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When the BBC won April Fools' Day in 1957
How all those dorky April Fools' Day news jokes started: Spaghetti on trees.
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BBC Radio Couple Face Child Sex Charges
Two BBC radio presenters have been charged with sex offences involving four children. Tony and Julie Wadsworth, who have worked for the broadcaster's local stations in Leicester and Birmingham, are due to appear in Warwickshire Magistrates' Court on 11 May. Tony Wadsworth, 68, of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, has been charged with five counts of inciting a boy under the age of 16 to commit an act of gross indecency. His wife, 58-year-old Julie, has been charged...
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UK Government could ban BBC from showing top shows at peak times
Culture secretary could force broadcaster to avoid scheduling clashes with commercial rivals in charter renewal
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Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon show to be called The Grand Tour
Top Gear rival, which is also presented by Richard Hammond and James May, will be broadcast in the autumn
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Helium discovery a 'game-changer' - BBC News
Scientists say they have found a large helium gas field in Tanzania, amid concerns global supplies are running out.
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Chris Evans to step down as Top Gear presenter - BBC News
Top Gear presenter Chris Evans announces on Twitter he is stepping down from the show after just one series.
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Your Regularly Scheduled Program
BBC (Friday, May 13, 2016)
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BBC Now Training Its Secret, Likely Imaginary, Fleet Of Detector Vans On Your WiFi
Nearly a decade ago, we wrote about the fact that the BBC supposedly has a fleet of totally secret "detector" vans that drive around trying to figure out who was watching the BBC without paying for it. By Mike Masnick.
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Doctor Who | A Hero
*** "Sometimes, on a good day, if I try very hard, I'm not some old Time Lord who ran away. I'm the Doctor. " After a long pause of Doctor Who, I bring you new video ! Well I know not much, but I love this song, I just wanted to flow with it... I hope I didn't let you down in this one...And for the GoT fans be careful I might upload Robb Stark tribute ! and for you all, as always, STAY AWESOME !
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Crimewatch presenter and keen cyclist Jeremy Vine posts video of angry driver threatening to knock him out
The BBC's new Crimewatch presenter Jeremy Vine is being urged to report a driver to police after posting video on Facebook of an alleged 'road rage' incident he was involved in. The keen cyclist was on his bike in a narrow road in Kensington, west London, when footage shot on his helmet camera shows a driver coming up behind and tail-gating him.
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BBC quietly sneaks out correction admitting it blatantly lied in the run-up to war in Syria
Nine months after its successful Syria smear campaign, the BBC has been forced to come clean. A story about a peaceful protest outside an MP’s office had been bent into propaganda to promote a war. Now that we have the war the BBC can admit the truth. In a correction snuck onto their website they have admitted that the smear on anti-war activists as violent thugs was untrue. As the vote on bombing Syria approached there was increasing scepticism about the bombing campaign.
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BBC: City in the Sky
At any time there are about a million people in the sky, flying around the earth. A city in the sky.
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Planet Earth II: Trailer
Planet Earth II, narrated by Sir David Attenborough coming soon to BBC One.
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The BBC Halloween Hoax That Traumatized Viewers
A 1992 broadcast of a supposedly haunted house led to documented cases of PTSD in young viewers. By Jake Rossen.
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BBC Autumnwatch presenter 'sidelined for being too white and middle class'
Martin Hughes-Games, the wildlife presenter, is to be sidelined from the BBC's much-loved nature shows to make way for someone less white and middle class, he has suggested. Hughes-Games, who joined "the Watches" in 2009, said Autumnwatch and Springwatch needed a "more diverse team" to suit the agenda of modern television as he claims he has been shifted from the main line-up.
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More young people are watching Planet Earth than The X Factor and David Attenborough is very happy
It seems the nation’s younger citizens are finally favouring the beauty of the natural world over the wailing of amateur singers. The BBC has confirmed that the first three episodes of Planet Earth II have attracted more viewers in the 16 to 34 age bracket than The X Factor on ITV. Sir David Attenborough credited improvements in technology with the show’s increased success in its second season, which have brought animals closer to the viewer than ever through the use of remote cameras and made their environments look stunningly high-definition and real.
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BBC Finally Admits Its Famous ‘Women Write Better Code’ Story Was Fake News
When the issue of “fake news” came to prominence at the end of this year’s election cycle, traditional media outlets were the firsts to engage in relentless finger-pointing. Journalists everywhere deplored the spread of misleading, lazily reported and, in some cases, totally fabricated stories that had been facilitated by social media. That’d be ignoring — of course — that in a competitive media climate where virality and accuracy go head-to-head...
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BBC sets up team to debunk fake news
The BBC is to assemble a team to fact check and debunk deliberately misleading and false stories masquerading as real news. Amid growing concern among politicians and news organisations about the impact of false information online, news chief James Harding told staff on Thursday that the BBC would be “weighing in on the battle over lies, distortions and exaggerations”. The plans will see the corporation’s Reality Check series become permanent, backed by a dedicated team targeting false stories or facts being shared widely on social media.
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HyperNormalisation
HyperNormalisation is a 2016 BBC documentary by British filmmaker Adam Curtis. The film was released on 16 October 2016. In the film, Curtis argues that since the 1970s, governments, financiers, and technological utopians have given up on the complex "real world" and built a simple "fake world" that is run by corporations and kept stable by politicians.
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The Great Euro Crisis
BBC documentary about the origins of the Euro crisis.
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