EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MIKE DICKSON: Many millions will share Sue Barker's anguish at Wimbledon's cancellation, though she still hopes to serve viewers their fortnight tennis fix.

Where was the BBC’s Daily Politics presenter, Andrew Neil, on Budget Day? Apparently the Budget is viewed as a state occasion by the BBC. And thus the exclusive preserve of Edwards.

DOMINIC LAWSON: BBC Newsnight also cited the Depression of the 1930s as the nearest thing to modern Britain under the Conservatives.

BBC presenter George Alagiah, 64, was diagnosed with stage-four bowel cancer in April 2014 and is currently receiving treatment.

BBC news anchor Raworth, 51, tweeted that her friend and colleague George Alagiah, 64, would be at the helm of Tuesday's 6pm bulletin for the first time after beating coronavirus.

Southend United manager Phil Brown became an unexpected talking point on Twitter on Sunday night after Sky Sports News selected him to be a pundit on the World Cup final.

BRIAN BARWICK: And so to Match 64, or the World Cup Final as you and I call it. And the two teams are rested, recuperated, and ready for ‘the big one’.

MARK WEBSTER: Mike Ingham, a familiar voice on BBC Radio 5 Live for three decades, delivered his last commentary as Germany beat Argentina to win the World Cup on Sunday night. As ever, he found the right words for the occasion.

They are the bits of tournament television coverage we love to watch but which we also dread, and in the battle of the World Cup 2014 montages BBC just shaded it over ITV.

CHRIS FOY'S WORLD OF RUGBY: Sky Sports are reportedly leading the race for broadcast rights to the Six Nations from 2022. Prepare for rugby to become a low-profile, niche sport.

Ben Stokes is the bookies' favourite for the top gong but Fury feels aggrieved by his omission before taking to Twitter to list why he should be up for the public vote.

OLIVER HOLT: Ben Stokes stopped the sporting world last year with two magical moments. There are six credible SPOTY candidates, but Stokes would get my vote.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The Six Nations powerbrokers are largely content with the existing deal, which is worth £90m a year between the BBC and ITV and is delivering record viewing figures.

Aberdeen will host the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019 in December. The favourite to land the award is Ben Stokes after his remarkable heroics in the Cricket World Cup final.

The popular BBC Radio Ulster host uploaded the images (pictured) on Twitter alongside a love heart and a praying emoji, a day before it emerged he had passed away aged 47.

The DJ, 61, tweeted her frustrations at the campaign, which gives teenagers free tampons, saying her mother used to use 'old rags' and still went on to go to university and become a headteacher.

Louis Tomlinson soldiered on with his commitments on Monday afternoon following his uncomfortable appearance on BBC Breakfast.

Louis Tomlinson has refused to appear on BBC Breakfast ever again.

The wheels of publicity have certainly been spinning furiously to promote Anthony Joshua’s clash with Wladimir Klitschko on Sky Sports pay-per-view this coming weekend.

I don't think I can defend the BBC much longer, PETER HITCHENS writes. For years, I've been one of the few conservative patriots I know who still stand up for the licence fee.

The 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist will explore what actions can be taken to limit climate change in the series produced by BBC Studios, the corporations' commercial arm.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC have drafted in one of their senior executives as they continue their investigation into the racist comments about Derby's young black players that led to one of their pundits being sacked.

EXCLUSIVE: Derby players boycotted the BBC following Friday night's match with Fulham - and may do so again on Tuesday night at QPR. The club's squad are 'furious'.

बीबीसी (BBC) के टॉम ब्रूक (Tom Brook) 'टॉकिंग मूवीज' के लिए वीडियो शूट करते हुए भारत में एक ऑटो-रिक्शा की सवारी कर रहे थे. जैसा ही ब्रूक अपना इंट्रोडक्शन देने लगते हैं, तभी वहां स्कूटर पर एक शख्स के पीछे खड़ा सफेद कुत्ता तेजी से निकल जाता है.

The North Eastern States of Assam and Tripura have been under a boil in recent days ever since the Citizenship Amendment Act (originally the Citizenship Amendment Bill or CAB) was passed in both houses of the Indian parliament. The issue is extremely sensitive to the people of Assam, as their state’s GDP was once higher […]

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BBC VFX
The History of the BBC Visual Effects Department

By Mat Irvine and Mike Tucker

• The definitive history of the world’s first, largest and longest-running dedicated TV effects department.

• Covers fifty classic BBC shows in every genre.

• Series featured include Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Monty Python, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Goodies, Are You Being Served and many more.

• Filled with anecdotes and insights into how the effects were created.

• Illustrated throughout with fascinating production photos and sketches, most of which have never been published.

The BBC Visual Effects Department closed its doors in 2003. For almost fifty years it had been responsible for some of television’s most iconic images – from exploding newsreaders on Monty Python’s Flying Circus to Blake’s 7’s majestic Liberator sailing through outer space.

Using interviews with the effects designers, together with concept drawings, production photographs and stills from completed programmes, this book tells the story of the VFX Department and celebrates the work of a group of craftsmen who lived by the mantra, ‘If it can be imagined, it can be made…’

Working largely before the age of CGI, the Department was responsible for every kind of visual effect, from physical effects such as rain and explosions, to miniatures and models, to sculpture and animatronics.

Filled with fascinating insights, wonderful stories and numerous photographs and artworks which have never been published, this is an essential book for FX fans and anyone who loves television

Mat Irvine and Mike Tucker worked for many years in the BBC Visual Effects Department. Mat left the BBC in 1993 and has been pursuing other projects as writer, producer and director. Mike now runs The Model Unit at Ealing Studios. Both, individually, are writers, Mat having written twelve books on scientific and hobby subjects while Mike is the author of several original novels and Doctor Who novelisations.

BBC VFX: The History of the BBC Visual Effects Department is available to purchase here