All BBC articles – Page 656
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NewsComedy emerges as iPlayer success
Michael MacIntyre’s Live at the Apollo is the fifth most watched show on BBC iPlayer over the last 12 months as comedy proves one of the best performing genres in on demand content.
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NewsRichards expects BBC to publish star salaries
EDINBURGH: Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards believes it is inevitable that the BBC will have to publish the salaries it pays its stars in the future.
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NewsPeston responds to Murdoch's BBC bashing
EDINBURGH: Robert Peston has admitted that the BBC’s offering – particularly its online news – may look like “unfair competition” in a news market where commercial players are moving to charge for online access.
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NewsMurdoch: top slicing BBC would be catastrophic
EDINBURGH: James Murdoch continued his attack on the BBC today (Saturday) but said he was against top-slicing the corporation as it would be “catastrophic” for commercial media companies to become dependent on public money.
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NewsWallace and Gromit to front science show
EDINBURGH: Animated characters Wallace and Gromit are to present a new BBC1 programme about inventions.
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NewsBBC1 orders Ipswich murders drama
The discovery of five young women murdered in Ipswich in 2006 is to form the basis of a new BBC1 drama.
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NewsJay Hunt speaks of distress over bad press
EDINBURGH: BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has spoken of her distress at negative press coverage about her – and fears that it will discourage other women from taking senior TV roles in the future.
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NewsComedian to host BBC3 news show
BBC3 has lined up comedian Russell Howard to host a younger-skewing take on Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe, in a bid to boost the channel’s coverage of current affairs.
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NewsClarkson: stars who do stunts may get hurt or die
EDINBURGH: Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has scorned health and safety checks, saying presenters who do dangerous stunts will inevitably sometimes get hurt or die.
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NewsClock ticking on Lloyd Webber ITV deal
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is fighting to extricate himself from his BBC contract so he can move to ITV before his rights to stage the Wizard of Oz expire in 2010.
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NewsTory government will force BBC to publish star salaries
EDINBURGH: A new Conservative government would force the BBC to reveal the amount it pays stars like Jonathan Ross, Ed Vaizey, the Tory shadow minister for culture told the Edinburgh International TV Festival today (Friday).
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NewsHadlow eyes female-friendly panel shows
EDINBURGH: BBC2 boss Janice Hadlow’s comedy plans include uncovering a “broad comic” success in the vein of Goodness Gracious Me and Ab Fab, and solving the problem of men dominating panel shows.
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CommentWhy the BBC needs to worry about Murdoch’s MacTaggart
James Murdoch’s MacTaggart speech has sparked a debate in which the BBC must get more involved, writes Conor Dignam.
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NewsIzzard to star in feelgood CBBC Christmas drama
CBBC has ordered a flagship Christmas family drama starring Eddie Izzard as a mysterious man with the ability to “recover the lost”.
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NewsMirren to star in Brighton Rock remake
Helen Mirren is to star in a 1960s adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel Brighton Rock, produced by Kudos Pictures.
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The Broadcast InterviewAdrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley
The partnership between Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley is the glue that holds The One Show together.
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NewsTaylor takes over the comedy reins at BBC
Cheryl Taylor has landed the role of BBC controller of comedy commissioning, and will remain in Manchester where she currently works as executive editor, out of London comedy commissioning.
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BBC4 Walks format to go global
BBC4 is to expand its Walks format into a global travel strand with three 4 x 30-minute series.
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NewsC4 trials Frankie Boyle pilot from RDF Scotland
RDF Scotland has won a raft of new commissions, including a 30-minute Channel 4 pilot fronted by Mock The Week comedian Frankie Boyle.
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NewsBBC4 aims to ‘broaden palette’
As part of BBC4’s attempts to enhance its drama offering, the channel is eyeing works of fiction that could be adapted for television.