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BBC Shows Wrong
Picture The BBC has apologised for
broadcasting a picture yesterday which it claimed was of dozens of
people killed by the devastating Burmese cyclone, but which instead
was taken during the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.
Peter Horrocks, the head of the newly created BBC
multimedia newsroom, said there would now be a review of its
processes for checking pictures it received following the incident.
The still photograph in question featured in the
Burma report on outlets including last night's BBC One 22:00
bulletin. News reader Huw Edwards warned views of the graphical
nature of the picture before it was shown.
"This was a mistake, and we will be correcting it
on all BBC output where the still was used," Horrocks wrote today on
the BBC news website editors' blog.
The picture was shown during a report from BBC
correspondent Natalia Antelava who had entered Burma undercover to
report on the cyclone which has killed tens of thousands of people.
As part of Antelava's eyewitness account, which
was only broadcast by the BBC after she had left Burma to protect
her, a still was used near the beginning of the report to represent
dozens of bodies that she had seen lying on the waterfront of the
Irawaddy delta.
However, the BBC said it had now discovered that
the picture was actually taken in Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia,
following the Asian tsunami on December 26, 2004.
"Last night the BBC broadcast a still which we
said showed dozens of bodies lying in the waterfront of the
Irrawaddy delta," Horrocks said.
"We have since discovered that the picture was
actually taken in Aceh, Sumatra following the tsunami of 2004. This
was a mistake, and we will be correcting it on all BBC output where
the still was used.
"The BBC has first-hand evidence from its
correspondent Natalia Antelava, who recently travelled in the delta,
that there were many bodies in the water a week after the cyclone.
"However the picture we used yesterday to
illustrate that truth was itself inaccurate. BBC News apologises for
that. We will be reviewing our processes for checking pictures we
receive."
16:55
May 16 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Missing Live To Return
 Liam Keelan, Controller BBC Daytime, has recommissioned BBC
One's Daytime series Missing Live, following a successful first series in
which 17 missing people featured in the programme have been found.
Presented by Louise Minchin and Rav Wilding, Missing Live is a live studio
programme based on the previous BBC Daytime documentary series Missing.
The series follows the work of the police and the charity Missing People in
their efforts to discover the whereabouts of some of the 200,000 people who
are reported missing each year.
Throughout the series, hundreds of phone calls and sightings were reported
to the programme.
Liam Keelan, Controller BBC Daytime, said: "I had no hesitation in
recommissioning Missing Live. Not only has it proved extremely popular with
the audience, but it has received praise in the Commons and crucially 17
people have been found.
"It's exactly the sort of programming that BBC Daytime should be doing."
16:42
May 16 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Emmerdale 5000
Yorkshire soap Emmerdale is celebrating its 5000th episode
with a special programme on Monday, May 26.
The series was originally only scheduled to run for thirteen
weeks.
The special takes a look back at some of Emmerdale's most
memorable scenes and characters.
Mark Charnock and Joe Gilgun take viewers on a guided tour of
the famous village and Lucy Pargeter reveals the studio secrets.
Past cast members Sheila Mercier, Freddie Pyne, Frazer Hines
and Jean Rogers are reunited. There are contributions from Claire King, Jeff
Hordley, John Middleton, Lisa Riley and Paula Tilbrook.
09:12
May 16 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Bruno Brookes Is Back
Former Radio 1 presenter Bruno Brookes is back on the BBC
airwaves this weekend, presenting the Sunday mid-morning show for BBC
Radio Berkshire.
Brookes has been running his own media company since 2000 and
has been providing in-store radio stations for a number of retailers.
07:48
May 16 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Florence Nightingale
BBC One's new costume drama Florence Nightingale tells the
untold story of one of Britain's greatest heroines, based on her own words.
Starring Laura Fraser, this film brings to life the story of Florence
Nightingale's spiritual and emotional breakdown after the Crimean War.
It also features actor and comedian Roy Hudd as the leader of
a raucous music hall troupe, who dip in and out of the action with songs in
the style of the times.
Florence Nightingale is written and directed by Norman Stone, and contains
extracts from Florence's own letters and correspondence.
The drama is to be shown next month.
07:07
May 16 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Make-Up
Artist's Husband Arrested
The husband of a missing make-up artist has been arrested
following the discovery of a body in woodland near their home in East
Sussex.
David Chenery-Wickens, 51, is being questioned over the
disappearance of his wife Diane, 48, in January.
He had previously been arrested on suspicion of her murder and had his
police bail extended to May 30 subject to further inquiries.
The body, which was concealed yards from off Worth Lane, Little Horsted,
near Uckfield, has not been identified and investigations are continuing.
Mrs Chenery-Wickens is said to have travelled to London on January 24,
the day her husband reported her missing.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: "A 51-year-old man from Duddleswell was
arrested in connection with the disappearance of Diane Chenery-Wickens.
"While the potential link with the Diane Chenery-Wickens case is one obvious
line of inquiry, we need to keep an open mind until formal identification
and investigations at the scene have been conducted."
The disappearance of Mrs Chenery-Wickens has been described as totally out
of character by friends and relatives.
Her passport and driving licence were found at her Duddleswell home, along
with other personal belongings.
She is said to have travelled by train with her husband from East Grinstead
to London to attend a meeting at the BBC.
But Sussex Police said CCTV footage had failed to show any sign of her and
said she did not attend the meeting.
Bafta-nominated Mrs Chenery-Wickens has worked for more than 20 years on
some of television's best-known shows, including the League of Gentleman,
Casualty, Pride and Prejudice and Dead Ringers.
In 2000 she won an Emmy award for her work on Arabian Nights.
06:51
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