen: BBC feeling ‘devolutionary pressures’
Danny Cohen has admitted that “devolutionary pressures” on the BBC will increase following the Scottish independence referendum in September.
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NewsPanorama investigates Ebola epidemic
Blakeway Productions is to shine a light on the Ebola epidemic in a Panorama film for BBC1.
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Behind The ScenesRemember Me, BBC1
A supernatural meditation on ageing and a return to his Yorkshire roots lures Michael Palin back to TV drama
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NewsBBC Worldwide ready to open Store
BBC Worldwide has revealed its launch and commercial plans for BBC Store after hiring a former Virgin Media and BT executive to lead the download-to-own service.
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NewsNUJ probes claims BBC blacklisted Miriam O’Reilly
The NUJ is investigating claims that former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has been blacklisted by the broadcaster for fighting an ageism case in 2011.
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NewsCohen: BBC ‘won’t survive’ without diversity boost
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has claimed that the corporation will not survive if it fails to tackle diversity.
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RatingsThe Missing holds steady
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The Missing returned with a performance only narrowly below last week’s opener as Professor Brian Cox’s Human Universe bowed out with 1.5m.