All BBC articles – Page 660
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CommentOpening the BBC's books
The Trust’s decision to publish its board’s expenses should just be the start.
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FeaturesWould I Lie to You?
Exec producer Peter Holmes on keeping things fresh for third series of Would I Lie to You?
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The Broadcast InterviewSir Michael Lyons, BBC Trust
Whether it’s the licence fee, Lonely Planet or Wossy’s big mouth, the BBC Trust is criticised outside as well as within the BBC. How does its chairman manage?
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BBC1 to hunt Junior Apprentice
Sir Alan Sugar will challenge 10 teenagers to win a £25,000 career boost in spin-off series Junior Apprentice.
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Lyons: No area of the BBC safe from cuts
BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons has told Broadcast there are “no safe areas” at the corporation as it continues to squeeze every pound of the licence fee.
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BBC names new Scotland commissioner
The BBC has hired Sam Anthony as its knowledge commissioning executive producer for Scotland – fresh from Jane Root’s new indie Nutopia.
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Attenborough to unveil 'missing link'
David Attenborough is set to explore the 47 million-year-old ‘missing link’ in human evolution in a primetime BBC documentary.
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BBC Children's names new scheduling boss
Disney Channel’s Louise Bucknole has been appointed the new head of scheduling at BBC Children’s - replaces Philip Stagg who has moved to the BBC HD Channel.
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Generation Kill director joins BBC drama
BBC1’s sci-fi thriller Paradox will be directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Generation Kill) and will star Tamzin Outhwaite.
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Lyons issues warning over licence fee use
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has sounded a clear warning that he will not be railroaded into handing over any digital switchover surplus if licence fee payers would prefer it returned to them.
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Parkinson: Melvyn Bragg should join BBC
Michael Parkinson has urged outgoing host of The South Bank Show, Melvyn Bragg, to join the BBC when the iconic arts programme ends next summer.
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IPA adds to Project Canvas concerns
The UK’s leading trade body for advertising and marketing agencies has added its voice to the concerns about Project Canvas – claiming that the BBC it is not being sufficiently open about its plans for the IPTV joint venture.
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MPs poised to back licence fee rise
MPs are poised to back the BBC this week by rejecting a Tory bid to freeze the BBC licence fee at last year’s level.
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BBC reveals £440m indie spend
The BBC invested £440m in the indie sector across TV, radio and new media in 2008/09, according to provisional figures released today.
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Wallander scoops four prizes at Bafta Craft Awards
Kenneth Branagh’s BBC detective drama Wallander picked up four prizes at last night’s Bafta Craft Awards that also honoured Doctor Who with two gongs.
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BBC religion hiring sparks 115 complaints
The BBC has assured audiences that Christians “will remain the key audience” for its religious output, following a deluge of complaints over the appointment of a Muslim as its new head of religion.
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Torchwood radio plays to fill Doctor Who hiatus
The BBC is to fill the gaps between seasons of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood with three radio plays.
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C4's Younghusband takes final BBC Knowledge job
Jan Younghusband is leaving Channel 4 after a decade to take the commissioning editor for music and events role at the BBC.
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Just a Minute gets animated in BBC comedy site refresh
Flights of fancy from BBC Radio 4’s panel game Just a Minute are to be given an animated spin on the BBC’s new-look comedy website – part of a major move towards web-only comedy commissions.
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RatingsApprentice cleans up against Soap Awards
BBC1’s ratings juggernaut The Apprentice once again took on all-comers at 9pm with 7.9m viewers (32.6% share), overshadowing ITV1’s The British Soap Awards which took 5m (21.5%).