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BBC arts commissioner Jan Younghusband has blamed the Corporation's lack of marketing for a perceived shortage of cultural programmes on its channels.
Sandi Toksvig has joined Sprout Pictures, the independent production company co-founded by Stephen Fry, as a director.
BBC drama Sherlock will compete against Channel 4's Fresh Meat for the YouTube Audience Award at this year's British Academy Television Awards.
The BBC's adaptation of Great Expectations starring Ray Winstone and Gillian Anderson has been nominated for seven prizes at this year's British Academy Television Craft Awards.
Eddie Marsan and Rob Brydon are to star in a new BBC2 drama about the birth of the Paralympic games, written by Solider Soldier creator Lucy Gannon.
Stephen Fry and Douglas Henshall are to star in an ITV adaptation of Ian Rankin's book Doors Open.
Comedy Central commissioning editor Pete Thornton is to return to the BBC as a creative head of the Corporation's comedy department.
Sky has unveiled plans to boost its commitment to original British content by investing millions in feature-length films made for television.
Performers hired to take part in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics and Paralympics will be paid a minimum of £600, following talks between Equity and the games' organi…
The bus - a Leyland which was formerly used as a car transporter - was purchased by Skylight Theatre last year. It opened out at the back to provide a performance space and also provided acc…
Leading composers including Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies and Judith Weir have signed an open letter accusing contemporary music organisation Sound and Music of failing the secto…
BBC4 has commissioned a drama about the life of comedian Kenny Everett.
BBC1 drama Sherlock will go head to head with Channel 4's This is England '88 and Top Boy for the title of best TV drama at this year's South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
BBC2's Rev has picked up four prizes at this year's Broadcasting Press Guild TV and Radio Awards, with the show winning best comedy and its co-star Olivia Colman named best actress.
BBC Radio 4's A Tale of Two Cities, which starred Robert Lindsay and Alison Steadman, is up for best drama at this year's Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Kerry Ellis and Ramin Karimloo are to perform as part of a special Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 celebrating musicals.
Former EastEnders actress Lacey Turner is to star in a new ITV2 drama called Switch, which is about four witches living in Camden.
Directors working on BBC productions will benefit from greater rights following a deal agreed this week between the Corporation and trade body Directors UK.
Maria Friedman is to direct Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory this November.
Henry Goodman and Niamh Cusack are to lead a cast of 23 actors for a new radio dramatisation of James Joyce's Ulysses.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company is to be revived ten years after it suspended its producing activity, The Stage can reveal.
Opera Holland Park is vying to become an independent company after more than 15 years of being run by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
BBC Radio 4 is to broadcast a 20-part series which explores the world through the eyes of Shakespeare's audience.
Musicians, choirs and orchestras from across the UK will be eligible for grants totalling £450,000 from the BBC Performing Arts Fund this year, as the charity focuses its activities so…
The government is once again under pressure from the Low Pay Commission to draw up specific guidelines for the entertainment sector on the national minimum wage.
