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'Street' creator to make BBC1 daytime dramas
From Digital Spy. Posted July 4 2008, 2.09pm
The Street creator Jimmy McGovern is making five dramas exploring "contemporary issues" for BBC One daytime. (more)

Murray's Wimbledon exit seen by 7.7m
From Digital Spy. Posted July 4 2008, 9.20am
Andy Murray's Wimbledon exit drew a peak audience of 7.7m to BBC One on Wednesday. (more)

Gough, Du Beke join BBC1 "human Tetris"
From Digital Spy. Posted July 3 2008, 12.26pm
A BBC One gameshow series dubbed "human Tetris" will feature Dale Winton, Darren Gough and Anton Du Beke. (more)

Winton to front 'human Tetris' series?
From Digital Spy. Posted July 3 2008, 8.04am
Dale Winton is reportedly in line to present a BBC One series based on a Japanese game dubbed "human Tetris". (more)

Extended tennis coverage pays off for BBC
From Digital Spy. Posted July 2 2008, 8.28am
A changed schedule for coverage of Andy Murray's Wimbledon win brought in a BBC One audience peak of 10.4m on Monday. (more)

Alex Kingston to lead BBC One drama
From Digital Spy. Posted July 2 2008, 6.22am
Ex-ER actress Alex Kingston joins a new BBC One drama about a group of female ex-cons. (more)

HD 'Criminal Justice' delayed by Wimbledon
From Digital Spy. Posted June 23 2008, 6.20pm
New drama Criminal Justice will begin airing in HD more than a week after its BBC One transmission. (more)

'Robin Hood' spoilers surface
From Digital Spy. Posted June 23 2008, 10.22am
The new series of BBC One's Robin Hood will feature the death of another major character. (more)

Hammond to front BBC1 kids' science show
From Digital Spy. Posted June 5 2008, 12.30pm
Richard Hammond is to front a science gameshow, jointly produced by his own new indie, for BBC One. (more)

'Jonathan Creek' revived for Xmas special
From Digital Spy. Posted June 1 2008, 7.34am
BBC One is planning a Jonathan Creek Christmas special nearly five years after the series ended. (more)

BBC1 plans 'Survivor' remake for autumn
From Digital Spy. Posted May 31 2008, 11.10am
A remake of post-apocalyptic 1970s series Survivors is in production for BBC One in the autumn. (more)

BBC in hot water over Blackpool swearing
From Digital Spy. Posted May 27 2008, 12.39pm
BBC One allows "one of the most offensive words" to slip out pre-watershed in a fly-on-the-wall doc. (more)

'Invisibles', 'Midnight Man' neck-and-neck
From Digital Spy. Posted May 27 2008, 10.22am
BBC One's The Invisibles won a narrow ratings victory over ITV1's new drama offering last night. (more)

BBC1 plans new crime thriller series
From Digital Spy. Posted May 22 2008, 2.58pm
BBC One lines up a new high-profile crime thriller series for the summer. (more)

BBC takes more 'Waking', 'Silent Witness'
From Digital Spy. Posted May 16 2008, 12.27pm
BBC One dramas Waking the Dead and Silent Witness will return for new series next year. (more)

BBC Vision celebrates 100% subtitling
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted May 7 2008, 10.30am
BBC Vision has confirmed that it has reached its target of subtitling 100 of programmes on its main channelsBBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four CBeebies CBBC and BBC News. (more)

'The Invisibles' secure 4.7m for BBC1
From Digital Spy. Posted May 2 2008, 2.36pm
New comedy drama The Invisibles won its 9pm slot for BBC One last night, viewing figures show. (more)

New Aussie soap makes decent debut
From Digital Spy. Posted April 29 2008, 3.22pm
New Australian soap Out of the Blue makes a decent debut on BBC One. (more)

Nancys pip 'Mr and Mrs' in the ratings
From Digital Spy. Posted April 28 2008, 4.44pm
BBC One reality show I'd Do Anything beat ITV1's All Star Mr and Mrs in the Saturday night ratings. (more)

Zattoo adds BBC One, BBC Two, ITV
From Digital Spy. Posted April 28 2008, 2.41pm
Linear internet television application Zattoo begins carrying BBC One, BBC Two and ITV. (more)

BBC One may make "human Tetris" series
From Digital Spy. Posted April 12 2008, 12.00pm
BBC One may develop a "human Tetris"-style gameshow series. (more)

Capital Scene of Another Murder Mystery
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 8 2008, 7.47am
Filming has begun in Edinburgh on a 75-minute drama for BBC One. ‘Purves & Pekkala’ is being described as a ‘murder mystery’ and has been written by Annie Griffin, the locally-based author of two successful screenplays, The Book Group (for... (more)

'The Bill' leads 'HolbyBlue' in cop battle
From Digital Spy. Posted April 4 2008, 2.05pm
BBC One police drama HolbyBlue trails ITV1 mainstay The Bill in the ratings. (more)

'Rock Rivals' leaves ITV1 in fourth place
From Digital Spy. Posted April 4 2008, 10.26am
BBC One, Channel 4 and Five shows outgun ITV1 as Rock Rivals attracts its lowest audience yet. (more)

Fincham, Hunt and Gale to start on May 12
From Digital Spy. Posted April 3 2008, 4.18pm
Peter Fincham, Jay Hunt and Ben Gale will start new jobs controlling ITV1, BBC One and Five on May 12. (more)

'Coppers' falls to period 'Casualty'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 1 2008, 9.19am
BBC One's Casualty spinoff set in 1907 trounces ITV1's He Kills Coppers in the ratings. (more)

'My Family' gets two more series
From Digital Spy. Posted March 28 2008, 4.59pm
BBC One orders two more series of My Family. (more)

