If you’ve spent many a morning frustrated that you can’t listen to the News Quiz on your commute, then you’re in luck – BBC radio will soon be free for download on tablets, smartphones and other internet devices. Programmes from The Archers to Radio 1’s...
Read moreSadie Jones risked smashing a perfect thing when she signed up to adapt her book The Outcast (BBC1, Sunday) for television. The novel, one of my favourites, bursts with a fragile intensity that, while filmic, seemed unlikely to survive the transition....
Read moreHe is beloved of Poldark fans for playing the good, kind and smouldering Ross Poldark, a man with a penchant for taking his top off. But TV viewers will soon be seeing a different side to Aidan Turner who is to star as a dangerous wrong ‘un in a new BBC...
Read moreIntrigue, showmanship and high stakes negotiation are central to the plot of Wolf Hall – and also to the annual television sales event that launches in Liverpool next weekend. With millions of pounds at their disposal, representatives of the world’s broadcast...
Read moreBBC3 is now virtually certain to close as a broadcast channel in January next year after the BBC Trust today gave provisional approval to the plans. The Corporation’s regulator said that the bid by BBC management to make the youth channel an online-only...
Read moreJonathan Dimbleby is flying the flag for the BBC with The BBC at War which starts on Sunday night and charts the Corporation's struggles to report the news truthfully and fairly during conflict and emerge as an international broadcaster of high repute...
Read moreColin Callender, the executive producer of BBC1 drama Wolf Hall, has said that the BBC’s funding must be increased if the institution is to survive. Speaking to RadioTimes.com on the eve of the premiere of his long-awaited Tudor drama Wolf Hall starring...
Read moreBientôt la nouvelle série The Musketeers sur TMC ! THE MUSKETEERS, créé par la BBC, est la première véritable série de cape et d’épée. Basée sur l’œuvre d’Alexandre Dumas, cette production est une véritable fresque romanesque à grand spectacle qui revisite...
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