Posts Tagged ‘bbc’

AUDIO: Children’s shows leave BBC One

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Children’s programmes will no longer be shown on BBC One and Two following the digital switchover, the BBC Trust has confirmed.

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AUDIO: Children’s shows leave BBC One

In pictures: Children’s TV shows on the BBC

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

BBC children’s programmes over seven decades.

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In pictures: Children’s TV shows on the BBC

VIDEO: Professor Green and presenter battle

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

BBC Breakfast Presenter Bill Turnbull appears in rapper Professor Green’s new music video, Remedy.

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VIDEO: Professor Green and presenter battle

Children’s shows to leave BBC One

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

The BBC Trust confirms children’s shows will no longer be shown on BBC One and BBC Two after digital switchover.

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Children’s shows to leave BBC One

AUDIO: Could you be a Facebook ‘addict’?

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

The BBC’s Gareth Mitchell discusses whether it is possible to be addicted to social networks like Facebook with psychologist Dr Cecilie Andreassen.

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AUDIO: Could you be a Facebook ‘addict’?

Ditched helicopter ‘had oil leak’

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

A helicopter that ditched in the North Sea on Thursday had suffered a main gearbox oil leak, BBC Scotland understands.

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Ditched helicopter ‘had oil leak’

VIDEO: Utoeya survivor tells his story

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Eivind Rindal told the BBC how he desperately tried to escape Anders Breivik’s shooting spree on the Norwegian island of Utoeya in a rowing boat, only to be shot at as he fled.

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VIDEO: Utoeya survivor tells his story

BBC names 2012 Reith Lecturer

Friday, May 11th, 2012

The renowned British economic historian Niall Ferguson is to present the BBC’s 2012 Reith Lectures, in a series titled ‘The Rule of Law and its Enemies’.

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BBC names 2012 Reith Lecturer

UK companies cut secret tax deals

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Major UK-based firms cut secret deals with authorities in Luxembourg to avoid paying millions in corporate tax in Britain, a BBC Panorama investigation finds.

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UK companies cut secret tax deals

VIDEO: How to ‘beam’ a robot avatar

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

The BBC has been given an exclusive demonstration of how the technology of robot avatar ‘beaming’ works, allowing a kind of ‘physical’ interaction at a distance.

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VIDEO: How to ‘beam’ a robot avatar

VIDEO: Prince Charles presents the weather

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Prince Charles presents a special weather forecast during a visit to BBC Scotland’s headquarters in Glasgow.

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VIDEO: Prince Charles presents the weather

Inquiry into care of tragic baby

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

The BBC learns that the Western Health trust is to carry out a formal review of the treatment and care of a baby who died from pseudomonas.

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Inquiry into care of tragic baby

VIDEO: Inside Syria’s ‘ghost town’

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

The BBC’s Lyse Doucet has travelled with UN observers to the devastated city of Homs, which has been at the centre of the heaviest fighting since the uprising began in Syria 14 months ago.

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VIDEO: Inside Syria’s ‘ghost town’

VIDEO: Depp takes on vampire genre

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Johnny Depp talks to the BBC’s Lizo Mzimba at the premiere of his new film, Dark Shadows.

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VIDEO: Depp takes on vampire genre

Humpbacks intervene in whale hunt

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

The unusual sight of humpback whales intervening in a killer whale hunt has been caught on camera by a BBC/National Geographic film crew.

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Humpbacks intervene in whale hunt