Davies: BBC has 'cocked up' 'Who' time
From Digital Spy. Posted March 28 2008, 12.35pm
Russell T Davies criticises BBC One's decision to move Doctor Who from 7pm to 6.20pm (more)

'Cranford' leads BAFTA Craft nominations
From Digital Spy. Posted March 26 2008, 10.34am
BBC One's costume drama Cranford picks up seven nominations at the BAFTA Craft Awards. (more)

BBC1's 'Detective' wipes out 'Coppers'
From Digital Spy. Posted March 25 2008, 1.03pm
BBC One's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency beats He Kills Coppers on ITV1 in an Easter drama battle. (more)

'I'd Do Anything' makes weak debut
From Digital Spy. Posted March 17 2008, 2.52pm
New BBC One reality show I'd Do Anything fails to dent Ant and Dec's Saturday night audience. (more)

'Ashes', 'Waterloo' triumph for BBC One
From Digital Spy. Posted March 15 2008, 12.20pm
BBC One leads Thursday night viewing with strong audiences for Waterloo Road and Ashes to Ashes. (more)

'Mistresses' to return for second series
From Digital Spy. Posted March 13 2008, 3.10pm
BBC One commissions a second series of Mistresses. (more)

BBC1 making thriller from 'Hustle' director
From Digital Spy. Posted March 12 2008, 4.04pm
A psychological thriller series from the director of Hustle is in production for BBC One. (more)

Richard Wilson cast in BBC's 'Merlin'
From Digital Spy. Posted March 11 2008, 10.33am
Richard Wilson is to star in BBC One's drama series about King Arthur and the wizard Merlin. (more)

ITV announces 35 per cent profit decline
From The Times. Posted March 5 2008, 7.53am
ITV, which last week appointed former BBC One controller Peter Fincham as director of television to replace Simon Shaps, said today that last year's pre-tax profits plunged by more than a third to £188 million. (more)

Good appetite for 'Love Soup' revival
From Digital Spy. Posted March 3 2008, 2.39pm
The first of a revival of Love Soup wins its Saturday night slot for BBC One. (more)

'He's going to love sticking it to BBC One'
From Media Guardian. Posted February 28 2008, 5.41pm
Emily Bell, Owen Gibson, and John Plunkett discuss the appointment of Peter Fincham and the rest of the shake-up at ITV (more)

Peter Fincham Joins ITV
From Merry Media. Posted February 28 2008, 1.53pm
Peter Fincham is joining ITV as Director of Television, four months after quitting as Controller of BBC One following a row about a documentary on Queen Elizabeth. . (more)

Former BBC One boss moves to ITV
From BBC News. Posted February 28 2008, 8.55am
Peter Fincham, the former head of BBC One, joins the commercial broadcaster as director of television. (more)

Former BBC boss moves to ITV
From BBC News. Posted February 28 2008, 8.55am
Peter Fincham, the former head of BBC One, joins the commercial broadcaster as director of television. (more)

England rugby draws 6.8m for BBC1
From Digital Spy. Posted February 25 2008, 4.44pm
BBC One coverage of Six Nations rugby attracts a strong Saturday night audience of 6.8m. (more)

Over 6m join Brucie for 80th birthday
From Digital Spy. Posted February 25 2008, 4.00pm
Some 6.5m viewers join Bruce Forsyth for BBC One's Happy Birthday Brucie! (more)

Liverpool defeat 'Babylon' series opener
From Digital Spy. Posted February 20 2008, 5.53pm
Champions League football takes viewers from the first of a third Hotel Babylon series on BBC One. (more)

'The Last Enemy' defeated by 'Kingdom'
From Digital Spy. Posted February 18 2008, 12.59pm
BBC One newcomer The Last Enemy lost out to Kingdom last night, viewing figures show. (more)

Revived 'News at Ten' trails BBC
From Digital Spy. Posted February 15 2008, 11.31am
BBC One's Ten O'Clock News has held nearly double News at Ten's viewers since ITV resurrected it. (more)

Fans move to Five with 'Neighbours'
From Digital Spy. Posted February 12 2008, 12.18pm
Neighbours more than tripled Five's teatime audience last night in its first show away from BBC One. (more)

BBC: 8pm short gets news to more
From Digital Spy. Posted February 6 2008, 6.27pm
BBC One's short 8pm bulletin is reaching millions who do not usually watch the news, says an editor. (more)

'Mistresses' holds steady audience
From Digital Spy. Posted February 6 2008, 4.27pm
BBC One's Mistresses held a steady audience of 4.7m last night to beat ITV1. (more)

Five ads will flag up 'Neighbours' move
From Digital Spy. Posted January 29 2008, 11.47am
Five plans a high-profile ad campaign to tell Neighbours fans it is moving from BBC One. (more)

The Open University gets Under the Skin of Life in Cold Blood on BBC ONE
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted January 17 2008, 4.50pm
TX: 9pm, Monday February 4, BBC ONE (repeated on Sunday February 10, 6pm, BBC ONE) The Open University and BBC ONE present Sir David Attenborough?s final landmark nature series with ?Life in Cold Blood?. The series features reptiles and amphibians and completes Sir David?s overview of life on planet Earth. It is the epic story of the cold-blooded amphibians and reptiles, arguably the most successful creatures to walk on land. They dominated the world for... (more)

'Weakest Link' to replace 'Neighbours'
From Digital Spy. Posted January 17 2008, 4.37pm
The Weakest Link will move to BBC One and replace Neighbours when the soap moves to Five next month. (more)

BBC One wins first 10pm news battle
From Digital Spy. Posted January 15 2008, 10.40am
The BBC's 10pm news bulletin ekes out a victory ahead of ITV's relaunched News at Ten. (more)

BBC One Watched by Most on New Year's Eve
From Merry Media. Posted January 2 2008, 12.36am
The BBC were celebrating after their coverage of the New Year celebrations was watched by around 9.2 million viewers at midnight. BBC One was showing a fireworks display at the London Eye in central London. . (more)

