All BBC articles – Page 579
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RatingsBBC Live+7 reveals Outcasts boost
BBC1 drama Outcasts, which was pushed back from its slot after failing to connect with audiences, saw the channel’s biggest uplift in the seven days following transmission, according to new BBC cross-platform metric Live+7.
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NewsYoung Question Time recommissioned
Mentorn has been commissioned to produce a special edition of Young Voters’ Question Time, which will run on BBC3 two days ahead of the 5 May electoral reform referendum.
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NewsBBC expenses claims 'rise by 60%'
Expenses claims by BBC executives rose by 59.6% to reach almost £200,000 during the final quarter of last year, it has been revealed.
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NewsBBC poised for Ab Fab comeback
The BBC is poised to bring ‘90s sitcom Absolutely Fabulous back to our screens, it has confirmed.
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RatingsBBC3 ethical parenting dilemma doc grabs audience
TUESDAY: A BBC3 documentary looking at the ethical dilemmas of having a baby if the parents suffer from a genetic condition won the 9pm multi-channel slot and improved on the slot average.
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NewsBBC Bristol move back on track
The BBC has effectively committed to Bristol after rekindling its stalled plans to relocate in the city.
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NewsBBC axes Vision jobs before DQF cuts hit
The BBC has cut 187 jobs from its in-house departments in the past six months - none of which are part of the impending 20% savings to come from Delivering Quality First.
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NewsBBC looks to take R4’s Act Your Age to TV after pilot
The BBC is hoping to transfer Radio 4 comedy panel show Act Your Age to television and is producing a non-broadcast pilot.
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NewsRoss returns to BBC1 for comedy show
Jonathan Ross is to appear on BBC1 once more, as one of a number of contributors to a new comedy list show to air on the channel this summer.
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NewsBBC 'set to drop So You Think You Can Dance'
The BBC could be set to axe its Saturday night show So You Think You Can Dance unless the series pulls in more viewers, according to reports.
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NewsAuthors complain over "sneering" BBC
Iain M Banks, Michael Moorcok and Adam Roberts are among some 85 authors to have written to the BBC complaining about its “sneering derogatory tone” towards genre fiction.
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NewsThe Killing, Essex up for Bafta Audience Award
BBC4’s Danish crime drama The Killing has been nominated alongside ITV2’s constructed reality show The Only Way Is Essex for this year’s YouTube Audience Award, which will be announced at the Bafta Awards on 22 May.
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NewsDon’t Tell The Bride goes live for royal wedding
BBC3 has ordered a live version of Renegade Pictures’ Don’t Tell The Bride, for the night of the Royal Wedding.
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RatingsSpitfire Women commands 230,000
SUNDAY: BBC4’s Spitfire Women, which told the story of the trailblazing female pilots of the Air Transport Auxillary, drew an audience of 227,800 (1.5%) from 10.20pm.
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RatingsPaul O'Grady returns to prime time with 3.9m
FRIDAY: Paul O’Grady returned to ITV1 with an audience of 3.9m viewers (17.25%) tuning in across the 9pm hour.
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NewsBBC comedy to cut 24% of staff
The BBC is to lose a quarter of staff from its comedy department in the corporation’s latest round of redundancies.
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NewsTwenty Twelve to return for second series
Twenty Twelve, the BBC4 sitcom that goes behind the scenes of the Olympics Deliverance team, has been recommissioned for a second series.
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NewsBBC backed on 'right-to-die' broadcast
Right-to-die campaigners have backed the BBC after it was accused of “acting like a cheerleader” for assisted suicide.
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NewsMacqueen and Singer win BBC commissions
Angus Macqueen and Henry Singer are to investigate the experience of the trapped Chilean miners and Wootton Bassett’s emergence as a symbol of servicemen killed in conflict, in films for the BBC.
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NewsIndies call for a rethink in BBC nations strategy
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish indies have called for a shake-up of the BBC’s nations commissioning process, claiming the system has added another tier of management and takes them further from those who hold the purse strings.