7 h. ago Noel Gallagher's daughter left taken aback by 'harsh' warning from BBC producer

Anaïs Gallagher, the eldest of Noel's three children, detailed how she tried TV presenting and secured a role on a CBBC show, but then promptly had her first encounter with "nepo-baby-ism"

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12 h. ago University Challenge viewers have A LOT of complaints about contestant they're convinced is 'an undercover BBC producer'

The BBC programme sees the best young minds in the UK compete in a knockout tournament, answering questions on a wide range of cultural and academic topics.

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54 h. ago 'I worked with Sir David Attenborough on BBC and one moment showed his humble side'

BBC producer Chadden Hunter has worked with Sir David Attenborough on some of the broadcaster's biggest documentaries and has shared a candid insight into their friendship

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55 h. ago Sir David Attenborough's 'humble' reply to BBC producer's request 'showed true colours'

BBC producer Chadden Hunter has worked with Sir David Attenborough on some of the broadcaster's biggest documentaries and has shared a candid insight into their friendship

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56 h. ago 'I've worked with Sir David Attenborough on BBC and one moment showed his true colours'

EXCLUSIVE: Sir David Attenborough has been hosting some of our favourite nature shows for decades, but now a former BBC producer has shared an incredible tale of the broadcaster's kindness

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3 d. ago BBC producer who's travelled world reveals 'stunning' place close to home 'blew my mind'

Chadden Hunter has spent the last 25 years travelling the world with the likes of Sir David Attenborough and has visited some of the most remote and beautiful places on the planet

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5 d. ago University warns of ‘urgent financial challenges’ as new redundancy scheme opens

The principal of the University of Edinburgh said the situation is placing the ‘stability’ of the university sector ‘under threat’.

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7 d. ago Everything We Do Is Music by Elizabeth Alker review – how the classics shaped pop

From Stravinsky to Donna Summer, the story of connections that enriched music – in both directionsOne of many things I did not expect to learn in this book is that the BBC benefited from Nazi technology. Its standard tape recorder, in use till the 1970s, was called the BTR-2: EMI’s original model, the BTR-1, had been copied from a captured example of the German “magnetophon”, as used by Hitler to record a radio broadcast.Musicians who liked fiddling with machines, too, benefited from this legacy. Delia Derbyshire, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer who produced the original Doctor Who theme tune and otherwise particularly enjoyed playing an enamel green lampshade, influenced Paul McCartney’s experiments with tape loops, while Steve Reich hit upon his compositional technique of “phasing” phrases in and out of sync with one another on tape recorders, before training live musicians to do the same. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago University Challenge's most memorable players: From irritating habits to disastrous blunders and wise cracks, the BBC boffins who stole the show and divided fans

Since landing on the BBC in 1994, University Challenge viewers have seen several memorable contestants walk through its doors. 

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9 d. ago Solar car teams chase ‘dreams of a more sustainable future’ in gruelling 3,000km race across Australian outback

Bridgestone World Solar Challenge starts in Darwin on Sunday, with 34 cars from 17 countries racing across desert to AdelaideFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastZipping through the Australian outback this weekend is a red car looking more race boat than sedan and which travels at highway speeds using about the same amount of power it takes to boil a kettle.When and if this futuristic looking craft – the Unlimited 6.0 – crosses the finish line for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Adelaide, its team from Western Sydney University will probably celebrate with something a bit stiffer than a cup of tea. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Key things to know about how Trump's war on higher education has ensnared an unexpected campus

The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs has faced challenges under the Trump administration’s higher education policies

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1 week ago University Challenge contestant steals show with blunt responses

A University Challenge contestant stole the show on Monday's (18 August) of the BBC show with her blunt responses and confidently answering a question even though she didn't hear it fully.

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1 week ago Australian breakdancer Raygun is lampooned in a new musical but the Olympics fiasco was no comedy | Lyndsey Winship

Rachael Gunn’s disastrous summer at the Paris Games in 2024 has inspired a silly show about ‘Spraygun’ but its jibes are unfairEveryone can have a bad day at the office. But for most of us, it doesn’t take place in front of millions of viewers at the world’s biggest sporting event. Such was the lot of Rachael Gunn, AKA B-girl Raygun, who scored a memorable nul points for Australia at the Paris Olympics in 2024 with her routine topped off with a kangaroo hop. Gunn was pilloried on social media, partly over the quality of her dance (more on that later), but mostly just the usual sexist guff directed at any woman in the public eye deemed to be in the wrong. A year later, the pile-on continues: this time in musical theatre form at Breaking the Musical, an Edinburgh fringe comedy that is either a funny bit of bants or a cruel character assassination, depending on your point of view. The cardinal sin Gunn appears to have committed in Aussie comedian and writer Steph Broadbridge’s eyes is ...

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1 week ago The 'obnoxious' University Challenge contestant who has divided Britain: Some viewers praise Carenza Danko's assertive approach... but critics call her insufferable

Contestant Carenza Danko, who appeared on the BBC programme on Monday evening, has been branded 'the real life Hermione Granger' as she stole the show.

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1 week ago The 'obnoxious' University Challenge contestant who has divided Britain: Some viewers praise Carenza Danko's assertive approach... but critics call her insuffereable

Contestant Carenza Danko, who appeared on the BBC programme on Monday evening, has been branded 'the real life Hermione Granger' as she stole the show.

Culture

1 week ago Professor Brian Cox ‘excited’ to receive Francis Crick Institute scholarship

The 57-year-old will present a new podcast called A Question Of Science, produced by BBC Studios, as part of his new role.

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2 w. ago University Challenge fans floored by 'obnoxious' contestant who 'need a lesson in humility' after OUTRAGEOUS blunder leaves team squirming

University Challenge viewers were left speechless after one member of the Cardiff team made an outrageous blunder, leaving her team squirming in their seats.

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2 w. ago Cheer up, Ice Cube, your War of the Worlds movie may be really bad, but it's not worthless | Saranka Maheswaran

Awful clunkers occasionally emerge from both Hollywood and Bollywood, but I have found value in most cinematic calamitiesIf the latest adaptation of HG Wells’s 1898 novel The War of the Worlds, a movie starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria, was designed to make us pause and ask questions, it has certainly succeeded. Unfortunately, what a lot of viewers have been asking is why it was inflicted on the public in the first place. Is War of the Worlds “one of the worst movies ever made?”, asked the BBC. “Shockingly bad War of the Worlds is one of the worst movies of the decade,” said the New York Post. “Amazon’s War of the Worlds update should never have been released,” declared the Telegraph.The 2005 adaptation, starring Tom Cruise, was a smash hit. Now people are flocking to the remake to see just how bad a film can be – it’s in the top 10 films watched in the UK and US on Amazon Prime. It seems that we have come to love “bad” films almost as much as those deemed good. The website Rotten ...

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2 w. ago Love Is Blind UK fans all make same complaint about 'red flag' contestant

Netflix's Love Is Blind UK fans have flocked to social media to share their thoughts on season 2 so far - and it seems that one contestant in particular has left a lasting impression

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3 w. ago Real Housewives of London: 'Producers told us to tone down the drama'

Real Housewives of London: 'Producers told us to tone down the drama'  BBC

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