All BBC articles – Page 534
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NewsThe Voice opts for multiplatform content over spin-off
BBC1 talent show The Voice will be supported by a major multiplatform push by producer Wall to Wall that will effectively take the place of a spin-off show.
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NewsBBC Bristol execs exit ahead of factual move
Bristol-based BBC execs Andrew Jackson and Ben Gale are leaving the corporation amid the relocation of its Birmingham factual team to the city.
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NewsBBC3 rejigs QT spin-off
BBC3 series Young Voters’ Question Time is being overhauled, rebranded and expanded into a regular monthly format, with Formula One presenter Jake Humphrey taking on hosting duties.
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NewsBBC2 buys rights to Ad Hoc’s QPR story
The tempestuous boardroom activities at Queens Park Rangers Football Club are the focus of a documentary acquired by BBC2.
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The Broadcast InterviewCBeebies/CBBC's 10th birthday
As the BBC’s children’s channels reach the ripe old age of 10, their controllers speak to Catherine Neilan about supporting UK producers and the impact of the move to Salford.
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NewsBBC1 orders Postcode Lottery series
BBC Daytime has commissioned a new investigative series looking at how where we live can affect our life.
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NewsGovernment to consider retransmission fees
The government is to consider whether broadcasters should pay to appear on paid-for platforms such as BSkyB as part of the Communications Bill, it has confirmed.
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NewsWalliams' Mr Stink adapted for BBC1
David Walliams’ best-selling children’s book Mr Stink is to be adapted as a comedy drama for BBC1.
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NewsBectu slams BBC Olympics volunteer scheme
Bectu has criticised the BBC for asking staff to volunteer for production roles during the Olympics, dubbing the move “completely unacceptable”.
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NewsFirst look: BBC1's The Voice
The BBC has released the first image of talent show The Voice, with its all star line up of Tom Jones, Jessie J, will.i.am and The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue.
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NewsThis World to profile China execution show
BBC2 will lift the lid on the Chinese talk show that features interviews with death row prisoners before their execution.
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NewsJeremy Clarkson's union rant cleared by Ofcom
Jeremy Clarkson’s rant against striking union members was not in breach of broadcasting codes, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsBBCW inks Japan deal with Hulu
BBC Worldwide has signed a multi-year agreement with Hulu to licence content in Japan, making it the first British distributor to do so.
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NewsCBeebies develops kids’ number skills
CBeebies has ordered a multiplatform series to help children learn numeracy, as part of its new Love To Learn programming strand.
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BBC and Sky debate future of classical music TV
The future of classical music on TV will come under the spotlight as part of a two day conference organised by the Incorporated Society of Musicians.
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Rastamouse back for second series
A second series of pre-school stop-motion series Rastamouse has entered production following a recommisison from CBeebies.
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NewsBBC exec lands C4 deputy head of factual role
Channel 4 has made two senior hires to its factual team, poaching talent from the BBC and Current TV.
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NewsBBC warns over spikes in Olympic web use
The BBC has provided ISPs and mobile operators with a “heat map”, which will alert them to an anticipated huge spike in traffic around “four or five” London 2012 Olympics events.
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NewsBBCW teams with HBO for atomic bomb drama
Jane Tranter’s LA division of BBC Worldwide Productions is working with HBO to develop a high-profile dramatisation of Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb.
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NewsPratchett off to Borneo for BBC2
Fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett is to travel to Borneo and track down an orangutan king as he contemplates the meaning of mankind’s existence for a new BBC2 documentary.