In a change to his usual programming, the George Osborne used the spending review to announce additional funding for the BBC World Service. This would have come as a surprise to anybody paying attention to the BBC, which has spent the last five years...
Read moreBe warned: the BBC’s adaptation of John Lanchester’s somewhat schematic 2012 novel Capital doesn’t make for unadulteratedly happy viewing. This isn’t to say that it isn’t good – this is one of those rare occasions when the TV version is better than the...
Read moreBBC3 will cease to exist as a television channel in March after the BBC Trust formally approved plans to close it. No new programming will air on the channel from the end of January, when the station effectively becomes a promotional tool for the online...
Read moreIt is a pleasure to be here this evening. One of my first trips in my very first week as Director-General was here to Cardiff to visit BBC Wales and the Roath Lock studios. That week, of course, goes down as the proudest of my professional career. Not...
Read moreThe money is to help "build the global reach of the World Service" to half a billion people and "increase access to news and information". Director general Tony Hall said he "warmly welcomed" the announcement. The government will provide £34m between...
Read moreStuff Christmas. Each passing day means we're just a Victorian whisker away from the Sherlock New Year's Day Special. In time honoured tradition, the BBC keep releasing just enough clues to keep us guessing. A new teaser for the Victorian special apparently...
Read moreExcerpts The story: Career chef Joe Macbeth is passionate about food. He runs Duncan Docherty's kitchen, famed for down-to-earth meat dishes that have made Docherty's restaurant famous. His kitchen crew love him, but they always remember that he's the...
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