Blogging the Beeb

Gerry Anderson

Gerry Anderson has made it into the UK Broadcast Hall of Fame. That won't please some Radio 4 listeners who campaigned to get him removed from the station in the 1990s.

BBC doesn't get devolution again

Here we go again.

Earlier, nowhere did this story refer to England, or indicate that Beverly Hughes's responsibilities as Children's Minister in DfES are principally -not wholly - limited to England. (Mind you, the DfES site is not much better, though at least its press release last week on the Childcare Bill made clear that it referred to England: has the BBC not seen this?).

Nowhere on Breakfast News this morning was this made clear. The story has now been changed, like this one was, to mention England

English schools (updated)

BBC News still doesn't get devolution. Most of the reporting I have heard and seen over the weekend, including yesterday's World This Weekend on Radio Four, reported the Government's schools proposals as though they applied to the whole UK rather than just to England. This BBC News online story has now been changed however to reflect the fact that it is England only. It certainly didn't say that earlier!

Manchester Move going ahead

The BBC's move of some staff and sservices to Manchester appears to be going ahead, following the Governors' endorsement of the feasibility study yesterday.

Local TV

BBC Controller of Nations and Regions Pat Loughrey has set out the BBC's vision for local television, saying local papers shouldn't fear them.

Move to Manchester

Stephen Pollard is exercised at the cost of the BBC's move to Manchester and what it represents.