BBC One is tops on New Year's Eve
From Digital Spy. Posted January 1 2008, 11.35am
More than 9 million viewers tune in to BBC One as 2007 becomes 2008. (more)

Silverton to present 8pm news on BBC One
From Digital Spy. Posted December 7 2007, 1.07pm
Kate Silverton is to present the new 90-second news update on BBC One. (more)

BBC Apologise for Arlene Phillips Remark
From Merry Media. Posted December 7 2007, 12.03am
The BBC has apologised after Arlene Phillips made a comment on Strictly Come Dancing about Kenny Logan and his Polish partner Ola Jordan's dance. The judge on the BBC One programme said: "It was like Poles from Poland." . (more)

Big drama for BBC One's winter lineup
From Digital Spy. Posted December 4 2007, 12.07pm
Period dramas and an adaptation of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency headline BBC One's winter schedule. (more)

Jay Hunt is New BBC One Controller
From Merry Media. Posted December 3 2007, 4.18pm
Jay Hunt has been announced as the new Controller of BBC One. Jay, who is currently Director of Programmes at Five since earlier in the year, will take up her new role in 2008. . (more)

Jay Hunt named BBC One controller
From Digital Spy. Posted December 3 2007, 11.22am
Jay Hunt quits as Five's director of programmes to become BBC One's new controller. (more)

Jay Hunt named as new Controller of BBC One
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted December 3 2007, 11.10am
Jana Bennett Director of BBC Vision today announced Jay Hunt as the new Controller BBC One. (more)

BBC names new BBC One controller
From Press Gazette. Posted December 3 2007, 12.00am
Jay Hunt has been confirmed as the new controller of BBC One, just three months after joining Five. (more)

Root linked to BBC1 post
From The Independent. Posted November 30 2007, 12.45am
Jane Root, the former controller of BBC Two, has quit her job running the Discovery Channel in the US, sparking speculation that she could be in the running to lead BBC One. (more)

Tributes to Tony Holland
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted November 29 2007, 5.00pm
Tony Holland cocreator of BBC Ones EastEnders died in hospital last night aged 67. He had been unwell for some time. (more)

Root quits Discovery; BBC One job rumoured
From Digital Spy. Posted November 29 2007, 9.51am
Discovery chief Jane Root quits the broadcaster and moves back to the UK. (more)

Q&A: Tessa Finch, exec producer, 'One Show'
From Digital Spy. Posted November 21 2007, 1.27pm
The executive producer of BBC One's The One Show tells DS about its ingredients for success. (more)

BBC One Will Show Royal Family Series
From Merry Media. Posted November 5 2007, 3.24pm
BBC One will screen the documentary series about the working lives of The Queen and other members of The Royal Family. A trailer for the series sparked a row and resulted in the BBC One Controller Peter Fincham resign.. (more)

BBC One to go ahead with planned series about the working life of The Royal Family
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted November 5 2007, 3.00pm
Jana Bennett Director of BBC Vision today announced that BBC One will go ahead with the planned series about the working lives of The Queen and other members of The Royal Family. (more)

To The Manor Born Returning for Special
From Merry Media. Posted October 30 2007, 3.46pm
Sitcom To The Manor Born is returning to BBC One for a Christmas special and will see stars Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles reunited as Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton and Richard DeVere.. (more)

New Spice Girls Documentary for BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted October 20 2007, 12.12am
A new Spice Girls documentary is being made for BBC One. Spice Girls: Giving You Everything will tell the story of the band from the very start, to the split, and to the reunion.. (more)

'Spooks' returns with viewers boost
From Digital Spy. Posted October 18 2007, 8.56am
Spooks makes a strong return to BBC One - attracting 6.3m viewers. (more)

Alagiah goes it alone on BBC
From Press Gazette. Posted October 17 2007, 12.00am
George Alagiah is to be the sole presenter of BBC One’s Six O’Clock News, following the departure of Natasha Kaplinsky to Five News. Alagiah also presents World News Today on BBC World. (more)

No Co-Host on the Six O'Clock News
From Merry Media. Posted October 16 2007, 12.33am
George Alagiah will present the Six O'Clock News on BBC One on his own following the departure of his co-presenter Natasha Kaplinsky to Five last week.. (more)

Viewers flock to Sunday 'Strictly'
From Digital Spy. Posted October 15 2007, 5.14pm
Sunday overnights: Strictly Come Dancing peaks with almost 9 million for BBC One. (more)

George Alagiah to be sole 'Six' anchor
From Digital Spy. Posted October 15 2007, 3.23pm
George Alagiah will anchor BBC One's 6pm news bulletin solo following the departure of Natasha Kaplinsky. (more)

Former 'Sun' editor MacKenzie outrages Scots
From The Independent. Posted October 13 2007, 5.35am
Kelvin MacKenzie, the former Sun editor who enraged Liverpool football supporters by blaming them for the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989, has made himself millions of new enemies with a barrage of anti-Scottish comments on BBC One's Question Time programme. (more)

Search on for new BBC One controller
From Digital Spy. Posted October 10 2007, 12.46pm
Rumours are circulating about who will take up the job of BBC One controller following Peter Fincham's resignation last week. (more)

BBC One O'Clock News faces axe
From The Times. Posted October 9 2007, 2.23pm
More than a fifth of BBC news journalists are at risk of losing their jobs, the National Union of Journalists said this afternoon, with the flagship <i>One O'Clock News</i> under threat in swingeing cuts scheduled to be unveiled next week. (more)

BBC1 controller quits after damning report into royal documentary row
From The Independent. Posted October 6 2007, 12.35am
The BBC One controller, Peter Fincham, resigned yesterday after the publication of a damning report into misleading footage which appeared to show the Queen storming out of a photo-shoot. (more)

