All News articles – Page 4501
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NewsRajar keeps its hat in the ring
Radio ratings body Rajar has been put on the defensive after Kelvin MacKenzie's the Wireless Group (TWG) today unveiled plans for a nationwide rival to its audience measurement system, writes Luke Satchell.
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NewsSacked producers may sue BBC
The two BBC World Service producers sacked yesterday by the BBC are considering taking legal action against the corporation, claiming it is guilty of racial discrimination, writes Luke Satchell
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BBC fires£1m tribunal pair
After five years of legal rows and 17 hearings, the axe is wielded. ...
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Going for a gong...Sir Jimmy
Veteran broadcaster SIr Jimmy Young has been nominated for a prestigious gong at this year's Variety Club Showbusin...
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Sexy Ioan lands lead role in the US
Hornblower star Ioan Gruffudd has landed his own TV series in America. ...
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NewsBBC mounts bid for live Premier games
The BBC is mounting a campaign to win back live rights to Premier League matches on the back of European Commission (EC) moves to end Sky's television monopoly on live games, write Leigh Holmwood & Paul Revoir
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Voice of dissent
Peter Donaldson, Radio 4's chief announcer, has been called sad and grumpy by a senior BBC executive for refusing t...
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BBC pays out
The BBC paid 'substantial' libel damages to the guitarist Bert Weedon after wrongly calling him a criminal ...
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Libel payout for guitarist
Guitarist Bert Weedon, 82, yesterday received an apology and substantial but undisclosed libel damages over BBC cla...
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World Service sacks due accused of malice
The BBC took the unprecedented step yesterday of sacking two World Service journalists who were accused of making '...
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BBC sacks pair who contested 17 tribunals
The BBC sacked two long-serving World Service producers yesterday who had contested 17 employment tribunals and cos...
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How Cherie's friend cottons on to conman Foster but has door to No 10 slammed shut
, a BBC1 film about Cherie Blair's health guru and her partner, Peter Foster, has uncanny echoes of Martin Bashir's...
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BBC to defend governors over criticism of News 24
The BBC will today defend its board of governors against criticisms in a government-commissioned report into the Ne...
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NewsWoolwich loses bully case
The issue of bullying in the broadcast industry was put under the spotlight this week after current affairs producer Paul Woolwich was branded a 'bully' by a high court judge after losing his battle against indie Twenty Twenty for unfair dismissal, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsITV1 plans Colditz epic
Thirty years after the classic BBC drama Colditz, ITV1 has commissioned Granada to make a£5m romantic epic based around the infamous German prison camp, writes John Plunkett
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Conley will front ITV1 reality show
Endemol UK has been commissioned by ITV1 to produce a new Saturday night entertainment format presented by Brian Conley, writes John Plunkett.
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BBC1 plots another crime drama
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has ordered yet another police drama - this time featuring a group of former officers brought out of retirement to crack a complicated murder case, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Geldof gets own show on Radio 2
Bob Geldof will make his BBC Radio 2 presenting debut with a series made by his own production company about the most influential songs in rock history, writes John Plunkett.