All BBC articles – Page 426
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NewsNI looks to make its mark
Northern Ireland’s production community believe that BBC charter renewal offers an opportunity to build on successes such as Game Of Thrones and The Fall.
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NewsBBC3 format Hair heads to BBC2
BBC3’s Great British Bake Off-style hairdressing competition Hair is set to become the latest brand to move to BBC2.
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NewsBBC to revamp Final Score with live FA Cup action
The BBC is planning to revamp football results show Final Score with live FA Cup action and highlights as the corporation prepares to broadcast the competition for the first time in six years.
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NewsIndies air fears over BBC plan
Some of the UK’s leading indies have voiced concerns that the plans to transform BBC Production will result in the division walking off with major production contracts.
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NewsBBC2 weighs up personalised dieting
BBC2 has ordered a three-part series from BBC Scotland investigating the science behind personalised diets and whether they are the best way to lose weight.
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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).