BBC Boss Tony Hall Apologizes for Broadcaster’s Use of Racial Slur in News Report

Battlestar Galactica will be streaming in the UK on BBC iPlayer next month.The BBC announced on Wednesday (August 26) that the complete series will be available as a box set from September 5, joining box sets of the likes of Heroes and Killing Eve.The series, which aired on Syfy in the US between 2004 and 2009, will also air on BBC Two.BBC iPlayer controller, Dan McGolpin, said in a statement: “Battlestar Galactica is regarded as one of the best sci-fi series ever made and it holds appeal for

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe outgoing director general of the BBC will use one of his final speeches as a clarion call for the British broadcaster’s importance in a world ravaged by misinformation.Before stepping down next month after seven years in the top job, Tony Hall will tell the Edinburgh TV Festival on Monday that fake news is as rife as coronavirus, and the BBC’s public service values “have never been more needed.”Reflecting on an interview he conducted with WHO executive

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry feel they are finally home. After stepping back as senior members of the British royal family earlier this year, the couple first went to Canada and then spent several months in the American actress’ native Los Angeles.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorTony Hall is to give one of his final speeches as BBC director general at the Edinburgh TV Festival next week.Hall is poised to step down next month, at which point he will be replaced by BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie.

Hello America, Donald Trump – still the president of the United States – said the 1918 flu pandemic took place in 1917 and ended the Second World War.

Meghan Markle admitted that when she first moved back to the United States in April after almost a decade of living in Canada and the United Kingdom, she felt the political and racial unrest. The Duchess of Sussex, 39, appeared in conversation with the co-founder and CEO of The 19th*, Emily Ramshaw, on Friday, and discussed the effects of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor's deaths.

Led Zeppelin‘s copyright dispute over ‘Stairway To Heaven’ may go back to court yet again.Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the estate of Spirit guitarist Randy California, first filed a lawsuit against the British band in 2014.He claimed that their 1971 hit ‘Stairway To Heaven’ had violated the copyright of Spirit’s 1968 track ‘Taurus’.However, a judge ruled in favour of Led Zeppelin in July 2016.

Queen Elizabeth II was determined to help newcomer Meghan Markle settle into royal life before the former American actress stepped back with Prince Harry. The claim is being made in the bombshell book “Finding Freedom,” written by royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterBBC Three has taken UK rights to Luca Guadagnino’s debut TV project, the eight-part series We Are Who We Are, from Freemantle.Starring Chloë Sevigny, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Alice Braga, the show tells the story of two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy.

British radio host Sideman quit the BBC on Saturday over the corporation’s decision to include a racial slur in a news report about a racist attack.

Peter White Television EditorArgonon, the British production group behind House Hunters International, is launching a new U.S. division, its first West Coast operation and hiring former Dance Moms producer Lindsay Schwartz.Schwartz, who was most recently SVP, Development at Aslyum Entertainment’s Story Street, joins as Chief Creative Officer for Leopard USA.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC director general Tony Hall has apologized 12 days after a reporter used the N-word on-air, prompting outrage from both viewers and the British broadcaster’s employees.Up until Sunday, the BBC had staunchly defended social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin’s use of the word in describing a race hate attack, saying it had been signed off by senior editors and was justified by its context.But after receiving 18,656 complaints, staff voicing their concerns on