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The Great British Break Off: Will you still watch?

Contract negotiations with the BBC broke down when the corporation reportedly wouldn't match Channel 4's offer.

The shock announcement was followed by the news that presenters Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc would not be following the show after it left BBC One. Star judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood have not yet confirmed if they will stay with the production.  

'Life in the Air' - Why Bristol Leads the World in Natural History film-making

This is your chance to meet the NHU face to face; view excerpts from and discuss their latest visual feast, 'Life in the Air'; and find out more about wildlife film-making by putting questions to some of their most experienced producers on anything from innovative shooting techniques and specialist equipment to their approach to ethical issues and social media.

Who Benefits? How can poverty be better portrayed on TV

This conference will consider the portrayal of poverty on television; it is being held by the BBC, The Royal Television Society, NCVO and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Who Benefits? will be chaired by BBC Breakfast presenter, Louise Minchin. We'll be looking at some of the reality TV and documentary programmes that have been made in poorer communities: what they are, how they are made, and why audiences watch them.

New music series seeks fan memorabilia

PHOP punks

From drumsticks to diary entries, new BBC Four series the People’s History of Pop (PHOP) will look at the evolution of music through the eyes of its fans.

The series will be split into four episodes, to air throughout 2016, each focusing on a different decade of pop history.

In an industry first, production company 7 Wonder is working with Historypin, a user-generated digital archive of historical artefacts, to collate music memorabilia from fans across the country.

Campbell Swinton Lecture: Claire Enders, Enders Analysis

Campbell Swinton was one of Scotland’s pioneers of television technology whose legacy RTS continues to celebrate with a series of high level lectures. The last two speakers were then SNP leader Alex Salmond and BBC Scotland Director Ken MacQuarrie.

Rising above the political fray in Westminster and Holyrood, Claire Enders will explain the purpose and foundations of the PSB system of producing and commissioning news and current affairs, quality entertainment and documentaries, sustained by the BBC, C4, ITV, STV and C5.

The BBC funding dilemma

Two men and a woman sit and talk on a panel discussion behind a table

Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, has said that nothing is off the table as the Government grapples with one of British broadcasting’s biggest questions: how to fund the BBC as the future of the licence fee comes into sharp focus in the run-up to renewal of the BBC’s royal charter, which expires in 2027. The BBC Director-General, Tim Davie, said in May: “We are not asking for the status quo. We want modernisation and reform. But in doing so, we must safeguard universality.

The Future of BBC Funding

Ahead of the renewal of the BBC’s Royal Charter, former BBC Director General Lord Tony Hall, ex-Sky COO and Chair of a number of Boards, Mike Darcey, Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, and media economist Mark Oliver discuss the future of BBC funding.

Ruth Jones and Richard E. Grant sign onto The Other Bennet Sister

A picture of a black and white clapperboard with 'The Other Bennet Sister' written in script. The board announces they have begun filming, and that the DOP is Luke Sheridan.

Elizabeth is the witty one, Jane is the pretty one, Lydia is the problem child, Kitty is hanging onto the latter’s coattails, and Mary is… somewhere in the background.

Well, that’s what Austen’s 1813 novel would have you believe, but Janice Hadlow’s 2020 spin-off novel shows a different side to Mary Bennet. With Mary now acting as the protagonist, her world is explored separately from all the Mr Darcy and Bingley drama, and out of the shadow of her socialite sisters, Elizabeth and Jane.

ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF NORTHERN IRELAND AWARDS AS IT CALLS FOR 2025 PROGRAMME ENTRIES

The RTS NI Awards with support from BBC Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen and Channel 4 has today (18 June) launched its 2025 Awards for the local creative industries.