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BBC confirms Gary Lineker’s departure from Match of the Day

Gary Lineker is to step down as the presenter of Match of the Day at the end of the season, it has been confirmed.The BBC confirmed earlier reports that...

BBC boss says word ‘talent’ banned as workplace culture review gets under way

The BBC director general has said he has “kind of banned” referring to its high-profile staff as “talent”...

Strictly’s Katya Jones and Wynne Evans insist awkward ‘hand incident’ was joke

The Strictly Come Dancing contestants Katya Jones and Wynne Evans have insisted they were playing a joke when...

Regions really do benefit from relocation plans – just look at Salford since the BBC’s move | Tosten Bell

I was in a meeting recently between MPs and BBC execs. The former wanted to talk about one...

BBC staff should not feel fear or worry at work, says chair, as review begins

Nobody at the BBC should “ever feel fear or worry while working” for the corporation, its chair said, as it launched an independent review...

‘Bit of a glitch’: BBC Weather app forecasts 15,759mph winds in UK

The BBC told people to “not be alarmed” after its weather app said on Thursday morning that the UK was being buffeted by a...

BBC apologises to former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington

The BBC has apologised to former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington, saying it had assessed and upheld “some, but not all, of the...

Price hikes, terrible adverts, customer crackdowns: how the joy in streaming TV died

Remember when streaming used to be exciting? Remember when, after years of trawling around HMV, spending £20 on DVDs of single seasons of television,...

Peter Jay, journalist and diplomat, dies aged 87

Peter Jay, the former BBC economics journalist and diplomat, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced.Colleagues in the political and...

UK TV production sector income falls by £400m as programming budgets cut

The TV production sector in the UK suffered a £400m fall in revenues last year as cash-strapped British broadcasters reduced spending to the lowest...