
BBC sportscaster Hall admits 14 indecent assaults
Veteran BBC sportscaster Stuart Hall pleaded guilty to 14 indecent assaults on underage girls, including one who was just 9 years old, prompting the ...

BBC plans 'Tweet of the Day,' radio for birds
Remember when tweeting was for the birds? The BBC is hoping to revive that simpler time with "Tweet of the Day" — an early-morning radio program ...

London School of Economics denounces BBC tactics
One of Britain's leading academic institutions, the London School of Economics, is accusing the BBC of putting students at risk by using them as cover ...
BBC's Andrew Marr appears 3 months after stroke
Prominent BBC presenter Andrew Marr has made his first television appearance since he had a major stroke more than three months ago. He told viewers ...

BBC in hot seat as anti-Thatcher song climbs chart
Opponents of the late Margaret Thatcher are taking a kind of musical revenge on the former prime minister, pushing the song "Ding Dong! The Witch is ...

Thatcher song joins list of tunes BBC censored
A 70-year-old song is giving the BBC a headache. The radio and television broadcaster has agonized over whether to play "Ding Dong! The Witch is ...
BBC: World service frequencies jammed in China
The BBC says it has received reports that its world service English shortwave radio frequencies are being jammed in China and condemns what it called ...

BBC leaders have harsh words for own corporation
The BBC is a bloated, top-heavy, and poorly led corporation staffed by dull executives and backbiting journalists — and that's just what the company's ...

BBC journalists go on strike over job cuts
BBC journalists walked off the job Monday in a 24-hour strike to protest job cuts at the broadcaster. Staff mounted picket lines outside of the BBC's ...

Former Miami baseball coach Ron Fraser dies
Ron Fraser coached the national teams from two different countries, is a member of 10 different Halls of Fame, won two NCAA baseball championships and ...
BBC broadcaster pleads not guilty on abuse charges
A BBC broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing three girls. The charges against the well-known 82-year-old sports broadcaster ...
UK watchdog to probe BBC payoffs
Britain's public spending watchdog says it will investigate severance packages at the BBC in the wake of a highly-criticized payout to the ...

Report blames chaos, not cover-up, for BBC scandal
A BBC review has absolved senior executives of trying to bury an explosive story about one of its best-known children's television stars, saying ...
Developments in scandal at BBC over Savile
The BBC has published an internal review into the decision to shelve an investigation by its "Newsnight" program into allegations that its late host ...
BBC broadcaster charged with indecent assault
An 82-year-old BBC broadcaster has been charged with three counts of indecent assault over alleged incidents in the 1970s and 80s, British police said ...
BBC adapting Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' for TV
The BBC says it is turning J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults into a television drama. "The Casual Vacancy" is a darkly humorous saga of modern ...

BBC drama 'The Hour' back to make the 1950s sexy
The media are under fire, celebrities are under the microscope. Welcome to Britain in 2012 — or in the 1950s, the setting for the BBC drama "The Hour.
BBC Trust chairman defends payoff to former chief
The BBC paid its former director-general $772,000 after only 54 days at the helm because it was the only viable way to get him to leave in the wake ...