All BBC articles – Page 415
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RatingsStrong starts for The Missing & Storage Hunters
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The Missing got underway with 5.8m to comfortably win the 9pm slot, as Dave’s UK version of Storage Hunters locked up more than 1m viewers.
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NewsRDF serves up two BBC shows
Masterchef host Gregg Wallace is to front one of two major orders picked up by RDF Television for the BBC.
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VideoVIDEO: Original British drama on the BBC - trailer
Click to view a trailer of some of the BBC’s biggest upcoming dramas, including The Casual Vacancy, Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot, The Missing, One Child and The Interceptor
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NewsBBC’s David Dimbleby election role disappoints Lords
House of Lords communications committee member Lady Deech has claimed to be “disappointed” by the BBC’s decision to appoint David Dimbleby to anchor its general election coverage.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale: licence fee worse than poll tax
John Whittingdale, chair of the Culture, Media & Sport select committee, has labelled the licence fee as “worse than a poll tax” and claimed the system requires significant revision.
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RatingsIntruders spooks 950,000
MONDAY: BBC2 drama Intruders launched with less than a million viewers - as ITV2’s Release The Hounds bowed out with 383,000.
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NewsJimmy McGovern develops BBC2 anti-war drama
Jimmy McGovern is developing a BBC2 dramatisation based on the story of a father who lost his son in the second Iraq War and went on to challenge former prime minister Tony Blair in the 2005 general election.
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NewsBen Stephenson hails BBC3 online move
BBC drama chief Ben Stephenson has hailed the commissioning opportunities opened up by BBC3’s proposed move online.
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RatingsMixed fortunes for Strictly and X Factor
SUNDAY: There were mixed fortunes for Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor results shows as series high and low performances were recorded.
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NewsAmazon schedules Ripper Street weekly
Amazon has opted to schedule Ripper Street, its first UK commission, in a regular weekly slot rather than follow the Netflix model of releasing the entire series all at once.
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NewsRona Fairhead demands BBC efficiency
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has stressed that the efficiency of the organisation is “fundamentally important” in her first media interview.
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NewsYouView turns on BBC red button
YouView has rolled out BBC connected red button services and an updated version of BBC iPlayer to its 1m homes.
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NewsMPs clear BBC reporting on Sir Cliff Richard raid
The Home Affairs Committee (HAC) has fully exonerated a controversial BBC report about a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s home in August.
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RatingsLife Story falls short of Africa
THURSDAY: Sir David Attenborough’s Life Story failed to hit the heights of Africa for BBC1, as Channel 4’s Educating the East End bowed out with half of Educating Yorkshire’s audience.
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NewsAMC takes 49.9% stake in BBC America
AMC Networks, the US broadcaster behind Mad Men and Breaking Bad, has acquired a 49.9% stake in BBC America for $200m (£125m).
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NewsMiranda calls time on her sitcom
Miranda Hart has revealed that her eponymous sitcom will draw to a close later this year after three series.
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NewsTom McDonald defends BBC conservation strategy
BBC science commissioning chief Tom McDonald has defended the broadcaster’s decision not to feature explicit conservation messages in its natural history programming.
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Behind The ScenesThe Missing, BBC1
The creators and stars of BBC1’s new thriller speak to Olly Grant about keeping on top of its time-shifting plot
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NewsBBC risks ‘market distortion’
The BBC risks creating a “significant market distortion” when BBC Productions is hived off into a commercial entity if it is not transparent about in-house costs.
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NewsBBC3’s Snog Marry Avoid? set for US remake
Long-running BBC3 series Snog Marry Avoid? is to be remade in the US for Discovery-owned broadcaster TLC.