BBC’s woke diversity drive: Corporation boss Tim Davie wants 95% of staff to complete ‘unconscious bias’ training, 80% to declare their social class and 50% of all gay employees to be ‘out’ Diversity plan was revealed in a report published by the corporation today The BBC will require 95% of staff to complete unconscious bias … Read more
England Women score SIX in their first competitive international match in a year but fans SLAM the BBC’s coverage with shaky picture ‘giving them sea sickness’… as broadcaster blames the WIND! England Women got off to a winning start under interim boss Hege Riise The Lionesses had not played a competitive match in 354 days … Read more
Helena Bonham Carter and David Mitchell join star-studded cast of BBC’s new comedy series The Cleaner written by Greg Mitchell By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 11:27 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 11:27 GMT, 18 February 2021 Helena Bonham Carter and David Mitchell have joined the stellar cast on BBC One’s new comedy series, … Read more
Historian and author Christopher Lee who wrote BBC’s This Sceptred Isle dies aged 79 after coronavirus battle Christopher Lee passed away at his home in Sussex surrounded by his family His wife Fiona Graham-Mackay said the author had tested positive for Covid-19 The 79-year-old won acclaim for the BBC’s This Sceptred Isle on BBC Radio 4 … Read more
Tomorrow at 9am, hundreds of thousands of Britons will begin their day with 35 minutes of jumping, sprinting and squatting – all led by lockdown fitness hero Joe Wicks. He is reviving the live daily workouts on YouTube that during the first Covid-19 lockdown got children across the country exercising at home, but which also … Read more
The BBC has revealed who will be stepping in as Celebrity Supply Teachers during the country’s third national lockdown. Last week, the corporation unveiled its ‘biggest education offer in history’ in a bid to help out with children’s learning while they are at home. Marcus Rashford, Heston Blumenthal and Geri Horner are among those set … Read more
Gugu Mbatha-Raw joins BBC’s adaptation of The Girl Before with HBO Max eyed as a U.S. production partner By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 07:04 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 07:04 GMT, 8 January 2021 While she’s currently filming the highly-anticipated Disney Plus series Loki, Gugu Mbatha-Raw has found her next project. The 37-year-old … Read more
Graham Norton has lashed out at the annual publishing of BBC stars’ high salaries, branding the practice both ‘pointless’ and ‘rubbish’. The broadcaster, 57, who recently quit BBC Radio 2 after 10 years to head to Virgin Radio, has admitted that he looks forward to no longer having his earnings published for public consumption – a … Read more
The Queen sends her ‘best wishes’ to mark the 75th year of the BBC’s Woman’s Hour and thanks the show for playing a ‘significant part in the evolving role of women across society’ Her Majesty, 94, sent message to mark 75th year of the BBC’s Woman’s Hour Told how it ‘played a significant part in evolving … Read more
Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton (aka Sister Clodagh) recalled the experience of filming Black Narcissus succinctly. ‘We were in the middle of nowhere in the Himalayan mountains. It took us three flights and a week to get there.’ Her co-star Alessandro Nivola who, as Mr Dean brought a fatal sexual frisson into the community of … Read more