Newsreader’s agent says he will have chemotherapy and radiotherapy and is ‘determined to come back’The newsreader George Alagiah is to take a break from his presenting duties at the BBC as he deals with “a further spread of cancer”, his agent has said….
The Weeping Angels are as terrifying as ever in Doctor Who: Flux trailer
“There’s no use being squeamish, we’ve got the future to save.”
Jeremy Vine ‘unnerved’ after anti-vaccine protesters target his home
Television presenter says group ‘angry’ at BBC reporting on Covid vaccines tried to serve him ‘anti-vaxx writ’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTelevision presenter Jeremy Vine has said he was “unnerved” after anti-vaccine pro…
Chris Packham vows to continue activism after arson attack on home
BBC Springwatch presenter says car set alight and gate burned down at New Forest propertyThe BBC’s Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has said he will “carry on” his activism after an arson attack on his home.Packham said arsonists set fire to a car a…
Strictly Come Dancing 2021: week three results show – as it happened
James Bond! Bodyguard! Er, Shrek! It was Movie Week on the Strictly dancefloor, but which couple were gone when the credits rolled?First up tonight it’s JUDI AND GRAZIANO! This week they’re dancing the Charleston to ‘When You’re Good to Mama’ by Queen …
The week in audio: Front Row; Add to Playlist; This Cultural Life; White Mischief; A Home of Our Own
Radio 4 reshuffles its cultural offerings, while two new shows look at whiteness and the UK’s crazy property marketFront Row (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsAdd to Playlist (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsThis Cultural Life (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsWhite Mischief (Radio 4) |…
Fingerbobs and Play School presenter Rick Jones dies aged 84
Children’s TV host appeared on variety of BBC shows in 1970s and was frontman for country rock band Meal TicketTributes have been paid to the former children’s TV presenter Rick Jones, best known for hosting Play School and Fingerbobs, who has died fro…
Warnings distinctly British children’s TV could vanish if subsidy ends
Government weighing whether to continue fund that covers costs of kids’ shows for public service broadcastersBritish children could miss out on the next Peppa Pig or Bob the Builder if the government decides to stop subsidising television shows for you…
BBC payout for designer ‘scapegoated’ over Bashir’s Diana interview
Matt Wiessler receives substantial compensation after he was made ‘fall guy’ following Panorama scandalA graphic designer has received a substantial financial settlement from the BBC after he was made the “fall guy” for Martin Bashir’s decision to use …
Nadine Dorries’ attack on the BBC reeks of hypocrisy – but it does need reform | Letters
Readers respond to the culture secretary’s claim that the broadcaster is unrepresentativeLike many populist demagogues, Nadine Dorries makes some good points but comes to the wrong conclusion (BBC staffed by people ‘whose mum and dad worked there’, say…