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Gary Lineker. (Getty Images)

Gary Lineker: is Football’s Costly Talking Head too Good to be True?

by Andrew Anthony | Aug 21, 2017 | Sports

London – Negotiating a way through the robust challenges of British celebrity is seldom an easeful task. Few in the public eye escape censure and even fewer manage to avoid succumbing to bitterness or the kind of acute sensitivity known only to those who have...

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Barriers near to the main entrance of the BBC headquarters and studios in Portland Place, London, Britain, July 16, 2015. (Reuters)

BBC Female Anchors Call for Filling Gap in Salaries

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 25, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London – Top male stars working in at the BBC are paid five times more than its best-paid female anchors. Some of the most high-profile female presenters at the BBC have therefore called on the head of Britain’s public broadcaster on Sunday to “act...

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People leave the BBC headquarters in White City, north London
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BBC Confronts Netflix, Amazon with Investment in Children’s TV

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 6, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- The BBC has announced it will invest £34 million to expand digital programming for children. It said the decision comes to confront the domination of the US media outlets over children and teenagers in Britain. According to the Daily Telegraph, Lord Hall, the...

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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson

British Media Biased for Iran in Johnson’s Remarks on ‘Proxy Wars’

by Asharq Al-Awsat, Agencies | Dec 8, 2016 | Middle East

British media has shown a clear bias for Iran while conveying statements made by British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, in which he accused a number of Middle Eastern countries of ‘playing proxy wars.’ The Guardian newspaper and the British Broadcasting Corporation...

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BBC Faces Viewer Disappointment after Losing ‘The Great British Bake Off’ to Channel 4

by Abeer Mishkhas | Sep 15, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

London-British broadcasting channel BBC faces a wave of viewer contempt after one of its hit reality TV shows, “The Great British Bake Off”, was sold to Britain’s Channel 4. BBC had launched the cook off series in 2010, after which was met with great success becoming...