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Blue Light Day in Lancashire
BBC Radio Lancashire followed the Emergency Services for 24 hours, broadcasting live, telling the stories of the people who keep Lancashire safe every day.
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The Rio 2016 Olympic Games, live on the BBC
Where to find coverage of the Olympic Games 2016 on BBC Red Button.
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From the Docklands to Dhaka: calling the midwife to Bangladesh
Midwifery advisor Terri Coates swaps Call the Midwife for Ujan Ganger Naiya when she travels to Bangladesh to work with BBC Media Action.
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Programme Maker for a Day at BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra
Assistant Producer for Radio 1 and 1Xtra, Elise Cobain, shares her experience working with young people from Hammersmith & Fulham as part of BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility's Programme Maker for a Day scheme.
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Nepal Earthquake: When no home is safe where can you go?
Kirsty Cockburn, Director of Communications and Fundraising describes the earthquake’s devastating impact on her colleagues and the people of Nepal, and BBC Media Action’s work using radio to save lives.
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New building, new era for BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties' Nick Coffer is first DJ to broadcast from the relocated station in Dunstable.
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Danny Cohen explains why BBC Three is not for sale
Director of Television, Danny Cohen explains why BBC Three is not for sale in a letter to Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville who have proposed an alternative strategy for the channel.
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5th round FA Cup coverage on the BBC
There is always lots of healthy interest and discussion around which matches we select to show. Football Editor Mark Cole explains how match coverage is decided upon in response to reactions to our 5th round FA cup programmes.
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Review of the BBC’s management of the Digital Media Initiative – DMI
The BBC Trust has published a report by PwC focussing on the governance of the Digital Media Initiative - DMI - project.
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RAJARs, Sonys and more make it a good week for BBC Radio
RAJAR day - the publication of the latest listening figures for radio in the UK - brings promising results. Over on the BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra blog, Gwyneth Williams, Controller, describes the station's record reach of 10.8 million as "cheering". Read Gwyneth's blog post in full ...
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Experience the full breadth of Newsbeat's content with the Newsbeat app
As Newsbeat launches their new app, Editor Louisa Compton previews the features and invites users to feed back.
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The road from London to Rio - delivering the Rio Olympics to a digital audience
Rio 2016 is the biggest event the BBC has ever delivered digitally to audiences, with over double the unique browsers for London 2012. Chris Condron, Digital Product Director, BBC Design & Engineering talks about how his team based in Salford are constantly innovating audiences’ digital demands.
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The BBC Concert Orchestra: versatile, flexible and valuable
In the first of a series of posts spotlighting the BBC's Performing Groups, BBC Concert Orchestra General Manager Andrew Connolly explains what Radio 2's house band does when its not playing in Friday Night is Music Night.
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BBC Online: improving partnerships
Improving BBC Online for audiences is the job of everyone who works here. Given the nature of the web, which is built on connections and partnerships, improving how we work with partners - the wider digital media industry - is going to be critical if this goal is going to be met. It's with thi...
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BBC Taster Shorts - Making 'The Break'
The Break is a collaboration between BBC Taster, BBC Writersroom and BBC Drama Production to make five original short monologues for online, written by up-and-coming BAME writing talent from across the UK. In this post, producer Rachelle Constant explains the process.
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Why we’re changing BBC Studios and Post Production to BBC Studioworks
A new name for BBC Studios and Post Production. Managing Director David Conway explains the thinking behind the change.
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Watching the radio: 6 Music's inaugural In Concert on Red Button
Lucy Cooke blogs about helping to produce 6 Music's first In Concert from Maida Vale, featuring Pixies.
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Radio 1 launches on BBC iPlayer
Last week the BBC Trust approved the BBC's proposal to launch a dedicated space on BBC iPlayer for Radio 1 listeners. In this post, Controller Ben Cooper introduces the service and explains some of the thinking behind it.
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Amy Winehouse: In Her Own Words
BBC Music's Head of Music TV Mark Cooper shares his memories of Amy Winehouse as we make exclusive footage available on BBC iPlayer.
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Glastonbury 2014: The weird and wonderful worlds that lie beyond the big stages
Mark Cooper shares his experiences of broadcasting from Glastonbury Festival since the BBC first started in 1997, and looks forward to another busy time this year.
