Tag: BBC

Why Citizen Khan becomes angry

BBC’s popular TV series, ‘Citizen Khan’, has completed its sixth year. It’s the first comedy series on the Asian immigrants in that country; the title inspired by the popular Hollywood thriller ‘Citizen Kane’ (1941). In the series, Mr. Khan is a Pakistani immigrant to Britain who lives with his family at Sparkhill, East Birmingham, which, …

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September 7, 2018

BBC is official radio broadcaster for ICC World Cup

BBC Test Match Special has secured rights to broadcast ball-by-ball coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, to be held in England and Wales next year. Test Match Special will be broadcast to fans on multiple platforms across the UK, including on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra, Radio 4 Long Wave and the …

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May 25, 2018

Indian adaptation of ‘Criminal Justice’, ‘The Office’ in pipeline

British television series Criminal Justice and The Office will get a ‘desi’ twist with their Indian adaptations. BBC Worldwide India has announced a partnership with Aditya Birla Group’s Applause Entertainment to develop and produce Indian versions of iconic BBC formats. For starters, they will work together to develop Indian versions of Criminal Justice and The …

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January 19, 2018

Cardboard tents distributed to Brussels homeless people

A project in the Belgian capital is pioneering portable cardboard tents for homeless people to sleep in, a media report said on Saturday. The cardboard tents, known as the ORIG-AMI project, can be transported by users on their backs as they seek shelter, reports the BBC. In Brussels, normal tents are forbidden, meaning that homeless …

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December 30, 2017

BBC apologises for Shashi Kapoor goof-up

The BBC has apologised after showing two clips of the wrong person while reporting the death of veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor. On Monday’s News at Ten, two video clips were played as presenter Huw Edwards announced the death of the 79-year-old Bollywood star, who died the same day at 5.20 p.m. But neither of …

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December 6, 2017

Journalist Vinod Verma to be produced in court today

Senior journalist Vinod Verma, who was arrested on Friday on charges of blackmailing a Chhattisgarh minister will be produced before a court in Raipur on Saturday, officials said. A Ghaziabad court had on Friday granted the Chhattisgarh Police transit remand of Verma. The senior journalist was then taken to Raipur where he will be presented …

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October 28, 2017

Bill Nighy, Catherine Keener join BBC Agatha Christie mini

Bill Nighy, Catherine Keener and Matthew Goode have been tapped to star in BBC's three-part mini adaptation of Agatha Christie's “Ordeal by Innocence”. Production on the drama will begin in Scotland this month, with Sandra Goldbacher directing for producers Mammoth Screen from Sarah Phelps' script, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Further joining the cast are …

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July 7, 2017

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide: Study

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, half of them in just four countries — China, India, the US and Russia, a new study revealed on Thursday. The Global Burden of Diseases Report was based on smoking habits in 195 countries and territories between 1990 and 2015, the BBC reported. It found that nearly one …

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April 7, 2017

Much ado about Kaziranga

Kaziranga National Park, known as a success story across the globe in the conservation of the one-horned rhinoceros, suddenly got shocking news from abroad stating that a tribal rights body has given a call for boycott of the world heritage site claiming that it has turned into a killing field of innocent tribal people in …

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March 12, 2017

BBC journalist faces 5 years jail for Thailand reporting

A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation case against him over an investigation into fraud on a popular tourist island. Rights groups say the case is the latest example of how Thailand's broad defamation and computer crime laws shut down …

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February 23, 2017

Will.i.Am agrees for ‘The Voice’ with conditions

Rapper Will.i.am has agreed to sign up for The Voice again on one big condition – that he could get his hands on some of the talent for himself. The singing show always struggled to find a long-term star when it appeared on the BBC. As the show moves to ITV (TV network), the star …

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September 4, 2016