BBC
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What happens when the BBC puts a show out to tender?
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Putting a show out to tender doesn’t mean the BBC is selling the show in question or that it’s going to suddenly move to a different broadcaster or a streaming service.
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Hugh Laurie joins cast of BBC’s new George Smiley series
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Hugh Laurie and Joe Alwyn have joined the cast of the BBC’s upcoming George Smiley series, Legacy of Spies. Announced last year, the series adapts John le Carré’s iconic, genre defining, 1963 novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold while also drawing on additional material from his 2017 book A Legacy of Spies. Matthew…
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BBC cancels 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special
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Plans for the special were announced last October at the same time it was confirmed that the BBC’s tie-up with Disney+ would not be renewed.
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Rhodri Talfan Davies named as BBC Deputy Director-General
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Previous BBC leadership teams have tended to include a Deputy DG, however the post lapsed under former DG Tim Davie who stood down earlier this year.
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Poirot ‘early years’ series ordered by BBC One and BritBox
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The series is billed as “an intimate study of Hercule the man and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars” and an “ambitious reimagining” of the classic stories.
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ITV calls for BBC to be banned from buying US series
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ITV has highlighted the discrepancy between BBC spending on overseas acquisitions and its rhetoric that the Licence Fee exists to invest in UK creativity.