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Acts of War: The stories behind the invasion of Iraq
Monday, March 10, 2008 (349 reads)
By Ian Burrell
10 March 2008
The Independent
Given the pain suffered by the BBC over its previous attempts to decipher the events that led to the invasion of Iraq, some might be surprised by its plans to produce a series of dramatic reconstructions of some of the critical stories in the days prior to the war.
Yet Newsnight viewers remain so fascinated and exercised by this period that the writer Ronan Bennett was hired to make 10 Days to War, a series of eight short films that will attempt – through the medium of drama – to enhance understanding of what actually went on.
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BBC Arabic seeks UK-based Arabic-speaking students
Friday, March 07, 2008 (707 reads)
Your role will include:
- Receive calls in the call centre during leading phone-in programmes for radio and TV
- Archiving
- Perform ad-hoc jobs such as welcoming and receiving guests in reception and guiding them to studios
Requirements:
- Arabic as a mother tongue or equivalent
- Good verbal communication skills in Arabic and English
- Ability to speak and understand major Arabic dialects
- Comfortable using computers
- Valid UK work permit
Duration:
- 3 hours a day, 3 days a week for an ongoing basis
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BBC Arabic TV service tunes in to crowded news market
Thursday, March 06, 2008 (461 reads)
By Adam Sherwin
6 March 2008
The Times
The last time that the BBC tried to launch an Arabic television channel, in 1996, it collapsed. Its partners in Saudi Arabia pulled out of the commercially funded channel over a Panorama report on human rights abuses in the Kingdom. In the wake of the debacle, several employees went on to found al-Jazeera.
More than a decade on and al-Jazeera is an established voice in the region, yet the BBC believes that there is room for its "authoritative and impartial" Arabic-language service to be launched into a crowded media marketplace on Monday.
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BBC Arabic to launch TV news channel
Monday, March 03, 2008 (1256 reads)
BBC Arabic Television - the BBC's news and information channel in the Arabic language - launches on Tuesday March 11 at 10.00hrs GMT, it was announced today (Monday 3 March 2008).
Initially broadcast for 12 hours a day, the television channel is part of the BBC's integrated multi-media news service for the Arab world. It will move to 24/7 in the summer and is the BBC's first publicly funded international television service.
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