All BBC articles – Page 623

  • Doctor Who
    News

    iPlayer reveals record month

    2010-05-28T11:22:00Z

    The BBC iPlayer notched its highest ever usage to date in April with 123m requests, ahead of the relaunch of the video-on-demand service.

  • Jonathan Ross
    News

    Ross' first live BBC show in a year

    2010-05-28T10:47:00Z

    The BBC has unveiled Jonathan Ross as host of a debate in what is his first live BBC show in over a year.

  • Question Time
    News

    Row over No.10's Question Time veto

    2010-05-28T09:41:00Z

    The government has interfered with the line up on Question Time for the first time in years, sparking fresh tensions between the BBC and Number 10.

  • Small Island
    News

    BBC battles back in WoCC

    2010-05-27T10:40:00Z

    BBC in-house improved its Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) performance slightly in 2009/10, led by a resurgent children’s division, but lost ground to indies in entertainment and drama.

  • Graham Linehan
    News

    Comedy trio line up to take Count Arthur to BBC2

    2010-05-27T10:26:00Z

    Father Ted’s Graham Linehan and The League Of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson are collaborating on a BBC2 pilot of BBC Radio 4’s Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show.

  • Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting
    News

    BBC first for Plum as Reef returns to fold

    2010-05-27T10:15:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned its first daytime series from James May’s Toy Stories producer Plum Pictures, and handed Reef TV its first order since it was suspended over a string of fakery incidents.

  • Evan Davis
    News

    Evan Davis series explores Britain’s economy for BBC2

    2010-05-27T09:57:00Z

    Today presenter Evan Davis is to examine the realities of the British economic landscape in a heavyweight series for BBC2.

  • BBC iPlayer
    News

    iPlayer to link direct to rivals’ VoD services

    2010-05-27T08:58:00Z

    After the failure of Project Kangaroo and the scrapped plans to share iPlayer technology, the BBC has found a third way to partner with other PSBs online - and has invited Sky to join the fray.

  • Martin Davidson
    The Broadcast Interview

    Martin Davidson, history/business, BBC

    2010-05-27T07:00:00Z

    The commissioning editor of history and business wants series that ask provocative questions, and more ‘cross-pollination’ between genres.

  • News

    BBC3 dramas to debut online

    2010-05-26T17:25:00Z

    BBC3 is to premier a trio of upcoming drama pilots online a week before they air, as part of a bid to beef up the channel’s web presence.

  • Jason Manford
    News

    Jason Manford confirmed as One Show host

    2010-05-26T17:05:00Z

    Jason Manford is to replace Adrian Chiles as host of The One Show, the BBC has confirmed.

  • Radio 4's Today programme
    News

    'Misogynists' run Radio 4's Today

    2010-05-26T12:02:00Z

    Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup has claimed there are so few women on Radio 4’s Today programme because it is “run by a bunch of misogynists”.

  • Over The Rainbow
    News

    BBC hires Talkback's Hancock

    2010-05-26T11:37:00Z

    The BBC has hired its second TalkbackThames entertainment exec in a week – recruiting producer/director Sean Hancock as executive producer.

  • New look iPlayer
    News

    New-look iPlayer links with Facebook

    2010-05-26T10:25:00Z

    Viewers will be able to share iPlayer content with friends via Facebook and Twitter, under a new version of the video on demand service launched in beta today.

  • BBC TV Centre
    News

    BBC to redevelop Television Centre

    2010-05-26T08:50:00Z

    The BBC is expected to announce plans to create a multimillion pound “creative quarter” in west London, to update its current Television Centre.

  • The Bible: a History
    News

    Bolton calls for BBC religion overhaul

    2010-05-25T18:28:00Z

    Veteran presenter and producer Roger Bolton has called on the BBC to appoint a religion editor for news as part of measures to address the corporation’s “secular and sceptical” attitude towards faith issues.

  • Peter Salmon
    News

    BBC to boost filming in the North

    2010-05-25T12:12:00Z

    The BBC has ordered more on-location shoots in the North, in a bid to “showcase” the region to the rest of the world and drive up local satisfaction with the corporation.

  • BBC TV centre
    News

    Indies slam 'flawed' BBC in-house guarantee

    2010-05-25T11:10:00Z

    Pact has called for an urgent review of the BBC’s commissioning system – with a view to reducing the in-house guarantee or scrapping it altogether.

  • Take Me Out
    News

    BBC hires Talkback's Brereton

    2010-05-24T12:11:00Z

    BBC in-house entertainment has hired TalkbackThames development exec Andy Brereton to inject more comedy into its slate.

  • George Lamb
    News

    Lamb to leave 6 Music

    2010-05-24T10:05:00Z

    Presenter George Lamb has announced he is to leave digital radio station BBC 6 Music