Roly Keating named acting BBC One chief
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2007, 3.23pm
BBC Two controller Roly Keating is named acting controller of BBC One. (more)

RDF's Lambert resigns over Queen furore
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2007, 2.55pm
Following BBC One controller Peter Fincham, RDF chief creative officer Stephen Lambert also resigns over A Year with the Queen. (more)

BBC1 controller resigns in wake of critical report
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 5 2007, 2.54pm
A report from an inquiry by Will Wyatt CBE was published by the BBC today. It was commissioned by Mark Thompson, BBC Director-General, in July 2007 following the publication by the BBC at a press launch for the BBC One Autumn season of misleading footage relating to Her Majesty the Queen.   Mark Thompson said: “I would like to [...] (more)

In full: Fincham's resignation letter
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2007, 2.40pm
DS presents BBC One controller Peter Fincham's resignation letter. (more)

Peter Fincham resigns as Controller, BBC One
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted October 5 2007, 2.20pm
The following exchange of letters this morning between Peter Fincham Controller BBC One and Mark Thompson DirectorGeneral BBC is published by the BBC today (more)

BBC One controller Peter Fincham resigns
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2007, 2.06pm
BBC One controller Peter Fincham resigns from the corporation over his handling of a misleading trailer for The Queen. (more)

Peter Fincham Resigns as Controller of BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted October 5 2007, 1.25pm
Peter Fincham has resigned as the Controller of BBC One following the recent controversy surrounding a misleading trailer featuring the Queen.Fincham showed journalists a trailer for a documentary that BBC One was to broadcast about the Queen. The trailer showed the Queen appearing to walk out of a photo shoot with photographer Anne Lebowitz.Will Wyatt, a former BBC executive, wrote a report into the scandal which criticised Fincham because of a delayed response.In a letter to the Director General Mark Thompson: "It is with very great regret that I have concluded, following Will Wyatt's report, that I should resign as Controller of BBC One.. (more)

Alan Johnston to Tell Kidnap Story
From Merry Media. Posted October 5 2007, 12.23pm
Alan Johnston will tell the story of his kidnapping in two programmed for the BBC on 25th October. Jeremy Vine interviews the former BBC Gaza Correspondent on BBC One's Panorama programme.. (more)

Natasha Kaplinsky Joins Five News
From Merry Media. Posted October 5 2007, 11.44am
Natasha Kaplinsky is to be the new face of Five News it has been announced. Natasha currently presents the Six O'Clock News on BBC One and has also starred in shows including Strictly Come Dancing and Who Do You Think You Are? She will present the main 5.30pm and 7pm news bulletins on Five and will start in 2008.Natasha Kaplinsky said: "After five incredibly rewarding years at the BBC, I found the chance to work with the team at Five too exciting to pass up. Chris Shaw has an unrivalled track record in reinventing television news and I already know how talented Jay Hunt and David Kermode are, having worked with them at the BBC. Five has changed the face of news before, and now they're going to do it again. I can't wait to be a part of it.". (more)

Norton to host BBC1 tribute act show
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2007, 9.28am
Graham Norton is to host a new tribute act talent show for BBC One. (more)

'Martin' nearly doubles 'Murphy'
From Digital Spy. Posted October 2 2007, 10.13pm
ITV1 drama Doc Martin pulls in nearly twice as many viewers as BBC One's Murphy's Law. (more)

Young replaces Bruce as 'Crimewatch' host
From Digital Spy. Posted September 30 2007, 11.50am
Kirsty Young is announced as the new presenter of BBC One's Crimewatch. (more)

BBC One asks 'Who Dares Wins'
From Digital Spy. Posted September 20 2007, 9.31am
BBC One commissions a UK version of The Rich List from 12 Yard called Who Dares Wins. (more)

Question Time Extra on BBC News 24
From Merry Media. Posted September 19 2007, 11.24am
The new Question Time Extra will start on Thursday 20 September on BBC News 24, right after the main Question Time finishes on BBC One. Chris Eakin will present the show with two expert guests in the studio.. (more)

England win pulls 10.2 million viewers
From Digital Spy. Posted September 13 2007, 2.31pm
BBC One's coverage of England's Euro 2008 qualifier was watched by 10.2 million viewers last night. (more)

Watson films BBC1 school drama
From Digital Spy. Posted August 30 2007, 7.43pm
Emma Watson is filming for a role as a schoolgirl in new BBC One drama Ballet Shoes. (more)

Dawn and Jen target Winehouse, Spears
From Digital Spy. Posted August 29 2007, 9.37am
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders target Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears in their new BBC One series. (more)

New 'Hood' series 'darker and bigger'
From Digital Spy. Posted August 28 2007, 10.06am
Producers say the new series of BBC One's Robin Hood will be "darker and bigger" than the first. (more)

BBC One Named as Channel of the Year
From Merry Media. Posted August 25 2007, 8.38pm
BBC One has been named as Terrestrial Channel of the Year at the Edinburgh Television Festival with the channel's Doctor Who show being named as Best Programme at the awards ceremony.. (more)

BBC One named Channel of the Year
From Digital Spy. Posted August 25 2007, 6.39pm
BBC One and ITV2 triumph at this year's Channel of the Year awards. (more)

Bennett: Fincham "extremely good controller"
From Digital Spy. Posted August 24 2007, 5.34pm
BBC director of vision Jana Bennett reiterates her support for BBC One controller Peter Fincham. (more)

BBC One to screen 'Casualty 1907'
From Digital Spy. Posted August 3 2007, 1.12pm
BBC One is to screen new three-part series Casualty 1907 in the autumn. (more)

'DanceX' scores dip for BBC One
From Digital Spy. Posted July 30 2007, 4.55pm
The dance talent contest attracted 3.9 million viewers and a 23.7% share on Saturday night. (more)

