Post tagsBBC charity the Performing Arts Fund will focus solely on supporting the theatre industry for the first time this year, with a total of £450,000 available to the professional and community sectors. The charity, which…
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BBC1 controller Danny Cohen named new director of television
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has been appointed as the Corporation’s new director of television. Cohen, who was made BBC1 controller in 2010, will oversee the Corporation’s four main channels – BBC1, BBC2, BBC3 and BBC4…
Campaigners call on BBC’s Tony Hall to increase TV production in Midlands
Campaigners calling for more television production in the Midlands have written an open letter to the BBC’s new director general, highlighting the Corporation’s “astonishing retrenchment” from the region. The letter is from those involved in…
BBC plans ‘music hub’ in London
The BBC has revealed plans for a London-based hub that will be “an unrivalled centre of excellence and expertise” in music broadcasting. As part of the plan, the Corporation has appointed Mark Cooper to head…
BBC announces new Tony Jordan and Jimmy McGovern dramas
Hustle creator Tony Jordan is penning a five-part drama about the First World War for BBC1. Called The Great War, the drama is being made through Jordan’s own production company Red Planet Pictures. He said:…
BBC criticised for treatment of children in CBBC show
The BBC is under renewed pressure to ensure children used in its programmes are properly cared for, after an investigation found it had failed to protect the emotional welfare of young people in a CBBC…
Olivia Colman and Sherlock win at Royal Television Society awards
Olivia Colman has been named best actress at this year’s Royal Television Society awards. Colman beat Sheridan Smith and Anne Marie Duff to win the actress prize for her part in Accused II on BBC1….
Independent producers secure majority of drama hours under BBC’s Window of Creative Competition
Independent producers secured 99% of the drama hours available through the BBC’s Window of Creative Competition initiative, a report has revealed. The WoCC was established in 2007 to ensure a level playing field between suppliers…
Olivia Colman and Sheridan Smith up for RTS awards
Olivia Colman, Anne Marie Duff and Sheridan Smith will go head to head for the title of best actress at this year’s Royal Television Society Programme Awards. Colman and Duff are nominated for BBC1’s Accused…
Morecambe and Wise producer John Ammonds dies
One of the most talented light entertainment producers in BBC Television, John Ammonds, has died from the effects of a stroke, his family announced this morning. He was 88. During the 1960s and 1970s, he…
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