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BBC Studios
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BBC Studios names comedy development chief
BBC Studios has gone in-house to appoint a head of development for its comedy unit….
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Luther will return to BBC
British detective drama Luther will return to BBC One in the UK and BBC America…
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One Love Manchester breaks BBC iPlayer records
The One Love Manchester benefit concert has broken live viewing records on the BBC iPlayer….
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BBC to broadcast One Love Manchester concert
UK broadcaster BBC One and a host of international channels will broadcast the One Love…
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Kirkham: no topic ‘taboo’ for BBC Factual
BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham has pledged that “no subject should be taboo” for the…
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BBC Studios taps Red for drama hire
BBC Studios is adding Red Production Company’s Tom Sherry to its drama ranks. The BBC’s…
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BBC celebrates Gay Britannia
UK pubcaster the BBC is to run a season of programmes celebrating gay culture in…
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BBC Studios taps Red Planet for Wales drama chief
Red Planet Pictures’ Simon Winstone is joining the production arm of UK pubcaster the BBC….
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TBI Interview: Mark Linsey’s Studios system
The BBC’s production arm has become a commercial subsidiary, changing its business model for the…
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John Cleese to star in BBC One comedy
Sitcom legend John Cleese is to star in a six-part comedy for UK pubcaster the…
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BBC Studios wins first tender commission
BBC Studios has won the first competitive tender for a BBC series. The new-look production…
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Carnival hires BBC exec as Wall to Wall grows
British producers Wall to Wall and Carnival Films have named new executive producers. Downton Abbey…
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BBC, Amazon team for apocalyptic comedy
UK pubcaster the BBC and subscription VOD service are creating a six-part comedy based on…
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PBS boards BBC newspaper biz drama
US pubcaster PBS has come onboard upcoming BBC One six-part drama Press. The series –…
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New BBC chairman set to be named
The UK’s culture department is set to name a new chairman of public broadcaster the…
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BBC Studios makes drama appointment
The BBC has appointed Oliver Kent head of continuing drama at the drama division within…
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BBC Studios adds ex-Fremantle exec for Science
BBC Studios Science has added Sundog Pictures and former FremantleMedia factual producer Claudia Lewis to…
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Ahmed exits BBC Studios in rejig
The BBC’s long-serving religious programming chief, Aaqil Ahmed, as the UK’s pubcaster restructures its unscripted…
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BBC Studios hires Optomen exec for factual post
The BBC has poached the head of formats at All3Media-owned Optomen Television, Jon Swain, to…
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BBC preps David Bowie film
UK pubcaster the BBC will show a new original feature doc on David Bowie in…
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BBC Studios debuts Auntie Productions
The BBC’s programme-making arm, BBC Studios, has unveiled new division Auntie Productions, which launches with…
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BBC Studios to axe 300 jobs in ‘reshaping’
The BBC’s production arm will do away with 300 jobs to “ensure it is the…
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BBC extends Matt LeBlanc’s Top Gear journey
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Matt LeBlanc will remain as host of motoring series…
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BBC starts putting shows out to tender
The BBC is putting some of its key series out to tender as part of…
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BBC Two brings comedy trio to new strand
UK terrestrial network BBC Two has commissioned three more sitcoms for its soon-to-start ‘New on…
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BBC, Weinstein to adapt Les Misérables
UK pubcaster BBC One and US-based Weinstein Television are working up a television version of…
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BBC Worldwide ‘confident’ over Top Gear future
The commercial arm of the BBC has rejected fears over the future of motoring series…
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BBC Studios names factual chief
UK pubcaster the BBC has gone in-house to appoint its first director of factual for…
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BBC Studios names Taylor replacement
BBC Studios has appointed the BBC’s controller of rights, legal and business affairs to become…
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BBC Studios to hire commercial genre heads
Mark Linsey wants three commercially-minded executives to oversee the core programme genres at BBC Studios, the…