Former Eastenders Actor Mike Reid Dies
From Merry Media. Posted July 29 2007, 7.27pm
Former Eastenders actor Mike Reid has died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 67. The actor and comedian played Frank Butcher in the BBC One soap from 1987 until his last appearance in 2005.. (more)

Still Game Stars in New BBC One Sitcom
From Merry Media. Posted July 29 2007, 6.02pm
Ford Kiernan is starring in a new sitcom written by his Still Game pal Paul Riley. A pilot has already been made of Dear Green Place that was successful - and now 6 episodes are being made for the BBC.. (more)

Eamonn Holmes Travel Costs for Lottery Show
From Merry Media. Posted July 29 2007, 3.06pm
Eamonn Holmes is spending thousands of his own cash on private planes so he can fly from London to Glasgow to film his National Lottery Jet Set programme for BBC One. It is reported that he has so far spent £14,000 on the flights.. (more)

3.2 million enjoy 'Summer Wine'
From Digital Spy. Posted July 17 2007, 12.33pm
The 28th series of the long-running BBC show grabs a 18.6% share for BBC One. (more)

Fincham: No reason to resign over Queen doc
From Digital Spy. Posted July 13 2007, 10.08am
Controller of BBC One Peter Fincham says he will not resign over the row concerning the BBC's Queen documentary. (more)

Fincham unhappy with 'Robin Hood' makers
From Digital Spy. Posted July 12 2007, 10.54pm
BBC One controller Peter Fincham complains that Robin Hood producers left him "high and dry". (more)

Keelan is New Controller of BBC Daytime
From Merry Media. Posted July 12 2007, 2.03pm
Liam Keelan has been announced as the new Controller of BBC Daytime, reporting to BBC One Controller Peter Fincham as well as being a member of Jana Bennett's senior Vision management team.. (more)

Liam Keelan announced as Controller, BBC Daytime
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted July 12 2007, 1.20pm
Jana Bennett Director of BBC Vision today named Liam Keelan as Controller BBC Daytime. He will report to Peter Fincham Controller BBC One. and is a member of Janas senior Vision management team. Liam will join later this year. (more)

BBC statement: Trailer for A Year With The Queen
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted July 12 2007, 1.00pm
The BBC has apologised for creating the impressionin a promotional trailer shown at yesterdays BBC One autumn season launchthat the Queen stormed out of a photography session with Annie Leibovitz. (more)

The BBC Eight O'Clock News Bulletin
From Merry Media. Posted July 11 2007, 3.52pm
A new news bulletin will be going out weekday nights at 8pm on BBC One it has been revealed. Joining the Breakfast news, One O'Clock News, Six O'Clock News and the Ten O'Clock News, it will last up to a couple of minutes.. (more)

Primetime BBC One dramas to be axed
From Digital Spy. Posted July 11 2007, 2.41pm
Primetime BBC One shows The Chase and New Street Law are being axed. (more)

In full: Peter Fincham on BBC One's new season
From Digital Spy. Posted July 11 2007, 11.33am
Peter Fincham outlines BBC One's new autumn season. (more)

Blair in landmark BBC interview series
From Digital Spy. Posted July 11 2007, 11.22am
BBC One secures a landmark interview series with former PM Tony Blair for its autumn lineup. (more)

BBC One confirms 8pm news summary
From Digital Spy. Posted July 11 2007, 11.18am
A news summary will air weeknights at 8pm on BBC One from the autumn. (more)

'Live Earth' no match for Diana or Venus
From Digital Spy. Posted July 9 2007, 10.50am
BBC One's coverage of the Live Earth concert averaged just 2.7 million viewers and a 16.5% share. (more)

Catherine Tate is New Doctor Who Companion
From Merry Media. Posted July 4 2007, 7.34am
Catherine Tate has been announced as the new companion of Doctor Who. She will return to the BBC One show in the next series.. (more)

BBC One's Jekyll scares off viewers
From Digital Spy. Posted June 25 2007, 4.24pm
Second outing for the drama series sees 1.2 million viewers tune out compared to the 5.1 million who tuned in last week. (more)

Nick Ross Leaving Crimewatch After 23 Years
From Merry Media. Posted June 19 2007, 11.55pm
Nick Ross is leaving Crimewatch after 23 years so he can pursue other ventures. His last show on BBC One will be on Monday 2nd July and will feature some classic moments from his last 2 decades as host.. (more)

BBC 'Dream' pays off
From Digital Spy. Posted June 11 2007, 2.01pm
The finale of BBC One's talent search pulls in the viewers on Saturday night, beating its ITV rival. (more)

Football beats 'Big Brother'
From Digital Spy. Posted June 4 2007, 2.24pm
England's match against Brazil scored well for BBC One on Friday night, taking an audience of 10.1 million. (more)

Konnie Huq to leave 'Blue Peter'
From Biz Asia. Posted June 1 2007, 12.33pm
BBC One's 'Blue Peter' show will be bidding farewell to its long serving female presenter Konnie Huq. Konnie who has been on the show for nearly ten years made her announcement yesterday. She will be seen on screen until early next year. She said, "When the time comes for my last show I'll be really sad. But I will have been here for over 10 years which is a Blue Peter record." 'Blue Peter' celebrates its 50th anniversary in October 2008. Last week it was announced that 'Blue Peter' was to be cut from three shows a week to two. (more)

'Eurovision' win for BBC One
From Digital Spy. Posted May 14 2007, 12.07pm
The UK entry may have come a dismal second-from-last, but coverage of the contest pulls in 8.7 million viewers. (more)

FA Women's Cup Final On BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted May 3 2007, 2.19pm
The 2007 FA Women's Cup Final between holders Arsenal and 2005 cup winners Charlton will be broadcast live on Monday 7 May on BBC One at 12.40pm.. (more)

