All BBC articles – Page 483
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NewsRichard Klein & Helen Warner join ITV
BBC4 controller Richard Klein has been named ITV director of factual and former Channel 4 exec Helen Warner has been appointed the broadcaster’s director of daytime.
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NewsLime hires BBC's McLean
BBC entertainment creative director Derek McLean is joining All3Media’s Lime Pictures to oversee the company’s non-scripted output.
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NewsBBC launches 'freestanding' Stuart Hall inquiry
The BBC has launched a “freestanding investigation” into how Stuart Hall was able to abuse young girls while working for the corporation.
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NewsDG to consider halting DQF job cuts
BBC director general Tony Hall is expected to make a decision on whether to halt Delivering Quality First job cuts as the corporation bids to ward off further strike action.
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NewsBBC3 eyes My Brother the Islamist follow-up
BBC3 is exploring the possibility of commissioning a follow up to My Brother the Islamist after the film’s subject Richard Dart was jailed last week for plotting terrorist attacks in the UK.
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NewsPeter Barron in frame for BBC return
Peter Barron is being widely tipped to rejoin the BBC from Google as the contenders to become Newsnight editor emerge.
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NewsBBC ‘appalled’ by Stuart Hall actions
The BBC has said it is “appalled” at the behaviour of former Radio 5 Live broadcaster Stuart Hall, who has today admitted to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls.
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NewsMiss Venezuela wins BBC doc
BBC is to produce a documentary about Miss Venezuela with Latin American broadcaster Venevision.
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NewsDQF made BBC bullying worse
The BBC’s cost savings programme Delivering Quality First (DQF) has exacerbated bullying and harassment at the corporation, according to the Dinah Rose report.
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NewsReport exposes bullying and sexual harassment at the BBC
The BBC has pledged to radically overhaul its policies on bullying and harassment after publishing a report on the matter that it admitted makes “uncomfortable reading”.
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NewsLukewarm welcome for DG from Whittingdale
John Whittingdale gave Tony Hall a lukewarm verdict on the director general’s first appearance in front of his select committee - arguing he could have performed better on issues including Panorama’s North Korea film.
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BBC1 commissions rape centre doc from Gold Star
BBC1 has ordered Raped, a one-off documentary from Gold Star Productions about the St Mary’s sexual assault centre.
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NewsHall’s red flag system for BBC
Tony Hall has overhauled the BBC’s top-level conversations about high-risk programmes in a bid to prevent a repeat of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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NewsBBC cuts ent and daytime
The BBC is losing a commissioner from both its daytime and entertainment commissioning teams as part of cost-cutting measures across the corporation.
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NewsBBC and Fremantle in battle for Lawrence legacy
The BBC is developing an epic mini-series on the story of Lawrence of Arabia, which will go head to head with a Fremantle Media International project on the same subject.
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NewsBBC to publish bullying and sexual harassment review
The BBC is tomorrow expected to publish the findings of Dinah Rose’s inquiry into bullying and sexual harassment at the corporation.
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NewsLSE formally complains about BBC North Korea film
The London School of Economics (LSE) has made a formal complaint to the BBC Trust about the corporation’s North Korea Panorama documentary.
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NewsBBC names new Doctor Who producer
Former Torchwood producer Brian Minchin is to replace Caroline Skinner as the new executive producer of Doctor Who.
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NewsSix Nations producer compromised sponsorship rules
An email from a BBC Sport producer outlining how Accenture match data graphics should have been used in its Six Nations Rugby coverage compromised the corporation’s sponsorship guidelines, according to a report.
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NewsBBC launches radio journalism apprenticeship
The BBC is launching a speech radio apprenticeship scheme aimed at giving people without a degree a break in the industry.