All BBC articles – Page 507

  • George Entwistle
    News

    George Entwistle points finger at Peter Rippon

    2012-10-23T13:40:00Z

    BBC director general George Entwistle has told MPs that the decision not to proceed with the Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile was taken solely by the programme’s editor Peter Rippon, whose failure to give an accurate version of events in his blog was “a matter of regret and embarrassment”.

  • Horrible Histories
    News

    Horrible Histories leads Bafta kids

    2012-10-23T12:24:00Z

    CBBC’s Horrible Histories has emerged as an early frontrunner in the Bafta Children’s Awards 2012 with Junior Bake Off named in the Entertainment category.

  • Jimmy Savile
    Ratings

    Savile film propels Panorama to two year high

    2012-10-23T10:15:00Z

    A Panorama special on the BBC Jimmy Savile scandal was watched by an average of 5.09m becoming the highest rating programme in the strand for the last two years.

  • Tim Davie
    News

    Tim Davie de-facto DG for Savile scandal

    2012-10-22T17:33:00Z

    Tim Davie, the incoming chief executive of BBC Worldwide, is acting as a de-facto director general on the subject of Jimmy Savile and the axed Newsnight Investigation.

  • Peter Rippon
    News

    BBC: Rippon's Savile blog was wrong

    2012-10-22T11:40:00Z

    The BBC has said that a blog post by Newsnight editor Peter Rippon was inaccurate in three key respects, and wrongly claimed that the programme had no new information that would have helped police.

  • New Tricks
    News

    Savile scandal scuppers New Tricks

    2012-10-22T11:27:00Z

    The BBC has revealed the latest casualty from the Jimmy Savile scandal now engulfing the Corporation – tonight’s controversial episode of its hit drama New Tricks has been pulled.

  • Rev
    News

    Rev set for US remake

    2012-10-22T10:23:00Z

    Big Talk Productions’ religious comedy Rev is in development with broadcaster ABC for a US remake.

  • Jimmy Savile
    News

    Panorama to stoke Savile controversy

    2012-10-22T09:15:00Z

    Tonight’s Panorama is set to heap more pressure on the BBC by calling into question George Entwistle’s handling of the Jimmy Savile crisis and revealing “the inside story” behind the shelving of the Newsnight investigation.

  • hebburn
    Features

    Hebburn

    2012-10-19T15:08:00Z

    Post on BBC2’s sitcom, which follows the Pearson family, their impetuous and ambitious son Jack

  • Dara O'Briain
    News

    BBCW inks first co-pro deals with BBC in-house

    2012-10-19T12:22:00Z

    BBC Worldwide’s original commissioning strategy has led to its first co-production deals with BBC in-house.

  • Tim Davie
    News

    Tim Davie hired as BBCW chief

    2012-10-19T12:11:00Z

    Tim Davie, the BBC’s director of Audio & Music, is to replace John Smith as the chief executive of BBC Worldwide.

  • Chris Moyles
    News

    Moyles, Murray & Ryder Cup drive record 200m iPlayer requests

    2012-10-19T10:37:00Z

    BBC radio coverage of the final Chris Moyles Show, Andy Murray’s victory at the US Open and Europe’s Ryder Cup win helped drive a record 199m iPlayer requests in September.

  • Lacey Turner
    News

    Lacey Turner to star in BBC1 army drama

    2012-10-19T10:17:00Z

    Lacey Turner is to star in a feature length BBC1 drama about an aimless young woman who becomes a soldier in Royal Army Medical Corps and is posted to Afghanistan.

  • Jimmy Savile
    News

    BBC lines up Savile Panorama for Monday

    2012-10-19T09:05:00Z

    The BBC is aiming to get its Jimmy Savile Panorama investigation on air by Monday - just a day before George Entwistle is due to be questioned by MPs.

  • New Broadcasting House
    News

    World Service cuts another 73 jobs

    2012-10-18T14:56:00Z

    The BBC World Service is to axe a further 73 jobs and reduce English language programming following its cut in government funding in 2010.

  • The Great British Bake Off
    News

    CBS to whip up US Bake Off

    2012-10-18T09:37:00Z

    The Great British Bake Off is to be given an American twist after CBS ordered a full series of the hit BBC2 format.

  • richard klein
    News

    Century doc to launch global Why Poverty? event for BBC

    2012-10-18T08:05:00Z

    A 60-minute BBC1 film from Brian Hill’s Century Films will launch a major international broadcasting event about global poverty, with a further seven films to be broadcast on BBC4.

  • Raymond Blanc
    News

    BBC2 goes back to basics with Blanc cookery series

    2012-10-18T08:04:00Z

    Raymond Blanc is returning to BBC2 for a series that will give viewers a masterclass in basic cooking techniques.

  • Paul Abbott
    News

    Paul Abbott eyes US remake of Clocking Off

    2012-10-18T08:03:00Z

    Paul Abbott is in talks to adapt his hit BBC1 blue-collar drama Clocking Off for premium US cable TV service Showtime.

  • Bob Shennan
    The Broadcast Interview

    Bob Shennan, BBC Radio 2 / BBC 6Music

    2012-10-18T07:03:00Z

    The BBC Radio controller talks to Jake Kanter about the galvanising effect of saving 6 Music, minimising the impact of budget cuts - and his admiration for Russell Brand.