Vinyl Weekender: Celebrating albums

Stuart Maconie presents a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast. As part of 6 Music's 'Vinyl Weekender', Stuart ...

BBC Buys High-Concept French Sci-Fi Series ‘The Sentinels’

The BBC has acquired eight-part French drama 'The Sentinels,' based on the sci-fi-meets-wartime graphic novels of the same ...

BBC Acquires French Super-Soldier Action Series The Sentinels

“The Sentinels,” Canal+’s hugely ambitious French TV series blending superhero, steampunk and sci-fi themes into a WWI action ...

BBC will cut up to 2,000 jobs to reduce costs by about 10%

The BBC plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs to save 10% of its annual budget. The national broadcaster announced the layoffs on ...

BAFTAs N-Word Broadcast Ruled a Breach of BBC's Editorial Standards

The BBC's chief content officer, Kate Phillips, has revealed she wrote to Delroy Lindo, Michael B. Jordan, and Tourette's ...

BBC To Set Out Scale Of Cuts To TV, Radio & Online Over Coming Months Before Enacting 2,000 Layoffs, Director General Says

The BBC will say how it will cut back TV, radio and online in July before its 2,000 layoffs are enacted, Director General ...

Top of the Pops was cancelled 20 years ago. But it’s still the BBC’s most problematic show

The Chemical Brothers, Travis and Five probably did not expect to be impacted by the fallout from the sacking of Scott Mills ...
The Guardian

Scott Mills’s sudden sacking suggests BBC has made its mind up about him

Amid lurid speculation, the decision has been taken with unusual speed in the last days of Tim Davie’s regime as director general – and it appears to be final In a valedictory podcast appearance, Tim ...
The Guardian

Scott Mills sacked by BBC after allegations about his personal conduct

Radio 2 breakfast show presenter departs over claims said to relate to a ‘historic relationship’ in latest crisis for BBC Analysis: BBC has acted with shocking speed The BBC has been plunged into a ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Matt Brittin Named BBC Director-General: Who Is the Ex-Google Boss Taking on the Toughest Job in British Media?

Reports have suggested that Brittin's appointment stems from his expertise in big tech, in a media landscape where the likes of the Google-owned YouTube reign supreme. By Lily Ford Matt Brittin, ...
BBC

Matt Brittin appointed new BBC Director-General

At its best, it shows us, and the world, who we are. It’s an extraordinary, uniquely British asset, with over 100 years of innovation in storytelling, technology and powering creativity. I’m honoured ...
The New York Times

Former Google Executive Named New Head of the BBC

Matt Brittin, the former president of Google in Europe, will become the new director general. Among the items on his to-do list: handling a lawsuit from President Trump. By Stephen Castle Reporting ...