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Girl, 10, to sing in BBC Children in Need choir

Gracie is supported by group Echo Connect after she lost her father to cancer when she was seven.




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BBC Sounds: 'Gig Buddies means I can see Iron Maiden again'

Gig Buddies partnered Lee up with Steve as they share similar musical tastes.




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BBC專訪杜琪峯導演:我和香港失去靈魂——人權與自由

香港導演杜琪峯接受BBC中文專訪,談到香港電影人在當前政治氣候下如何堅持創作,表示「現在我和香港都失去靈魂」。他在訪談中透露構思《黑社會》第三集的心路歷程及仍未開拍的原委,探討香港創作自由、電檢紅線下的掣肘、海外「新港產片」出路以及兩岸華語影圈政治爭議。杜琪峯在金像獎和金馬獎皆三奪最佳導演,亦多次入圍國際電影大獎,是唯一在世界三大影展都曾任評審的香港導演。







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Gary Likener dejará el programa de la BBC Match Of the Day después de 25 años

El ex futbolista es el presentador mejor pagado de la cadena con una salario anual de 1,62 millones de euros. Sí participará en la cobertura de la cadena del Mundial de 2026 Leer




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Now the chips are down : the BBC Micro

Location: Engineering Library- QA76.8.B35G39 2016






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Win tickets for BBC Gardeners’ World and BBC Good Food Show

Here's your chance to visit the popular NEC shows free.




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Win tickets for BBC

Here's your chance to visit BBC Gardeners' World Live and Good Food Show Summer - free.




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Win tickets for BBC Good Food Show Live and BBC Gardeners World

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Colombiana fue incluida en la lista de 100 mujeres más influyentes del mundo de BBC




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Colombiana fue incluida en la lista de 100 mujeres más influyentes del mundo de BBC




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Berny Silberwasser, creador de BBC, revive la cerveza Germania en Colombia

En 10AM Hoy por Hoy de Caracol Radio estuvo Berny Silberwasser, pionero de la cerveza artesanal en Colombia, creador de Bogotá Beer Company (BBC) y de la cerveza artesanal La Pola del Pub, para hablar sobre el regreso de la cerveza Germania en el país.




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Velia Vidal, nombrada como una de las 100 más influyentes del mundo según la BBC




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Amy Winehouse - Amy Winehouse at the BBC

Beautiful and bereft, and hard to listen to with easy joy.




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BBC: Bevan Faces Losing Pension After Theft

Authorities are reportedly “seeking funds” from Jeffrey Bevan‘s pension following his conviction for stealing from the Bermudian Government. The BBC reported, “An accountant who stole £1.7m from the Bermudian government is facing losing his pension as attempts to claw back money he took continue. Jeffrey Bevan made more than 50 fake payments to himself after moving with […]




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BBC: Bevan Facing Loss Of Pension In Court

Former accountant Jeffrey Bevan, “who stole nearly £2m from the Bermuda government” is facing a hearing to determine if he will lose his pension. A BBC story said, “A former Welsh government and BBC accountant who stole nearly £2m from the Bermuda government faces a hearing to decide if he will lose his pension. “Jeffrey […]




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Winter sports on the BBC

Ski Sunday will be back for the 2011/12 season




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BBC Radio 2 In Concert complete show




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Album of the Week on BBC Radio 2

From The Cure:

SONGS OF A LOST WORLD IS ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON @BBCRADIO2. TUNE IN THIS WEEK TO VERNON KEY & OJ BORG TO HEAR TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM






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Inside the Cure’s Big Halloween Comeback: Concert, BBC Takeover and ‘Lost World’ Album

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Brit Beat: Inside the Cure’s Big Halloween Comeback: Concert, BBC Takeover and ‘Lost World’ Album

By Mark Sutherland

It’s been 16 long years since legendary British alternative rockers the Cure last released a studio album, but the campaign for the band’s new outing, “Lost World,” has made it feel like they’ve never been away.

And the band has also returned “home” to the Fiction-via-Polydor label, which released the band’s recordings up until 2004’s self-titled album. The most recent two Cure albums came out via America on Geffen, but Polydor Label Group President Ben Mortimer says he made it his “mission” to bring the band back to the record company.

“I actually can’t believe it’s happened because it’s been a conversation that’s been going on for so long,” Mortimer tells Variety. “Robert Smith sits alongside Paul Weller, who we brought back to Polydor a few years ago, as one of those people who are really in the fabric of the label. [The return] has really energized the whole label and tapped into the soul of what we do.”

Mortimer says “huge credit” should also go to Fiction Records Managing Director Jim Chancellor, “who has had a brilliant relationship with Robert for a long time.” Smith manages the band himself and Mortimer says the release plan came together over numerous emails featuring Smith’s trademark “all caps firmly on” style.

Key to the strategy was a suitably gothic Cure takeover of the BBC on Halloween, the day before “Songs of a Lost World” dropped, with a live session on BBC Radio 6 Music and a career-spanning BBC Radio 2 “In Concert” recording, which was also televised as part of a BBC 2 Cure night on November 2. The “In Concert” recording reportedly received the most ticket applications of any show in the long-running series.

“One of the stipulations Robert had on doing the deal was that the album to come out straight after Halloween,” Mortimer says. “Our production team had to jump through hoops to deliver vinyl and everything in time. It was really touch and go but Robert was very clear, unless it’s coming November 1, we ain’t doing this!”

