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The BBC is on the brink of unveiling its next director general after the British broadcaster wrapped-up interviews for the top job, according to industry insiders. Deadline revealed last night that Tony Hall’s successor was close to being announced, with a number of sources confirming that the recruitment process has…

Amazon’s UK boss Doug Gurr has emerged as a contender for the BBC director general role, but sources have told Deadline that the coronavirus crisis has complicated the broadcaster’s plans to have the best possible field of candidates. The Guardian reported on Thursday that Gurr has joined a shortlist of candidates to…

BBC drama controller Piers Wenger has shed light on the British broadcaster’s plans to get cameras rolling again on high-end scripted shows following the coronavirus lockdown. Wenger said the “TV world has been turned upside down” by the pandemic and he is working through “big logistical questions” about how to mount…

Britain’s top television executives will be questioned on the coronavirus crisis during a series of live Zoom interviews that form part of the reimagined online Edinburgh TV Festival. Starting from April 27, the festival’s creative director Stewart Clarke will sit down with BBC director of content Charlotte Moore, ITV…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie is increasingly being talked about as the candidate to beat in the race to replace Tony Hall as director general of the BBC. Deadline has spoken to several sources familiar with the recruitment process and a consensus is emerging around Davie as the frontrunner, even though the BBC…

The door slams shut today on applications for one of the biggest jobs in global broadcasting: running the BBC. Resumes have been dusted off and the BBC’s headhunters have been courting interest as the corporation seeks to replace Tony Hall as director general after he announced his departure in January. It’s not been…

Tony Hall announced his shock decision to stand down as BBC director general on Monday, sparking what is likely to be a six-month race to be his successor. A job advert is already being prepared by the BBC board and prospective candidates will likely be dusting off their resumes for one of the most prestigious roles…

The BBC’s director of content Charlotte Moore has hailed a “record-breaking” year for iPlayer after the British broadcaster’s streaming service was boosted by shows including RuPaul’s Drag Race and Peaky Blinders. At the BBC’s Christmas drinks on Tuesday night, Moore revealed that iPlayer has clocked up 3.55B program…

James Nesbitt has been cast as the lead in new BBC One detective drama Bloodlands, which represents the first commission for Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio’s production company. Dubbed an “Irish noir,” Nesbitt will play Northern Irish police detective Tom Brannick who connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case…

The BBC has provided an insight into how many people are watching box sets of two of its most potent dramas. At a big event in London on Monday for some of the UK’s top television creatives, BBC director of content Charlotte Moore talked up the broadcaster’s streaming service iPlayer, which launched in 2007. Providing…

The BBC is poised to set out plans for a massive reinvention of iPlayer, the pioneering streaming service it launched in the same year as Netflix went live, and punch back in the fight for British talent. At an event in London on Monday evening, director general Tony Hall and content chief Charlotte Moore will set out…

Charlotte Moore, content supremo at the BBC, has warned that the "insatiable greed for data-gathering" is "serving the wrong master" and that the British public broadcaster needs to nurture new, diverse, original storytellers to compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon. BBC Director of Content Moore was speaking…