An absolutely free quiz for GMTV’s early birds
From The Times. Posted April 27 2007, 12.00am
Waking up in the morning is difficult enough for most of us, but early starts are supposed to be routine at GMTV, and so the time of day cannot explain why ITV’s breakfast broadcaster seems to have behaved so utterly cluelessly when it comes to the handling of its phone-ins. Credit to Panorama on Monday for uncovering a new scandal, in which shortlists were drawn up about an hour before phone lines closed, but the BBC One programme (with its baffling, jerky camerawork), was still somehow not hard enough on GMTV, which seems to have handled the running of its own competitions incompetently. So here, instead, is a competition for the breakfast broadcaster. (more)

GMTV Involved in Phone Scam
From Merry Media. Posted April 23 2007, 4.43pm
Millions of callers to GMTV were encouraged, over a four-year period, to enter premium-rate phone competitions when they could not win. Panorama will report on the apparent scam tonight on BBC One.. (more)

'Cranford Chronicles' cast announced
From Digital Spy. Posted April 20 2007, 11.35am
All-star cast to star alongside Dame Judi Dench in the new BBC One adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels. (more)

New Look to BBC One on Sunday Mornings
From Merry Media. Posted April 19 2007, 1.36pm
Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC Daytime & Early Peak, has announced two new commissions set to bring a new look to BBC One's Sunday morning religious slot.. (more)

Inside Sport - New BBC Sport's Show
From Merry Media. Posted April 18 2007, 3.09pm
BBC Sport's new programme, Inside Sport, will be aired for the first time on Monday 30 April, 11.05pm on BBC One, presented by Gabby Logan.. (more)

Jimmy White Joins the BBC for World Snooker
From Merry Media. Posted April 17 2007, 12.56pm
BBC Sport announced today that Jimmy White will join presenters Hazel Irvine and Ray Stubbs in the studio for the first weekend of the World Snooker Championship, starting this Saturday 21 April at 1pm on BBC One.. (more)

2 New Entertainment Shows Commissioned for the BBC
From Merry Media. Posted April 13 2007, 2.12pm
Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC Daytime and Early Peak, has commissioned two brand new entertainment shows bringing some springtime sparkle to daytime on BBC One and BBC Two.. (more)

BBC Sport Will Cover Flora London Marathon
From Merry Media. Posted April 12 2007, 4.26pm
On Sunday 22 April 2007, BBC Sport will provide comprehensive live coverage of the 27th Flora London Marathon (BBC One, 8.30am-2pm and BBCi 8am-4pm), plus an evening highlights programme (BBC Two, 6.10pm-7pm).. (more)

BBC1 Bank Holiday had 'too many repeats'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 10 2007, 9.01pm
BBC One is criticised for showing "too many repeats" on Bank Holiday Monday. (more)

Joseph gives 'Grease' a beating
From Digital Spy. Posted April 10 2007, 1.01pm
ITV talent show pulls in just 4 million, with BBC One's version taking almost 6 million viewers. (more)

BBC Sport to Feature Hawk-Eye Technology for First Time
From Merry Media. Posted April 4 2007, 11.09am
BBC Sport will feature Hawk-eye technology for the first time ever in its coverage of The World Snooker Championship starting Saturday, 21 April on BBC One.. (more)

After You've Gone Recommissioned
From Merry Media. Posted April 4 2007, 11.05am
The recent successful BBC One comedy After You've Gone, has been recommissioned for a second series of eight episodes with an additional Christmas special for transmission later this year.. (more)

David Tennant Stars in Learners
From Merry Media. Posted April 3 2007, 11.30pm
David Tennant is to star in Learners, a BBC Films production for BBC One, which is written by, and will also star Jessica Hynes (nee Stevenson).. (more)

New Doctor Who a Ratings Success
From Merry Media. Posted April 1 2007, 2.37pm
The new series kicked off last night on BBC One and proved a success with 8.2 million watching according to unofficial overnight figures.. (more)

Tamsin Greig in 2nd Series of Love Soup
From Merry Media. Posted April 1 2007, 2.04pm
Actress Tamsin Greig is filming a second series of BBC comedy drama Love Soup for BBC One.. (more)

BBC One orders more 'Love Soup'
From Digital Spy. Posted March 30 2007, 2.42pm
Actress Tamsin Greig is currently filming a second series of Love Soup for BBC One. (more)

The Chase Returns to BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted March 29 2007, 11.52am
Kay Mellor's impassioned Sunday night drama, The Chase, returns to BBC One for an extended second series this summer with more sexy, stormy stories from the Yorkshire based veterinary practise.. (more)

Brand New Sketch Show for BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted March 29 2007, 10.59am
Following her acclaimed sketch show partnerships in The Big Impression, with Alistair McGowan, and The Sketch Show, with Lee Mack and Tim Vine, Ronni Ancona is branching out on her own in a series of three special episodes of Ronni Ancona & Co on BBC One.. (more)

George Gently Drama on BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted March 28 2007, 12.38pm
In his first ever literary adaptation for television, Our Friends In The North writer Peter Flannery re-visits Sixties Britain for George Gently, an adaptation of one of the Inspector Gently series of novels by Alan Hunter.. (more)

Four Asians compete for 'The Apprentice' title
From Biz Asia. Posted March 28 2007, 8.59am
Four Asians are amongst sixteen contestants who will compete for 'The Apprentice' title, which launches tonight on BBC One. (more)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Returning Tonight
From Merry Media. Posted March 23 2007, 11.58am
Bafta-winner Jonathan Ross, returns to BBC One for a 12th season of his multi award-winning show tonight.. (more)

Any Dream Will Do - on BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted March 22 2007, 2.28pm
Last year, the BBC One audience and Andrew Lloyd Webber solved a problem like Maria and catapulted telesales girl Connie Fisher to stardom in The Sound Of Music.. (more)

