Olivia Colman wins two BAFTA Television Awards
The Broadchurch actress Olivia Colman has won two BAFTAs. Here is a run down of the winners and losers from this year's awards.
Standing ovation for Clare Balding at RTS Awards
Clare Balding received a standing ovation at the RTS Programme Awards last night, as the BBC's Olympic coverage was named best live event.
BBC Presenter panics after spotting mouse in the studio
A radio presenter had a terrifying encounter during her live show when a mouse ended up just feet away from her on a table.
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Queen arrives to cheers at the BBC's new home
The Queen was greeted by a cheering crowd as she arrived at the revamped Broadcasting House in central London.
Queen to meet TV stars at new home of the BBC
During the Queen's visit to the revamped Broadcasting House in central London today, she will meet TV hosts including Sir Bruce Forsyth and David Dimbleby as she tours the high-tech building.
She will also watch The Voice star Danny O'Donoghue perform as she joins the tiny audience in Radio 1's Live Lounge to see his band The Script, as well as being introduced to the station's presenters including breakfast star Nick Grimshaw.
The Queen will be shown around the new facilities by director-general Tony Hall and Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust and will meet a series of familiar TV faces, as well as being presented to Danny Cohen, the corporation's director of television.
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Queen to open new BBC home without Duke
The Queen will open the new home of the BBC today without the Duke of Edinburgh after the 91-year-old was taken to hospital for an exploratory operation.
Prince Philip, who is 91, had been due to join the Queen for a live radio broadcast to the nation and to meet BBC presenting stars, but he is expected to remain at the London Clinic for up to two weeks.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said last night the Queen intends to perform her engagements as planned.
TV execs told 'young women will bring bigger audience'
Veteran TV presenter David Dimbleby has spoken out over the issue of age discrimination in TV.
Speaking to the Radio Times he said there was a section of television executives who "are always being hammered" to get the biggest audience, and they are told "attractive young women will bring in a bigger audience".
The discussion began when Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly won an age discrimination case against the BBC after she was rejected for a role on a revamped version of the rural affairs programme.
The Controversy continued when Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips was replaced with younger Alesha Dixon, despite the then director general Mark Thompson saying that the corporation had "taken on board" that viewers wanted "much more than just youth on screen".
Dimbleby: Ageism in TV is a 'crazy waste of talent'
Question Time presenter David Dimbleby has entered the debate about ageism and sexism in TV.
Speaking to the Radio Times, he said:
There is a section among television executives who are always being hammered - quite wrongly in my view - to get the biggest possible audience, and [they are told] attractive young women will bring in a bigger audience than less attractive, older women - to say nothing of less attractive older men, like me.
That's the way the TV - not just the BBC - industry works. And I think it's wrong. If you look at American TV you'll find it keeps women at work. They use their experience in that same way that they would use John Simpson's experience or mine, such as it is. It's just a cultural shift that's needed. And I agree that it is demeaning to women and I also think it's a crazy loss of talent.
Dimbleby enters debate about sexism and ageism in TV
David Dimbleby has criticised the BBC and other broadcasters for demeaning older women.
The TV veteran was brought into the debate about sexism when when former newsreader Anna Ford branded him a "charming dinosaur".
The former Six O'Clock News presenter said that she wondered how "charming dinosaurs" such as Dimbleby and John Simpson continued to win BBC contracts when "however hard I look, I fail to see any woman of the same age, the same intelligence and the same rather baggy looks" on the small-screen.
When asked about Ford getting angry about the issue by the Radio Times, Dimbleby said: "Well, I don't know that she does. I think she gets terribly cross about not being on television herself, I think."
He added: "Why should age matter with women? Women mature elegantly and better than men, very often. I don't think age should be a factor for women appearing on television."
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BBC scraps £98m digital archive project
The BBC has abandoned its plans to create an internal digital archive, after scathing criticism from its new Director-General Tony Hall.
The Digital Media Initiative (DMI), which was aimed at digitising the corporation's vast archive to make it more accessible to staff, has cost the corporation £98.4 million since its introduction in 2008.
Mr Hall, who began his new role as Director-General last month, said: "The DMI project has wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money and I saw no reason to allow that to continue, which is why I have closed it.
"I have serious concerns about how we managed this project and the review that has been set up is designed to find out what went wrong and what lessons can be learned."
The BBC has since suspended its chief technology officer John Linwood from his £280,000-a-year job while the review is carried out.
Mr Hall added that the organisation needed to take more responsibility for keeping ambitious schemes under much greater control.
Farage 'hangs up' during radio interview
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has hung up the telephone during a radio interview with BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland, according to reports.
"Nigel Farage hangs up on @bbcgms saying he senses 'hatred' in questions about UKIP's understanding of Scots politics" - @bbcjamescook
From @BBCNews on Twitter:Samantha Womack to return to Albert Square
Two years after she left the show over a controversial storyline, Samantha Womack is to return to Eastenders.
The actress who plays Ronnie Mitchell will start filming again in the summer as viewers see her head back to Walford following her release from prison.
Locked up in a plot which saw her abduct Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie Moon's (Shane Ritchie) baby, replacing him with her own baby who had died, she left the show due to stress.
The soap received almost 9,000 complaints from viewers, which led to the plot being wrapped up early.
BBC local radio DJ denies claims she was drunk on-air
A BBC Radio presenter had to be taken off air after repeatedly slurring her words amid claims she was drunk.
Paula White was presenting her final lunchtime show for Radio Stoke when she told listeners "It's a P-A-R-T-Y because I said so".
She also read out a text from a listener which said:
"Paula, you sound drunk. I'm not drunk. I've had a couple of drinks, I'm not drunk!"
At times Paula appeared to struggle to make the equipment in the studio work properly and after around 40 minutes she was replaced by another presenter, who said Paula wasn't feeling very well.
– BBC statementPaula White was unable to continue on-air on Friday as she was under par.
Listen to excerpts from Paula White's show here.
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