All BBC articles – Page 558

  • Horrible Histories
    News

    BBC receives 42 kids Bafta nods

    2011-10-24T11:56:00Z

    The BBC has scored 42 nominations for this year’s Bafta Children’s Awards - but faces stiff competition from multichannel and other terrestrials.

  • Mr Khan
    News

    BBC1 orders Citizen Khan sitcom

    2011-10-21T11:22:00Z

    Comic performer and broadcaster Adil Ray is to take his Down the Line character Mr Khan to BBC1 for a studio sitcom.

  • BBC TV Centre
    News

    DQF axe falls on BBC comms team

    2011-10-20T13:22:00Z

    The BBC has informed 16 members of its communications team that they are to be made redundant - one of the first waves of compulsory cuts as part of Delivering Quality First.

  • ariel
    News

    BBC's Ariel to go online only

    2011-10-20T10:43:00Z

    The BBC’s in house newspaper is to fold after 75 years and has gone online only as part of the corporation’s Delivering Quality First cuts.

  • Paul Merton
    News

    Just a Minute makes TV move

    2011-10-20T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is adapting long-running Radio 4 comedy series Just A Minute for TV to celebrate the series’ 45th anniversary.

  • Vexed
    News

    Jill Green wins first order for new indie

    2011-10-20T08:30:00Z

    Jill Green’s latest venture, Eleventh Hour Films, has won its first commission – an extended second series of BBC2 comedy drama Vexed.

  • Watchdog
    News

    Wall to Wall hires ent boss; wins consumer commission

    2011-10-20T08:30:00Z

    Wall To Wall is piloting a live early evening consumer affairs show for BBC1 and has hired the woman who will executive produce The Voice for the channel.

  • retransmission
    News

    BSkyB and BBC clash on fees

    2011-10-20T08:30:00Z

    Gloves come off as ITV, C4 and C5 wade in and report claims retransmission fees will soar.

  • Posh and Posher
    News

    Current affairs hit by BBC2 cost-cutting

    2011-10-20T08:30:00Z

    Single documentaries about travel and history are likely to suffer after BBC2 confirmed it would cut almost 20% of its current affairs output.

  • Death in Paradise
    Behind The Scenes

    Death in Paradise, BBC1

    2011-10-20T08:29:00Z

    Seeing my first TV script come to life sent shivers down my spine after four years of knock-backs and chasing money, says Robert Thorogood.

  • Dale Farm
    News

    BBC1 orders Dale Farm Panorama

    2011-10-19T17:11:00Z

    BBC1 has ordered a fast-turnaround Panorama special telling the story of 400 travellers being evicted from Dale Farm.

  • This Life
    News

    This Life to return on SET

    2011-10-19T12:38:00Z

    BBC drama This Life is to be repeated on British TV for the first time in five years following a deal between BBC Worldwide and Sony Pictures Television.

  • Dispatches
    News

    Social media to aid TV investigations

    2011-10-19T12:03:00Z

    Channel 4 will increasingly use social media to enhance its investigative journalism, the broadcaster’s news head has stated.

  • Alan Yentob
    News

    Yentob's "paid-for intern" will not spend time at BBC

    2011-10-19T10:08:00Z

    The BBC is distancing itself from a paid-for internship offered by Alan Yentob at a recent charity auction, claiming the winner will not spend “any time” at the corporation.

  • Dan Brooke
    News

    C4 breaks 'retransmission fees' silence

    2011-10-18T11:33:00Z

    Channel 4 has broken its silence over retransmission fees - coming out in support of the issue that the BBC has brought to the fore.  

  • Huw Jones
    News

    S4C calls for funding guarantees

    2011-10-18T11:24:00Z

    S4C must be given funding guarantees by the government and BBC if the Welsh language broadcaster is to retain its independence, the chairman claims.

  • The Magicians
    News

    Magicians to return as live format

    2011-10-17T11:55:00Z

    BBC1 is to air the new series of The Magicians live, the first time the broadcaster has transmitted magic as it happens in more than 30 years.

  • The X Factor
    Ratings

    X Factor beaten by Strictly

    2011-10-17T11:03:00Z

    SATURDAY: The X Factor continued its slide as the second live sing-off was more than 2m viewers down on last year - and was beaten by Strictly Come Dancing while the two shows were on air at the same time.

  • Doctor Who
    News

    iPlayer tablet views up 15%

    2011-10-17T10:48:00Z

    BBC iPlayer usage via tablets grew by 15% in September as the number of devices in the market booms.

  • Claudia Winkleman
    News

    Winkleman to host BBC1 pilot on a Dare

    2011-10-17T09:34:00Z

    Claudia Winkleman has been drafted in to present a BBC1 entertainment pilot being made by RDF Television.