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Fear and loathing inside the BBC

12.10.09
A BBC reporter, asked for his assessment of the quality of the management of the corporation, answers the question with an anecdote. He recalls how he was walking through Television Centre a few days ago and observed Jana Bennett... more

Pity Britain's TV bosses: friends in desperate need

18.09.09
The crisis facing UK broadcasting is like a long-running soap series — except that it cannot be allowed go on... more

We don’t need a collective mea culpa from the BBC

05.08.09
Alan Yentob is in defiant mood. After a torrid few weeks in which the BBC has come under attack for everything from sacking a 66-year-old woman to running up extravagant expense claims, Mr Yentob, one of the corporation's veteran executives, has clearly decided enough is enough.... more

BBC to release report and accounts

14.07.09
The BBC will release its annual report and accounts, amid turbulent times for the corporation... more

Dangers are mounting for BBC that won't listen to critics

01.07.09
Does the BBC have a death wish? I dislike lining up with the corporation's knee-jerk critics, but I have to admit that I am rapidly becoming an exasperated supporter of Britain's, and the world's, most renowned public service broadcaster.... more

BBC bosses' multi-million pound gravy train revealed

25.06.09
Dossier reveals the salaries and expense claims of top BBC bosses which run into millions of pounds of licence fee-payers' money... more

BBC stars told to expect 40 per cent salary cuts

10.06.09
Dozens of BBC stars have been warned by the Corporation to expect large cuts in their salaries, it has been disclosed... more

Who's in and who's out

20.10.08
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The truth behind the cant of a BBC fat cat

17.10.08
The BBC is an anomaly. It is funded by a completely arbitrary tax the licence fee. Only 41 per cent of the population still think this is an appropriate funding mechanism. Yet, for now, the licence fee is rigorously imposed nonetheless, as I found when I decided it was pointless to pay it since I didn't switch the TV on from one month to the next, except to watch DVDs.... more

Yentob tipped to mastermind BBC transfer to North

16.10.08
The BBC is facing growing speculation that it is preparing to appoint its creative director Alan Yentob as a new northern supremo as it transfers programming out of London... more

Stars could quit as BBC transfers shows to Scotland

16.10.08
The BBC is facing a revolt from some of its best loved stars over plans to move production of many of its most popular shows away from London... more

Television and Radio

08.10.08
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents. ... more

How BBC bosses racked up £50,000 of expenses on flowers and prom trips

15.08.08
BBC bosses have claimed thousands to cover expenses such as hotels, theatre trips, flowers and Prom tickets to thank staff. ... more

No pay rise for This Morning's Fern Britton after that gastric band controversy

15.07.08
Fern Britton has had her pay frozen after the controversy over her gastric band surgery. She has accepted a £700,000-a-year deal to present This Morning.... more

But pay and bonus bonanza at BBC

08.07.08
BBC chiefs have been criticised for pocketing huge pay rises despite a disastrous year for the corporation's reputation... more

But pay and bonus bonanza at BBC

08.07.08
BBC chiefs have been criticised for pocketing huge pay rises despite a disastrous year for the corporation's reputation... more

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