Doctor Who Will Return for 4th Series
From Merry Media. Posted March 22 2007, 1.50am
Russell T Davies - the Executive Producer of Doctor Who has confirmed that a fourth series will be made of the BBC One sci-fi drama.. (more)

'Comic Relief' raises viewing figures
From Digital Spy. Posted March 19 2007, 3.29pm
BBC One charity telethon draws in 9.5 million, taking the majority share of Friday night's audience. (more)

Tara Palmer Tomkinson Wins Fame Academy
From Merry Media. Posted March 17 2007, 12.02am
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has won 'Comic Relief Does Fame Academy'. She beat Tricia Penrose to the title on the celebrity edition of the reality show on BBC One.. (more)

'Royle Family' return scoops RTS Award
From Digital Spy. Posted March 14 2007, 10.30am
BBC One comedy special takes the Sitcom prize at last night's Royal Television Society Television Awards. (more)

Wogan Responds to Critics About Children in Need Wage
From Merry Media. Posted March 14 2007, 2.10am
Sir Terry Wogan has responded to critics who blasted him for being paid for hosting charity fundraiser Children In Need on BBC One.. (more)

Jessie Wallace in New BBC One Drama
From Merry Media. Posted March 13 2007, 1.26pm
Jessie Wallace returns to BBC One for the first time since playing Kat Slater in EastEnders in a brand-new film called A Class Apart.. (more)

50% Oppose Road Pricing: BBC Politics Show
From Merry Media. Posted March 10 2007, 3.31am
Fifty per cent of people in the Midlands and North West of England are opposed to the introduction of any road pricing system, even if all the money raised is spent on improving public transport services, according to an exclusive opinion poll carried out for BBC One's Politics Show.. (more)

New Max Beesley Drama for BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted March 9 2007, 12.26pm
Benedict Cumberbatch, Max Beesley and BAFTA-winner Anamaria Marinca are caught up in a love triangle in The Last Enemy, a visionary new thriller for BBC One from Box TV.. (more)

Celebrities Saving Planet Earth
From Merry Media. Posted March 9 2007, 11.35am
Will Young, Graham Norton, Nick Knowles and Edith Bowman are among a host of stars joining Sir David Attenborough and Alan Titchmarsh for Saving Planet Earth, a wide-reaching series supporting animal conservation on BBC One this summer.. (more)

Mentorn to Produce Question Time
From Merry Media. Posted March 8 2007, 1.34pm
Mentorn has won the tender process to produce BBC One's iconic current affairs show Question Time.. (more)

Denise Van Outen to present 'Joseph'
From Digital Spy. Posted March 6 2007, 10.03pm
A BBC One talent show to find a star for Joseph is to be presented by Denise Van Outen. (more)

Sherlock Holmes & The Baker Street Irregulars
From Merry Media. Posted March 6 2007, 4.42pm
Jonathan Pryce and Bill Paterson head the cast of Sherlock Holmes And The Baker Street Irregulars, an original Sherlock Holmes mystery written for BBC One and CBBC.. (more)

Filming Begun on 5th Series of Murphy's Law
From Merry Media. Posted March 1 2007, 11.14pm
Murphy's Law is currently filming in Dublin for the fifth series of the hit BBC One drama.. (more)

BBC Statement on Saturday Kitchen
From Merry Media. Posted February 28 2007, 10.54am
A statement was issued by the BBC last night after ICSTIS, the premium rate services regulator, announced it would investigate the premium rate phone services used by Saturday Kitchen, broadcast on BBC One.. (more)

BBC statement about Saturday Kitchen
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted February 28 2007, 10.20am
A statement was issued by the BBC last night after ICSTIS the premium rate services regulator announced it would investigate the premium rate phone services used by Saturday Kitchen broadcast on BBC One. (more)

Panorama Reveals Cost of NHS Attacks
From Merry Media. Posted February 26 2007, 1.15pm
Violence against NHS staff is costing the taxpayer at least £100m a year, a BBC One Panorama investigation has revealed.. (more)

Coming Down The Mountain - On BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted February 26 2007, 1.13pm
Coming Down The Mountain, for BBC One, is the first TV drama written by the award-winning novelist Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time), and bears his distinctive and powerful simplicity of style.. (more)

Top Gear May Pull Train Crash Clips
From Merry Media. Posted February 25 2007, 1.40pm
Footage of a 170-tonne locomotive slamming into a people carrier at 70mph may not be shown on Top Gear on BBC One because of the Cumbria train crash on Friday in which one woman was killed.. (more)

BBC cookery show accused of phone con
From Digital Spy. Posted February 25 2007, 9.33am
A BBC One cookery show is accused of a Richard and Judy-style phone line con. (more)

Glasgow Antiques Firm to Star in Bargain Hunt
From Merry Media. Posted February 23 2007, 3.51am
Clydeside Antiques Centre will feature in the BBC One series Bargain Hunt. The firm, which is based in Whiteinch in the city, will see teams search for antiques.. (more)

'Bad Mother' Tate pulls in 5.7 million
From Digital Spy. Posted February 20 2007, 3.26pm
But BBC One's Waking the Dead beats the new ITV1 drama with half a million more viewers. (more)

Eastenders to Go out 5 Nights a Week
From Merry Media. Posted February 18 2007, 6.51pm
Eastenders is to go out on BBC One 5 times a week according to reports. The reason is to compete with Coronation Street on ITV1 which goes out every weekday.. (more)

Idents of the Past...1997 to 1998
From Merry Media. Posted February 18 2007, 12.00am
In 1997 the BBC introduced a new logo which meant a change to the idents! BBC One launched the air balloon into the air with the new BBC branding. On BBC Two - they kept the '2's dropping only a couple of the idents. But as a couple were dropped - 5 were introduced.. (more)

