All BBC articles – Page 651

  • News

    Renegade to turn drinking doc into returnable strand

    2009-07-23T09:25:00Z

    Renegade Pictures is to turn its one-off BBC3 documentary Drinking with the Girls into a returnable strand that examines how women deal with key issues at different stages of their lives.

  • Caroline Thomson
    News

    BBC faces up to public scrutiny

    2009-07-23T09:25:00Z

    BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has described the publication of expenses and salaries as a “step change” in the corporation’s attempts to lead the way for public institutions to be more transparent.

  • A Passionate Woman
    News

    Drama producers point to ‘systemic’ failures at BBC

    2009-07-23T09:25:00Z

    Leading drama figures have called on the BBC’s most senior managers to stop hiding behind drama controller Ben Stephenson and use their power to tackle a “systemic” failing in drama commissioning.

  • Casualty
    News

    BBC Wales: the next Salford

    2009-07-23T09:24:00Z

    The BBC is planning a new drama village in Cardiff Bay that is likely to become the cornerstone of a “Salford for Wales”.

  • The Apprentice: Alan Sugar
    News

    Sugar cleared to continue Apprentice

    2009-07-22T12:49:00Z

    The BBC Trust has given Sir Alan Sugar the greenlight to continue his role in The Apprentice after taking a government position but criticised his publicity stunt with Ed Balls.

  • News

    Below the Radar to profile recession and assassination

    2009-07-22T11:34:00Z

    Northern Irish indie Below the Radar will profile the assassination of a Royal and recession hit Citizens Advice Bureaus in Northern Ireland in two new programmes.

  • Baby Beauty Queens
    Behind The Scenes

    Baby Beauty Queens, BBC3

    2009-07-21T11:20:00Z

    The sexualization of young girls is a fiercely debated topic, one that producer/director Alisa Pomeroy wanted to avoid magnifying in last night’s BBC3 ob-doc Baby Beauty Queens.

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    News

    BBC should lose licence fee, says report

    2009-07-21T10:56:00Z

    The BBC should lose its hold on the licence fee and sell off BBC1 and BBC3, a new report has said.

  • Damian Kavanagh
    News

    Kavanagh named CBBC chief

    2009-07-21T10:53:00Z

    Daytime scheduler and former children’s commissioning exec Damian Kavanagh has landed the job of CBBC controller.

  • Dragon's Eye
    News

    BBC's local output "letting Wales down"

    2009-07-21T10:22:00Z

    The BBC’s localised Welsh television output has fallen 15% since 2004 – prompting claims the corporation is “letting Wales down”.

  • Ben Bradshaw
    News

    Bradshaw sidesteps BBC expenses row

    2009-07-20T17:37:00Z

    Media secretary Ben Bradshaw had refused to intervene in the political row over BBC salaries and expenses despite MPs voicing concerns in the Commons.

  • Doctor Who: Companions
    News

    Filming begins on new Doctor Who

    2009-07-20T10:22:00Z

    Filming starts today on the new series of Doctor Who that will see Matt Smith will take on the eponymous role.

  • Peter Salmon
    News

    Salmon woos Salford 'backyard'

    2009-07-20T10:18:00Z

    Peter Salmon, director of BBC North, has appealed to economic interests in the region in a bid to bolster support for the corporation.

  • News

    CBBC to give kids run of British Museum

    2009-07-17T16:38:00Z

    CBBC viewers will get the chance to stay overnight in the British Museum, dodging security guards and piecing together mysteries, in a new adventure game show for CBBC.

  • War and Peace
    News

    BBC expenses: what the drama team is reading

    2009-07-17T13:12:00Z

    The new BBC expenses reveal Ben Stephenson and predecessor Jane Tranter to be a well-read and researched pair – claiming for the likes of War and Peace and Catch 22.

  • Jay Hunt spent £48.95 on two pairs of cashmere socks
    News

    New BBC expenses reveal Jay Hunt's £50 sock claim

    2009-07-17T12:23:00Z

    BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has spent more than £2,000 of licence fee payers’ money on gifts – including £50 on socks for an indie and over £800 of Molton Brown products.

  • Caroline Thomson
    News

    BBC boss defends new expenses revelations

    2009-07-17T11:25:00Z

    BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has defended a second tranche of expenses published today (17 July) stressing that some claims, such as overseas travel, are inevitable and help secure “millions of punds” of co-production investment. 

  • Ray Stubbs
    News

    Stubbs quits BBC for ESPN

    2009-07-17T10:38:00Z

    BBC sports veteran Ray Stubbs is to front ESPN’s Premier League, with IMG understood to be signed up to produce all studio discussion around the games.

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    News

    Salford move for 55% of BBC Sport managers

    2009-07-17T10:33:00Z

    More than half of BBC Sport middle managers have now agreed to move to Salford MediaCity in 2011.

  • Rahul Chakkara
    News

    BBC interactive TV boss rejects Salford move

    2009-07-17T00:01:00Z

    Rahul Chakkara, the exec behind interactive TV at the BBC and one of the key drivers of Project Canvas, is believed to be planning to leave the corporation