All BBC articles – Page 570
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NewsThomson: DQF process a success
BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has given her full backing to the bottom-up DQF process and hinted it could become the model for how the BBC effects change in the future.
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RatingsSky1’s dogumentary debuts to 143,000
WEDNESDAY: Sky1’s new “dogumentary” A Different Breed debuted to 143,400 viewers (0.6% share), just below the year to date slot average.
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NewsWhy should we stay in Bristol, BBC asks indies
The BBC has asked indies in Bristol to make a case for why the corporation should remain in the city rather than move more production to Cardiff.
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NewsFlaws appear in DQF drama plan
The BBC proposal to repeat highend drama in daytime or overnight would barely save any money, Broadcast has discovered.
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Behind The ScenesWonderland: the Trouble With Love and Sex, BBC2
Working with animators for the first time on a documentary dealing with the difficult subject of marital breakdown gave Zac Beattie ‘the fear’
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NewsSugar confirms new Apprentice series
Lord Sugar has revealed the next series of his hit show The Apprentice will begin next month.
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NewsCBeebies extends reach in Latin America
MipTV: CBeebies is to grow its presence in Argentina on the back of a distribution deal struck by BBC Worldwide.
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NewsBBC3 formats head to Ukraine
MIPTV: BBC3 formats The Week the Women Went and Baby Borrowers are to travel to the Ukraine as part of a number of BBC Worldwide deals.
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NewsBBC2 orders Adam Curtis series
Bafta-winning film-maker Adam Curtis has unveiled details of his first TV series in four years.
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NewsQuentin criticises bias ahead of Cohen meeting
Actress Caroline Quentin has criticised the gender balance of lead TV roles for older stars - claiming men far outweigh women.
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NewsBBC presenters warned over Twitter use
BBC Radio 4 presenters including John Humphrys and Sarah Montague have been warned about their future use of social networking sites after a picture posted on Twitter of Today presenter James Naughtie in a hotel room in Japan caused embarrassment.
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NewsBBC to hear doc concerns
The BBC is to listen to the concerns of documentary distributors, who have complained that the corporation is not acquiring enough independent factual films.
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NewsBBC invites sailing tender
The BBC is to open to tender coverage of sailing during the 2012 Olympic Games.
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NewsBBC Breakfast: 46% to make Salford move
More than half the BBC Breakfast team will not make the move to Salford – including presenters Sian Williams and Chris Hollins.
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NewsBBC stands firm over government ads
The BBC has said it will continue to resist the government’s wish to run advertising for charities or community groups on any of its platforms, arguing it would compromise the broadcaster’s independence.
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NewsBBC4 orders more Dirk Gently
BBC4 has commissioned a mini-series of the Douglas Adams adaptation Dirk Gently after a successful TX pilot last December.
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RatingsKerry Katona returns to ITV2
WEDNESDAY: Kerry Katona returned to ITV2 with nearly 600,000 as part of the digital channel’s night of chatshow and fly on the wall programmes.
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NewsHunt: BBC must not cut core services
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned the BBC not to cut core services as it struggles to deal with a real terms reduction in its licence fee.
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NewsTop Gear sued over fake race claim
The BBC’s Top Gear programme is being sued by electric car manufacturer Tesla over claims that the show faked a race.
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NewsHenshaw to tell Lords that Ed Pol Unit is ‘wholly unnecessary'
The award-winning producer of Undercover Mosque and Secret NHS Diaries is set to tell the Lords’ Communications Committee that the BBC’s Editorial Policy Unit should be scrapped.