All BBC articles – Page 476
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NewsBBC payoffs row: the protagonists
The escalating row over BBC payoffs will come to a head this afternoon as current and former BBC grandees face the MPs of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Click for Broadcast’s guide to the key protagonists.
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NewsBBC Trust ‘faces axe’ in payoffs row
The government is weighing up abolishing the BBC Trust as part a major overhaul of the corporation’s governance, according to a report.
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NewsBBC payoffs: all you need to know
Click to read all the stories surrounding the BBC payoff scandal to have emerged this week.
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NewsThompson accuses Patten of misleading MPs
Former director general Mark Thompson has accused BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten of “fundamentally misleading” MPs over corporation payoffs at a Commons select committee hearing.
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CommentTony Hall must tackle culture of BBC payoffs
Jake Kanter explains why the director general’s new payout rules are just a starting point.
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NewsBBCW hikes UK content fund
BBC Worldwide is to up its spend on UK content to £200m over the next 12 months, the bulk of which will be spent with UK indies.
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NewsBBC3 returns to Islamist doc
BBC3 has commissioned a landmark follow-up documentary to My Brother The Islamist after the film’s subject Richard Dart was jailed in April for plotting terrorist attacks in the UK.
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NewsBBC payoffs: a grim picture
Tony Hall strained to get on the front foot in the row over senior management payoffs this week after the corporation published a deluge of further damning figures.
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NewsBBC Trust sets out case on Byford payoff
Mark Thompson will face tough scrutiny by MPs at next week’s Public Accounts Committee hearing after Lord Patten’s bid to shed light on controversial payoffs to Mark Byford and Sharon Baylay.
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NewsBBC to publish annual payoffs review
The BBC is to publish a senior management payoffs review as part of its annual report in a bid to win back public trust over poorly governed severance deals.
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NewsBBC claws back Bennett's £687k payoff from Worldwide
The BBC paid for Jana Bennett’s £687,333 BBC Worldwide redundancy package out of the licence fee but later recovered the cost, according to new revelations about the corporation’s payoffs.
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NewsCBBC extends Science Fiction shorts
Kite Entertainment has landed a CBBC commission for a science-based comedy series featuring a mixture of puppetry and animation.
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NewsLucy Adams hits NUJ with legal threat
BBC HR director Lucy Adams has issued the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) with a legal warning over its claims that she tried to undermine its resistance to 2010 pension changes.
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NewsBBC drama trail angers female writers
The BBC’s new Original British Drama trailer has sparked an online backlash with female television writers complaining that it features hardly any women.
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NewsFormer Indy editor to lead BBC Scottish referendum output
John Mullin, the former editor of The Independent on Sunday, is to lead the BBC’s coverage of the Scottish independence referendum next year.
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VideoVIDEO: First glimpse of new BBC dramas
Click to view the BBC’s latest Original British Drama trailer, including a first look at the new series of Sherlock and Ripper Street, as well as new shows The Musketeers and By Any Means.
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VideoVIDEO: The Wrong Mans trailer
Click to view the trailer for the forthcoming James Corden and Matthew Baynton series, produced for BBC2 and US online streaming platform Hulu.
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NewsTributes pour in for Sir David Frost
Tributes have poured in for broadcaster and producer Sir David Frost, who has died aged 74.
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NewsNUJ accuses BBC of undermining pension reform
The BBC has been accused of trying to destabilise union resistance to 2010 pension changes, in an extraordinary attack by the National Union of Journalists.
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NewsDoghouse wins BBC4 & Yahoo! orders
Doghouse Media has won commissions from BBC4 and Channel 5, as well as an online fitness series for Yahoo!.