The band also made a spectacular full live return with an intimate show at London’s Troxy venue on November 1, which featured a full rendition of the new album as well as many other songs. It was livestreamed around the world on YouTube and attended by many other musicians, from Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong to Culture Club’s Boy George.

All that attention – and some of the best reviews of the band’s career – has also translated into record sales, with the album set to debut at No.1 in the Official U.K. Albums Chart on November 8. It had already passed 40,000 units by Monday, according to the Official Charts Company. That’s despite this being the band’s first album release of the streaming age – previous studio album “4:13 Dream” came out in 2008 – with Mortimer saying the band racked up huge numbers of Spotify pre-saves.

“The Universal catalog team, alongside Robert, have done a very good job of keeping things alive for years, but it’s more than that,” says Mortimer. “If you look at their streams, there are tracks at over 700 million on Spotify, so there is a young audience there that streams the Cure.

“We’ve brought in new ideas – Robert’s remarkably open to modern ways of thinking, he’s such an intelligent man, he grasps things so quickly – but I don’t think it changed his strategy,” Mortimer adds. “Some artists are able to speak to different generations, and the Cure are one of those.”

With the band likely to announce further touring plans, Mortimer is expecting a long campaign for the album, one of the first big releases through the new Polydor Label Group, after a major Universal U.K. restructure: Mortimer now also oversees the Capitol U.K. and 0207 Def Jam labels, run by Jo Charrington and Alec Boateng respectively.

“It’s been a crazy year across the whole business, but I’m really thankful about the new responsibilities that I have,” says Mortimer. “Working with Jo and Alec is just an absolute dream, they’re some of the best A&R executives of recent generations and they’ve brought so many brilliant artists into our system, so I’m feeling really lucky. Everyone complements each other really well.”

Meanwhile, the American release of “Songs of a Lost World” goes through Capitol, meaning Mortimer has reunited with his former Polydor co-president Tom March, now chairman/CEO of Capitol Music Group (“Tom’s wonderful – having a Brit over there who gets it has been really helpful”). The pair revived Polydor’s fortunes in the 2010s and Mortimer is hopeful the Cure’s renewed success could also bring back the buzz to music from this side of the pond.

“It feels like there’s real interest in what the U.K. and Ireland does really well again,” he says. “You look at Oasis, the Cure, plus we’re getting such an explosion of interest on Sam Fender at the moment and we’re seeing growth on a band like Inhaler… We’ve been talking about it for 15 years but it’s genuinely happening now.”




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Watch on BBC as England face Jamaica in Horizon Series

England and Jamaica get the new Horizon Series under way with two matches in Manchester on 16 and 17 November, both live on the BBC.




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How Gary Lineker went from football sensation to BBC star

The BBC will lose one of its highest-profile presenters when he stops hosting Match of the Day.




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BBC Verify analyses footage of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's killing

The BBC's analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at footage said to show Yahya Sinwar's final moments.




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BBC tours hospital Israel says sits above millions in Hezbollah gold

The BBC’s Orla Guerin is taken on a tour of Al Sahel Hospital in Beirut.




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Australia v India – schedule, squads and how to follow on BBC

India travel to Australia for their five-Test series - here's everything you need to know including the schedule, squads and how to follow on the BBC.




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BBC reporter: They ransacked my home and left my town in ruins

The BBC’s Mohanad Hashim, in Sudan for the first time since the war began, sees what has happened to his childhood neighbourhood.




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BBC Radio London team finish swim challenge

BBC Radio London's team of swimmers have completed their part of the 1,000-mile challenge.




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How does BBC report on big stories about itself?

Following news that Gary Lineker will leave Match of the Day at the end of the season, how does the BBC cover stories about itself?




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Leadership in the 21st Century: Jessica Cecil, BBC




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Sir David Attenborough and the BBC Studios Natural History Unit awarded Chatham House Prize 2019 for ocean advocacy

Sir David Attenborough and the BBC Studios Natural History Unit awarded Chatham House Prize 2019 for ocean advocacy News Release sysadmin 18 November 2019

The 2019 Chatham House Prize is awarded to Sir David Attenborough and Julian Hector, head of BBC Studios Natural History Unit, for the galvanizing impact of the Blue Planet II series on tackling ocean plastic pollution.




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The battle for truth: The BBC's role at 100

The battle for truth: The BBC's role at 100 22 November 2022 — 6:30PM TO 7:30PM Anonymous (not verified) 13 October 2022 Chatham House and Online

Tim Davie, director general of the BBC, and others discuss how the BBC shapes, and is shaped by, the world today.

This year, the BBC turns 100 and the World Service 90 in a world facing crises of increasing scale and frequency and in an age of disinformation, democratic disruption and a growing assault on truth and free reporting worldwide. What does this mean for Britain’s foremost news provider at home and across the globe?

This conversation considers:

  • How does the BBC navigate a drastically changing media landscape?

  • What does the BBC represent in the UK and to the world?

  • What ‘soft power’ does the BBC have and how does it use it best?

As with all members events, questions from the audience drive the conversation.

Read the transcript. 






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'Digital-first' Gaelic language production launched by BBC Alba and BBC Scotland

A new digital-first Gaelic language production will be launched in Scotland after a joint agreement between BBC Alba and BBC Scotland.