All BBC articles – Page 568
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NewsC4 battles BBC at South Bank awards
Channel 4 dramas This is England ’88 and Top Boy will square off against BBC1’s Sherlock at this year’s South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
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NewsMatt Edmondson to front BBC3 pilot
STV Productions has won its first ever commission for BBC3 – a non-TX comedy panel show pilot starring Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson.
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NewsRev blessed with four BPG awards
BBC2 comedy Rev has scooped four categories at the Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards which will be held later today in London.
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NewsNews Corp attacks Panorama as Murdoch takes to Twitter
News Corp has branded the BBC Panorama investigation into NDS a “gross misrepresentation” and Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to talk of “lies and libel” and “preparing to hit back hard”.
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NewsIndie bosses quiz BBC on pay-to-download plans
Mark Thompson and senior BBC executives have held face-to-face talks with the bosses of some of Britain’s biggest indies about how to make its proposed pay-to-download service commercially feasible.
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NewsBBC agrees Directors UK deal
The BBC and Directors UK have signed a landmark agreement aimed at putting directors back at the centre of programme-making.
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NewsKindle updates Dickens for BBC1
Bafta-winning kids’ indie Kindle Entertainment is reimagining Charles Dickens’ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in a 21st century setting for BBC1 Daytime.
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NewsWendy Darke to lead BBC NHU
The BBC has appointed Wendy Darke as the new head of the Natural History Unit.
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NewsWhite Heat to air in US
BBC dramas White Heat and Inside Men have been picked up for broadcast in the US.
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NewsBBC3 to air US Don’t Tell the Bride
The US version of wedding format Don’t Tell the Bride is to air on BBC3.
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NewsCameras in courts edges closer
The campaign to lift the ban on cameras in courts is one step closer to success after indications it will be included in the Queen’s Speech.
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NewsNUJ: new BBC DG should revise licence fee deal
The NUJ has called on the future director general of the BBC to revisit the “shabby” 2010 licence fee settlement.
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NewsDQF job cuts hit BBC News
BBC News staff have today been told the details of how Delivering Quality First will affect them, including major redundancies and a scaling down of some services.
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NewsDiscovery hires ex-NHU boss Andrew Jackson
The former head of the BBC’s Natural History Unit has joined Discovery Channel to lead a push on landmark series and specials.
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NewsDave Pearce to front R2 show
Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Pearce is to present a Saturday night dance music show on BBC Radio 2.
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NewsThe Voice beaten by BGT on Twitter
Britain’s Got Talent beat The Voice in the social media battle on Saturday night, drawing 50,000 more tweets than its rival..
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NewsGeorge Gently inspects new series
BBC1 detective drama Inspector George Gently is to return for a fifth series - comprising four feature length films.
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NewsNews Corp warns papers over potentially "defamatory" Panorama
Lawyers acting on behalf of News Corp have written to national newspapers urging them not to report on a forthcoming BBC documentary that is billed as revealing “fresh hacking allegations at the heart of News Corporation’s pay-TV empire”.
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NewsBBC2 takes Stewart Lee to 2015
The BBC has ordered a further two series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, taking the series up to 2015.
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