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Researchers have tracked how viewers respond to nature documentaries – and the lasting digital impression they leave.
Boris Johnson recording a television interview before a leadership hustings event in July 2019.
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Research suggests that people still depend on the mainstream media for their news. It’s more important than ever that journalists earn that trust.
The UK’s prime minster, Boris Johnson, with BBC political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg.
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Political journalists must use anonymous sources with more care and not just parrot their briefings.
Takehiro Hira as Kenzo Mori in Giri/Haji, a BBC co-production with Netflix.
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An increasing amount of the BBC’s content comes via collaborations with international production houses.
Under pressure: BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty.
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The UK’s public broadcaster is struggling to maintain its values in a news environment being remade by digital technology.
The first BBC television transmissions, September 1929.
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The first public television broadcast took place on September 30, 1929. The world would never be the same again.
A CEEFAX page from 1979.
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The death of the BBC Red Button teletext service marks the end of an analogue era.
Jesy Nelson performs with Little Mix.
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Authorities are struggling to deal with the unimaginable scale of online abuse – and young people are suffering as a result.
Old school: BBC Radio 4 Today presenters Sarah Montague and John Humphrys in a special broadcast in 2017 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Today programme.
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BBC presenter John Humphrys seems to think the school of hard knocks is superior to academe. He’s wrong.
Emma Thompson is populist demoagogue Vivienne Rook.
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Tune in, Donald Trump: it might just save a lot of lives.
in 2016, George Osborne told the BBC it would have to cover the cost of free licences for over 75s introduced by Gordon Brown in 2001.
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When the government shunted its responsibility on to the BBC, it turned the national broadcaster into a welfare agency – now it can’t afford it.
David Attenborough at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos.
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The BBC’s new documentary is a great opportunity to challenge our current economic system.
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Its first new channel since 2003, does this Scottish offering reflect a genuine BBC commitment to 21st century ‘nations and regions’?
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Half a century of British classic television available online? Sounds good, but will it be enough to take on the Netflix juggernaut?
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Gauche and awkward, a media star for the 21st century.
Lionesses with cubs in Etosha National Park.
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The life-or-death drama of the lion pride will captivate viewers, but the show may not go on without funding to conserve these species.
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Embracing change is the theme of Doctor Who’s fizzing series opener.
Undated file handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Alexander Petrov (left) and Ruslan Boshirov (right).
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Why were the Russians behind the story not properly acknowledged?
Babi Yar: the World War II atrocity is one of the themes of The White Hotel.
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Everyone has a favourite novel that hasn’t made it to the screen. Here’s why.
Denis Norden, left, with his longtime writing partner Frank Muir, receiving their CBEs in 1998.
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Best known these days as the presenter of It’ll Be Alright on the Night, Norden was one of a generation of entertainers who got their start in uniform.