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International Insider: “Brutal” BBC Cuts; Hungary’s New Future; Residual Row Returns
It’s Insider Day, welcome back. Jesse Whittock on the keyboard today. As always, we’ve got the biggest stories from across international film and television. Let’s begin. Sign up to the newsletter here. “Brutal” BBC Cuts BBC/Getty Cuts and bruises: It’s been a tough week for everyone at New Broadcasting House in London, where the BBC’s […] More
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BBC Chief “Incredibly Frustrated” After Job Cuts News Leaked To Press
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC‘s interim director general has said he is “incredibly frustrated” after news of 2,000 layoffs was leaked to the media before being communicated to staff. Rhodri Talfan Davies told employees on Wednesday that the press briefings had “undermined” his plans to communicate the BBC’s £500M ($678M) savings strategy. Many BBC employees were outraged […] More
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw Leading BBC Series ‘Sutherland’ With Iain De Caestecker
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki) is leading a BBC sci-fi drama about space travel. Mbatha-Raw will star alongside Stuart Martin (Army of Thieves, In Flight, Rebel Moon) and Iain De Caestecker (Roadkill, The Winter King, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) in Sutherland, which is set in a near future in the far north of Scotland. Mbatha-Raw is Mirren, who works at Paravel Space […] More
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BBC To Set Out Scale Of Cuts To TV, Radio & Online Over Coming Months Before Enacting 2,000 Layoffs, Director General Says
The BBC will in the coming months set out how it plans to cut back on TV, radio and online following today’s brutal announcement of 2,000 layoffs. Rhodri Talfan Davies, the BBC’s interim Director General, just said on Radio 4’s The Media Show that the corporation will “make sure changes are consistent with the direction […] More
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BBC Plans 2,000 Layoffs In Major Cost-Cutting Drive
The BBC is planning to make up to 2,000 job cuts in one of its most brutal cost-cutting efforts to date. Rhodri Talfan Davies, the BBC’s interim director general, is expected to announce the redundancy proposals in an all-staff call on Wednesday afternoon local time, sources told Deadline. The meeting will be led by Talfan […] More
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BBC Staff Confidence In Leadership Plummets After Trump & Gaza Crises
EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees’ confidence in the UK broadcaster’s leaders has taken a significant hit after a string of editorial scandals in 2025, including the bust-up with Donald Trump. In internal communication this week, the BBC revealed the findings of its staff survey, some of which were leaked to Deadline. The research showed that only 34% […] More
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‘Queens That Changed The World’ Lands Second Season On BBC Select
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Select has ordered a second season of Queens That Changed the World. The history doc series will highlight six formidable historical female rulers, namely Maria Theresa, Mary Queen of Scots, Marie Antoinette, Rani of Jhansi, Agrippina the Younger and Queen Charlotte to explore what drove them, how they asserted their authority, and how […] More
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BAFTA-Nominated Actor Who Plays A Young Alan Carr In ‘Changing Ends’ Set To Lead BBC’s Adrian Mole Adaptation
Oliver Savell, who has been twice BAFTA nominated for his role as a young Alan Carr in Changing Ends, is leading the BBC’s adaptation of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. The adaptation, which is being overseen by One Day author David Nicholls with writers including Caitlin Moran, comes nearly 30 years after […] More
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BBC Employees Brace For “Ominous” Town Hall Meeting About Cuts
EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees are expected to be updated on the British broadcaster’s plans to save an additional £500M ($675M) over the coming years. In an internal email, the BBC told members of staff to join a town hall meeting on Wednesday, when they will be updated on “savings plans.” Employees were informed that “everyone should […] More
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BBC’s ‘Twenty Twenty Six’ Sells To BritBox & Tubi Before World Cup
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s soccer tournament satire Twenty Twenty Six is headed to not one but two American streamers. In a rare move, BBC Studios has struck deals with both BritBox and Fox streamer Tubi for John Morton’s six-part sitcom, which sees Hugh Bonneville reprise his W1A role of Ian Fletcher alongside a mainly North American […] More
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BBC Rules BAFTAs’ N-Word Gaffe Was Editorial Breach
The BBC‘s executive complaints unit (ECU) has ruled that failing to censor the N-word during the BAFTAs broadcast in February was indeed a breach of editorial standards, according to Variety. During Sinners actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s presentation of the evening’s first award, John Davidson, a white Scottish activist whose goal is to […] More
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BAFTA N-Word Broadcast Breached Editorial Standards But Was “Unintentional,” BBC Rules
The BBC has ruled that the BAFTA N-word debacle breached its editorial standards but in a way that was “unintentional.” The broadcaster’s Executive Complaints Unit had been examining the SNAFU over the past few weeks, which saw the N-word yelled unintentionally by Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson at the stars of Sinners remain in the broadcast […] More
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