Blog posts by year and monthMarch 2010
Posts (13)
Do you like fish fingers and custard?: Doctor Who goes to Sunderland
I've just seen a seven foot monster on the streets of Sunderland - but don't worry, it was actually an actress called Sarah - after a good hour or so in make-up, that is. The result was impressive. She was there playing a Weeping Angel at a Doctor Who premier that I hosted yesterday. The event wa...
As English as Egg and Bacon: The Boat Race
So the Oxford-Cambridge boat race - 'as English as egg and bacon' as one commentator writes - is now back with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, after five years with ITV. Dating from 1829, and billed as 'the world's longest surviving sporting challenge', it will hit the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ multi-media airwaves (on TV/radio/online) over...
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Online's top level directories
Over on the Internet blog Erik Huggers, Director, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Future Media & Technology, has written in more depth about the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's plans to reduce the number of top level URLs on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ website: Erik says: 'The thrust of our recent strategy submission to the Trust on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Online is that we need to...
Using Social Media to tell the Story of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Regular readers will know that we frequently post blogs from Robert Seatter, head of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ History site, where his team not only archives fascinating material detailing the corporation's 80-plus years as the world's biggest broadcaster, but also collects your memories of those remarkable moment...
Sport Relief Weekend 2010
When I lace up my running shoes on Friday for Sport Relief I'll be mulling on how far we've come since we set up the charity ten years and £75 million ago. The Sport Relief Mile is reputedly the biggest mass participation event in the world, and this weekend's television is one of the bigges...
Evolution of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ homepage
Over on the Internet blog Jo Wickremasinghe, Head of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔpage and Syndication Services, has written a post concerning the launch of the beta version of the new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔpage. She points out that it may seem pretty familiar, with its modular customisable layout, but that if you take a closer look y...
Changing attitudes to Feminism on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive
This time last month I wrote about the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive's expanding set of online collections centred on particular themes and subjects drawn from the corporation's fascinating history. This week has seen the launch of a brand new collection based on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's collection of material documenting 20t...
News: The Next Generation
Some days make me really proud to work at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and today has been one of those. Quality news coverage is, and always has been, at the core of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and this includes a responsibility to help audiences understand the issues affecting them. We're always looking for fresh voices and today w...
Thank you for your comments
This is a short post to say, very simply, thank you. I've had a chance to catch up on your comments this morning and I am really grateful to so many of you for taking the time to get in touch. Having set out proposals which included closing some much-loved services, I am not surprised that some...
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Strategy Review & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio
There has been a huge amount of online discussion about the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Strategy Review since Tuesday's announcement, much of it around the proposal to close 6 Music. I would like to explain the thinking behind this proposal and the plans for the Asian Network, but it's important to explain them in the...