Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2018
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Round up week 43 (20-26 October)
A round up of BBC announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output from the last week.
Behind the scenes broadcasting the Invictus Games
As the Invictus Games draws to a close I look back on how the preparations began on what has been a tremendous week starting with the launch show just a few days ago.
The world’s first blind war correspondent and football commentator? BBC News Arabic supporting journalists with disabilities
Journalists with disabilities from around the Arab world recently completed three weeks of training in London as part of BBC Arabic’s AimHigh scheme.
BBC iPlayer Highlights 27 October-2 November 2018
A quick round up of what's new this week on BBC iPlayer, programmes that are about to become unavailable, plus some hidden gems you might have missed.
How our podcasts are doing
James Purnell provides an update on BBC podcasts - in September, in the UK, there were nearly 26.5 million downloads of BBC podcasts.
The Voice of a Nation: Colin Paterson on BBC Radio Wales at 40
Radio Wales' Editor, Colin Paterson on the station's 40th birthday celebrations and boosting the FM signal.
Four hundred stories for local newspapers, radio and TV: meet the BBC Shared Data Unit
A year ago, the BBC Shared Data Unit shared its first piece of content with titles represented by local news organisations across the UK. It was an innovative exercise in collaborative journalism, one of three key initiatives under the Local News Partnerships banner, an agreement between the BBC...
Round up week 42 (13-19 October)
A round up of BBC announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output from the last week.
BBC iPlayer Highlights 20-26 October 2018
A quick round up of what's new this week on BBC iPlayer, programmes that are about to become unavailable, plus some hidden gems you might have missed.
Improving socio-economic diversity at the BBC
The BBC exists to represent the whole of the UK. Because we are funded by everyone via the licence fee we must make programmes that educate, entertain and inform all our audiences. This means whatever your interest in music, be it classical, pop or folk; whatever you taste in television, be it d...