Blog posts by year and monthApril 2010
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The final Prime Ministerial Debate - a press round-up
Last night BBC One broadcast the last in a series of historic prime ministerial debates in front of a studio audience, live from the Midlands. You can watch Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg battle it out on BBC iPlayer until 6 May. Watch the final Prime Ministerial debate. The broadca...
The search begins for new Radio 4 Controller
The advert for the job of Controller of Radio 4 is due to appear over the next few days. It's an important role - the network makes a significant contribution to the news agenda and cultural life of the nation. Like millions of listeners, Radio 4 has been part of my life for many years. When my f...
BBC Strategy Review - Alan Yentob addresses the VLV conference
"We will do our absolute best to fulfil our promise to put quality first." This was the key message from Alan Yentob at yesterday's 27th annual VLV (Voice of the Listener and Viewer) conference The morning event entitled 'Strictly Public Service Broadcasting - creative freedom and ambition?' ...
Great Coverage of Great National Events: The BBC Way
One of the reasons the BBC exists is to unite audiences at moments of national celebration or reflection. Yesterday, we announced our coverage of two massive, yet very different, summer events - the 116th BBC Proms and our coverage of the 19th football World Cup. Both inspire incredible passion i...
BBC Music blog: Andy Parfitt on BBC Introducing's 20,000 uploads
As BBC Introducing hits a landmark 20,000 music submissions, Andy Parfitt, controller of Radio 1,1Xtra and the Asian Network explains the BBC's commitment to supporting new talent. Head over to the Music blog to read Andy's post and to comment....
The Rise of BBC North at MediaCityUK
The sun is shining in the north-west, a good day for us to be showing Mark Thompson around our new home on the banks of Salford Quays this morning. There are major challenges ahead of course, but we have made a grand start and have taken possession of all three buildings on time and on budget. No...
BBC executive pay and expenses: October to December 2009
This is a brief post to announce that we've just published quarter three of our disclosures around executive pay and expenses. You can read more about the latest disclosure here....
Doctor Who and Churchill in BBC Archive collection
Hello, I'm the new editor of the About The BBC blog. My first job was to speak to BBC Archive producer, Kate Wheeler about two exciting new collections featuring Doctor Who and Winston Churchill. The viewing public seem to have awarded new Doctor Who Matt Smith an overwhelmingly enthusiastic t...
Bye...
This brief post is both to bid farewell as editor of the About The BBC blog and to also welcome our readers to Laura Murray who will be taking my place at the helm this week. It's been a pleasure to launch and guide the BBC's corporate blog through its first few months, and I'm sure Laura will ea...
The Future of 6 Music
6 Music has been a hot topic since we announced the proposal to close the network in the Strategy Review. The speculation about its future took a new twist over the weekend with a newspaper report that claimed that the network is set to be rebranded as Radio 2 Extra. Firstly, let me make it ...