My Fave Ident...BBC One Acrobat Dancers
From Merry Media. Posted February 17 2007, 9.00pm
Do you remember the BBC One Acrobats ident in which 3 gorgeous women are dangling from the ceiling and shown thousands of times between programmes? Well Merry Media caught up with 2 of the girls from the ident to ask them about BBC Two!. (more)

BBC Two in the Eighties
From Merry Media. Posted February 16 2007, 7.00pm
The eighties decade was a popular era for BBC Two and also a busy one as not only did they have BBC One and ITV to contend with they also had Channel 4 which launched in 1982.. (more)

BBC Two in the Seventies
From Merry Media. Posted February 16 2007, 5.00pm
The watershed was firmly in place by the 1970s with The Goodies making its debut after 9pm in 1970 due to it being of an adult nature. This was later changed and moved to BBC One.. (more)

In the beginning
From Merry Media. Posted February 16 2007, 3.25pm
BBC Two launched on 20th April 1964. But on that day of the launch which was to be a memorable occasion - BBC Television Centre was hit by a power cut. The problem happened nearly 45 minutes before the launch with BBC One managing to continue broadcasting using facilities at Alexandra Palace.. (more)

Shilpa Shetty rejects 'EastEnders' offer
From Biz Asia. Posted February 15 2007, 11.00pm
'Big Brother' winner Shilpa Shetty has rejected an offer to star in BBC One's flagship soap 'EastEnders'. The Bollywood actress was approached by the BBC for a one year deal to play a love interest for bad boy Phil Mitchell. Shilpa’s character would have also been the elder sister of current Indian character Preeti. She would have ben joined in the soap by a further three Indian characters to make up a new family, who would move into the old Pauline Fowler house. One of the reasons as to why Shilpa turned down the part was that it would have tied her up for the foreseeable future and it would have been difficult for her to juggle her film work. (more)

Brits pulls in 5.2 million
From Digital Spy. Posted February 15 2007, 12.59pm
But half a million more tune in for BBC One's Bolton Wanderers game against Arsenal. (more)

Talkback showcases new BBC gameshow
From Digital Spy. Posted February 15 2007, 10.13am
Talkback Thames is believed to be developing a new Saturday night gameshow for BBC One, with Chris Evans a candidate to present. (more)

5.7 million return to 'Life On Mars'
From Digital Spy. Posted February 14 2007, 12.03pm
Second series of the BBC One drama attracts a 23.1% share at 9pm, a drop in viewers since its last outing. (more)

Whistleblower Tells Panorama of Care Home Abuse
From Merry Media. Posted February 12 2007, 2.44pm
A whistleblower has told Panorama: Please Look After Mum - BBC One, Monday 12 February at 8.30pm - of the abuse that she witnessed at an elderly care home.. (more)

Panorama Ten Years Younger
From Merry Media. Posted February 7 2007, 12.15pm
Panorama's return to peak time on BBC One is reaching not just bigger, but younger audiences – compared to its previous Sunday night slot.. (more)

Question Time Tender Shortlist Announced
From Merry Media. Posted February 3 2007, 3.36am
Cheetah Televison, Ten Alps, Lion Televison and Mentorn have been shortlisted in the tender process to produce BBC One's iconic current affairs show Question Time.. (more)

Life On Mars for Final Time
From Merry Media. Posted February 1 2007, 1.32pm
John Simm is back for the final time as DI Sam Tyler, the time-travelling detective who, following a car accident, found himself back in 1973, as the International Emmy Award-winning series Life On Mars returns to BBC One.. (more)

Red Nose Day 2007 on BBC TV
From Merry Media. Posted January 31 2007, 4.41pm
Comic Relief: The Big One, Friday 16 March from 7pm till late live on BBC One and BBC Two with an action packed line-up of programming.. (more)

Dame Judi Dench to Star in Cranford Chronicles
From Merry Media. Posted January 31 2007, 12.12pm
Multi award-winning actress Judi Dench is to star in Cranford Chronicles, a new five-part drama serial created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin from three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell for BBC One.. (more)

BBC One is Channel of the Year
From Merry Media. Posted January 25 2007, 2.06pm
BBC One was named Channel Of The Year at last night's Broadcast Awards, with, recently launched, BBC Vision scooping further awards for excellence across the genres.. (more)

BBC One wins channel of the year
From Digital Spy. Posted January 25 2007, 1.42pm
Broadcast awards see the corporation clean up with its shows Maria, Planet Earth, Bleak House, Extras and LIfe on Mars taking trophies. (more)

BBC One named Channel Of The Year at Broadcast Awards
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted January 25 2007, 12.30pm
BBC One was named Channel Of The Year at last nights Broadcast Awards with recently launched BBC Vision scooping further awards for excellence across the genres. (more)

'Panorama' beaten by ITV current affairs show
From Digital Spy. Posted January 23 2007, 3.59pm
Relaunched BBC One show is beaten in the ratings by ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonald. (more)

Panorama Drama on BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted January 22 2007, 2.17pm
The Kremlin has angrily branded Alexander Litvinenko's widow Marina "a liar" after she told Panorama: " I cannot say exactly that Putin killed my husband, Sasha (Litvinenko), but I can say that Putin is behind everything that happens in Russia. It couldn't happen without his knowledge.". (more)

Dervla Kirwan in New BBC One Drama
From Merry Media. Posted January 19 2007, 2.38pm
Dervla Kirwan and Lorraine Ashbourne star in Debbie Horsfield's sparky, raw and disturbing new six-part drama serial True Dare Kiss, an unfolding saga of intrigue, passion, revenge and redemption coming to BBC One this Spring.. (more)

New Peter Flannery Drama for BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted January 18 2007, 3.32pm
In his first ever literary adaptation for television, Our Friends In The North writer Peter Flannery re-visits 1960s Britain for George Gently (working title), an adaptation of one of the Inspector Gently series of novels, by Alan Hunter, for BBC One.. (more)