All BBC articles – Page 513
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NewsPsychoville duo create Happy Endings for BBC2
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are to create a fresh comedy horror show for BBC2 as part of a deal to back the Psychoville duo’s next two TV projects.
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Richard Curtis to adapt Roald Dahl tale for BBC1
BBC1 is on the brink of greenlighting an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story Esio Trot by Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral scriptwriter Richard Curtis.
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NewsBBC's Zarin Patel to sue Daily Star over tax story
BBC chief financial officer Zarin Patel is suing Express Newspapers over a Daily Star article that claimed she helped presenters “dodge” tax.
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NewsNick Grimshaw lands BBC3 pilot
Incoming Radio 1 breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw is to front a BBC3 panel show pilot about the minor worries in life.
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NewsBBC1's White Queen heading to US
Company Pictures’ epic War of the Roses drama based on Philippa Gregory’s triology of novels has been picked up by US broadcaster Starz.
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NewsMultimedia Fast Train to take place in Salford
The next Fast Train event, run by BBC Academy and Creative Skillset to help develop freelancers, will take place at Salford’s MediaCityUK on 20 November.
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NewsBBC iPlayer allows mobile downloads
The BBC iPlayer mobile and tablet app has been beefed up to enable users to download shows to view offline.
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NewsBBC to revive Food and Drink
Classic culinary series Food and Drink is to be relaunched fronted by celebrity chef Michel Roux Jnr.
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NewsBake Off broke BBC brand rules
Love Productions has broken BBC editorial rules by borrowing prominently branded Smeg fridges for use in The Great British Bake Off.
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NewsCumberbatch 'cynical' about US Sherlock
Benedict Cumberbatch has hit out at a new Sherlock Holmes drama in the US and suggested that star Jonny Lee Miller took the job for the “pay cheque”.
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NewsAdam Hills lands BBC NI comedy panel show
Adam Hills, the host of Channel 4’s offbeat late night Paralympics show, is to front a new comedy panel series for BBC1 Northern Ireland.
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NewsBBC Trust rebukes Diane Abbott’s appearance fees
The BBC has been rapped for allowing Diane Abbott’s appearances on This Week to become “too frequent” after becoming a shadow cabinet minister.
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NewsExecs anxious over lack of ent hits
A blockage in the pipeline of big, home-grown entertainment formats is causing anxiety across the industry, execs admitted at Edinburgh.
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NewsShaw exits C4 to join BBC
Tanya Shaw is leaving Channel 4 to join the BBC’s factual features and formats commissioning team.
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NewsPact challenges BBC quotas
Pact raised questions with the BBC Trust about in-house guarantees ahead of last weeks’ Edinburgh International Television Festival – at which the size and scope of Vision Productions came under scrutiny.
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NewsCitizen Khan sparks 185 complaints
The BBC has received 185 complaints about the portrayal of the Muslim community in its new post-watershed sitcom Citizen Khan.
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NewsBBC Scotland puts 35 jobs at risk
BBC Scotland has placed 35 jobs at risk of redundancy as it bids to make cutbacks under the Delivering Quality First initiative.
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NewsBBC DG may revitalise in-house production
The size and shape of BBC in-house production is believed to be one of the most pressing issues facing incoming director general George Entwistle, with a source close to the BBC suggesting that “he staked his DG-ship on revitalising in-house.”
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NewsBBC4 cuts will hurt indies and ratings
BBC4 controller Richard Klein has openly bemoaned the budget cuts his channel faces under the Delivering Quality First scheme - warning it is likely to impact ratings and indies.
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NewsSalmond reveals plans to break up BBC
Alex Salmond has set out plans to break up the BBC and create a Scottish public service broadcaster if the nation wins independence.