All BBC articles – Page 655
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Gardner spent almost £8,000 on hospitality
Julie Gardner spent more on entertaining than any BBC executive bar Mark Thompson last year, in her role as BBC Wales head of drama and BBC head of independent drama commissioning in the nations and regions.
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NewsExpenses: the hidden cost of Sachsgate
The BBC paid more than £2,200 to fly Mark Thompson’s family home after the director general cut short his holiday to deal with the Sachsgate affair.
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NewsTaxis, handbags and lunches: BBC expenses laid bare
The BBC is to publish the names, salaries and line-by-line expenses of its top earners and decision-makers, as part of a new transparency drive across the corporation.
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NewsThompson: BBC may axe regional partnership
BBC director general Mark Thompson has warned that the corporation could pull its regional news-sharing proposals if the government does not change its mind on top-slicing.
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BBC1 goes Around the World with XM25 scheme
Former Touch Productions execs Nick Watts and Joseph Maxwell have teamed up with Nasa for the first project from their new company, Burning Blue Media.
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NewsBBC to tighten taste rules in wake of Sachsgate
The BBC is to implement new production guidelines to guard against “malicious intrusion, intimidation and humiliation” and make sure that they are “never celebrated for the purposes of entertainment”.
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NewsBBC3 to air live Schools Question Time
The BBC is to broadcast Schools Question Time live for the first time – with two airings on BBC3 and BBC1 in the same evening.
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NewsPublic wants BBC to pursue risk
A BBC report commissioned in the wake of the Sachsgate scandal has found that the British public wants the corporation to pursue creative risk and accepts that offence may be caused in the process.
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RatingsMurray nets 4.5m for BBC2
BBC2 served up 4.5m viewers last night to cheer on homegrown Wimbledon hopeful Andy Murray as he blasted his way into the next round of the grand slam event.
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NewsBBC Radio plans Whitman and Holiday docs
BBC Radio is taking a look at some of America’s leading cultural icons – with a doc on the poet Walt Whitman on BBC Radio 4, and a Radio 2 special on Billie Holiday, fronted by Neneh Cherry.
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NewsBBC plans 'pop-up restaurant' show
BBC2 is piloting a primetime reality format based on “pop-up restaurants” – the second of its type to hit the headlines in as many months.
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RatingsViewers lose appetite for Supersizers
BBC2 food series Supersizers Eat… lost half a million viewers last night as Sue Perkins and Giles Coren went medieval.
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RatingsBBC scores ace at Wimbledon
The BBC’s coverage of Wimbledon got off to a good start yesterday, with respectable figures across the day for BBC1 and BBC2.
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Clampdown on University Challenge rules
The BBC has tightened the rules for University Challenge in a bid to prevent a repeat of last year’s debacle which saw the ‘winning team’ being disqualified.
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RatingsTop Gear's May boosts BBC4
The Top Gear factor boosted BBC4 last night, with documentary James May at the Edge of Space drawing an average audience of 455,000 – a share of 2.71% – at 10pm.
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Ratings4.3m check in to Hotel Babylon
BBC1 had 4.3m visitors to London’s Hotel Babylon at 9pm on Friday night – a share of 20.1% – edging out ITV1’s Cornish drama Doc Martin.
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RatingsTop Gear’s Stig revealed to 7m
BBC2 juggernaut Top Gear was back with a bang last night as 7m tuned in to see Ferrari-legend Michael Schumacher ‘unveiled’ as the Stig - an audience share of 30%.
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NewsBBC1 to animate Gruffalo
BBC1’s is planning an animated version of the bestselling children’s book The Gruffalo as the centrepiece of its Christmas schedule.
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NewsSunset + Vine strikes tennis deal
Sunset + Vine has extended its contract for the coverage of the Eastbourne and Birmingham tennis tournaments up to 2013.