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Blog posts by year and month August 2018

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  1. Why the BBC has a responsibility to take Drill music seriously

    Mark Strippel, BBC Head of Programmes, 1Xtra and Asian Networkk, blogs on why the BBC has a responsibility to take Drill music seriously.

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  2. Avengers, ITV, Channel 4 and of course the BBC: the new Television Centre's first 12 months

    Avengers, ITV, Channel 4 and of course the BBC: the new Television Centre's first 12 months

    Tomorrow, 1 September, marks a momentous occasion in the history of BBC Studioworks as it’s a year to the day we reopened the doors to arguably the UK’s most iconic broadcasting building ? Television Centre (TVC) in London’s White City.

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  3. BBC iPlayer Highlights 1-7 September 2018

    BBC iPlayer Highlights 1-7 September 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.

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  4. Why the BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero award means so much

    Why the BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero award means so much

    Denise Shannon has had quite a year since being named 2017 BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show in Liverpool.

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  5. The making of We Are British Jews

    The making of We Are British Jews

    Britain’s Jewish community has recently been the focus of widespread attention. There is concern about antisemitism, particularly online, and fierce debate within the Jewish community about how it should best relate to Israel and the conflict with the Palestinians.

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  6. Round up week 34 (18-24 August)

    Round up week 34 (18-24 August)

    A round up of BBC announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output from the last week.

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  7. Weather, whisky and wine ? the delicate balance of booze and the British climate

    Weather, whisky and wine – the delicate balance of booze and the British climate

    Those of us who might have written off UK summers as disappointingly cool and rather wet affairs will have enjoyed the summer of 2018, but as part of a pattern of extreme heat in a multi-continent heatwave, should we be careful what we wish for?

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  8. BBC iPlayer Highlights 25-31 August 2018

    BBC iPlayer Highlights 25-31 August 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.

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  9. Bilingual, and want to be a journalist? What it's like as a BBC World Service trainee

    Bilingual, and want to be a journalist? What it's like as a BBC World Service trainee

    Any aspiring journalist dreams of working at the BBC, for it is the creme de la creme of all broadcasters, at least in my opinion.

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  10. Eight o’clock will never be the same: BBC TV news for Gujaratis launched

    Eight o’clock will never be the same: BBC TV news for Gujaratis launched

    Gujaratis love their evenings. To outsiders, this may sound a bit strange as evenings for many in the world are for raising a toast with their favourite wine, but the dry state of Gujarat heralds its evenings in its own way.

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