BBC Radio Cymru makes way for new current affairs show with cuts to lunchtime...
BBC Radio Cymru is launching a new lunchtime news and current affairs show which will see about seven other shows cut from the schedules. The Welsh language service will air the first episode of Dros...
View ArticleBBC's Brexitcast tops 1m viewers on TV debut
The BBC’s Brexitcast podcast was watched by more than 1m viewers on its TV debut last night, the broadcaster has claimed. Brexitcast, which describes itself as a hub for “non-boring Brexit chat”, has...
View ArticleBBC's Carrie Gracie: Leading battle for equal pay is 'both a privilege and a...
Being a figurehead in the equal pay battle has been both a “privilege and a curse,” the BBC’s former China editor Carrie Gracie has said. Gracie resigned from her role in January last year in protest...
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News diary 16-22 September: John Humphrys expected to bid farewell to Radio 4...
Foresight News provides a look-ahead to the key events that need to be in your news diary for next week… On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Luxembourg for a highly-anticipated meeting...
View ArticleITV's David Cameron interview watched by average of 3m viewers
David Cameron’s first in-depth UK TV interview since he stepped down as Prime Minister was watched by an average of 3m viewers, ITV has said. The broadcaster said the Cameron Interview, hosted by ITV...
View ArticleFormer Ofcom director leaves Chinese state broadcaster over Hong Kong...
A former Ofcom director who joined Chinese state broadcaster CGTN in December last year has resigned, it has been reported. Nick Pollard, a former head of Sky News and member of the Ofcom board, joined...
View ArticleITV News launches Instagram news service for 'switched-on teens'
ITV News has launched its first social media news series focused on young people, which it hopes to put “into the hands of switched-on teens”. The Rundown, which is aimed at 14 to 17-year-olds, started...
View ArticleJohn Humphrys signs off after 32 years on Today programme
John Humphrys has signed off from BBC Radio 4’s Today programme after 32 years and 5,000 shows. Editor Sarah Sands said the stalwart broadcaster’s departure was “a bit like Big Ben being silenced”. “I...
View ArticleFather who confronted Boris in hospital defends BBC political editor over...
A father who confronted Boris Johnson to complain about the state of the NHS has defended the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg after she faced criticism for pointing out he is a Labour activist....
View ArticleBAME and disabled journalists least represented across TV industry, Ofcom finds
TV newsrooms have the lowest proportions of non-white and disabled staff compared to other sectors in the TV industry, according to Ofcom research. Journalists in the UK TV industry are 76 per cent...
View ArticlePiers Morgan defends Trump interviews as being as 'combative' as any others
Piers Morgan has denied letting Donald Trump off the hook in interviews, saying they are “as combative as any of those that I have ever seen”. The Good Morning Britain host scored the first...
View ArticleBBC chief says Brexit election will be 'as challenging as any in my lifetime'
The head of the BBC has said a general election based around Brexit “will be as challenging as any the BBC has reported on in my lifetime”. Speaking at the Royal Television Society conference in...
View ArticleUN report highlights 'relentless distress' faced by BBC Persian service staff
The BBC and the National Union of Journalists have welcomed a new United Nations report highlighting the harassment and persecution faced by BBC Persian staff based in London. UN assistant...
View ArticleJohn Humphrys takes swipe at BBC's 'institutional liberal bias' days after...
John Humphrys has taken a swipe at the BBC just days after leaving Radio 4’s Today programme, accusing the corporation of having an “institutional liberal bias”. The 76-year-old spent 32 years...
View ArticleOfcom to probe Chinese state broadcaster CGTN over Hong Kong protest coverage...
Ofcom is probing the impartiality of news reports about ongoing protests in Hong Kong from China’s state broadcaster, which aired in the UK. The broadcast regulator has launched investigations into...
View ArticleSky News announces new morning slate as Kay Burley moves to breakfast show
Sky News has announced a new morning slate of programmes from next month, with Kay Burley moving to breakfast time in a job swap with Sunrise host Sarah-Jane Mee. Burley will anchor Kay...
View ArticleBBC upholds complaint against Emily Maitlis over 'sneering' Newsnight...
The BBC has upheld a complaint that claimed Emily Maitlis was “sneering and bullying” towards columnist Rod Liddle during a live Newsnight discussion. The BBC’s internal executive complaints unit found...
View ArticleBBC Radio 5 Live appoints new controller in managing editor who commissioned...
BBC Radio 5 Live managing editor Heidi Dawson has been made the station’s new controller. Dawson joined Radio 5 Live in 2001 as a breakfast show producer and has since produced and edited most of the...
View ArticleBBC takes pop-up newsroom to third city in bid to be more 'audience-focused'
The BBC’s pop-up newsroom has reached its third city as it looks to meet new audiences and put them “at the heart” of its journalism. The corporation has been inviting a panel of residents in each city...
View ArticleBBC defends ruling against Naga Munchetty's Trump remarks amid 'unease'
The BBC has shared more detail about a complaint that was partially upheld against BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty after some journalists expressed “bewilderment” and “unease” at the ruling. The...
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