All BBC articles – Page 657
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NewsAutumnwatch extended to cash in on web appeal
Autumnwatch will no longer be stripped over two weeks as BBC2 moves to cash in on the series’ multiplatform credentials.
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NewsBroadband push could tap licence fee, says Carter
The digital surplus from the BBC licence fee should be the main source for funding universal broadband, next week’s Digital Britain report will confirm.
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NewsCBBC focuses on science with double order
CBBC has ordered a guide to “holidaying in space” and a second run of Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab - both to tie in with the BBC’s 2010 year of science.
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NewsLumsden on lookout for agile comedy series
BBC controller of comedy commissioning Lucy Lumsden has asked indies to tender “nimble” series that could be shifted to pre-watershed slots if they are successful.
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NewsBBC1 debut for Nigel Slater with simple cooking
Nigel Slater is to move from BBC2 to BBC1 for a primetime show about “achievable” cooking.
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Lime moves into docs with Beach Boy co-pro film
Hollyoaks producer Lime Pictures is venturing into arts programming with a BBC4 profile of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
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NewsSergeant goes on the rails in India for BBC4
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to travel to India in the latest in a string of BBC documentaries about railways.
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FeaturesBBC comedy: Nothing funny about playing safe
With BBC comedies having been outstripped by C4 at the Baftas, are the corporation’s commissioners stifling the laughter by being too risk-averse?
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Behind The ScenesOccupation, BBC1
Derek Wax and Nick Murphy battled desert storms and camel tagine to film Occupation
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NewsRenegade’s redecorating couples ordered by BBC3
Renegade Pictures is to apply its Don’t Tell The Bride format to interior decoration in a 6 x 60-minute series for BBC3.
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NewsBBC2 gives greenlight to Bwark ad agency sitcom
The Inbetweeners producer Bwark has had the greenlight from BBC2 for a full series of its pilot comedy, The Scum Also Rises.
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NewsBBC talent facing 25% pay cuts
BBC stars earning above £100,000 a year are facing pay cuts of 25% when their deals come up for renegotiation – and some of the highest paid names are expected to have their salaries halved.
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NewsBBC3 calling for 3pm start
The BBC has suggested bringing BBC3’s start-time forward to 3pm – but the BBC Trust has reservations.
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NewsBBC boosts Scottish production
The BBC is on track to meet its Scottish production targets - boosted by three Scottish network comedies including the return of Rab C Nesbitt and a BBC4 Scottish season featuring The Thick of It’s Peter Capaldi.
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NewsGriffiths named Newsround editor
Owenna Griffiths has been named editor of CBBC’s Newsround, replacing Sinead Rocks who has moved to BBC Current Affairs as executive producer.
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NewsBBC to pay out nearly £1m after libel battle
The BBC is to pay nearly a million pounds following a libel battle over claims made in a Panorama programme about an IVF doctor.
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CommentRising from the Ashes
How did Ashes to Ashes become both the most entertaining and frustrating show on TV, wonders Robin Parker
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NewsGilchrist to join BBC comedy
CBBC controller Anne Gilchrist is to join the BBC’s in-house comedy department as creative and business director.
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NewsBBC lands the best job in the world
BBC1 has ordered a doc on the search for a caretaker for an Australian tropical island - widely billed as “the best job in the world”.
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NewsBBC Trust calls for more info on Project Canvas
The BBC Trust has given the Project Canvas team the green light to launch a charm offensive after it called on the BBC executive to put more details about the project into the public domain.