Day Headlines in Culture News: 2025-11-25
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Ex-BBC board member criticised chair's handling of bias crisis in resignation letter (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 23:20:09)
Shumeet Banerji resigned on Friday citing "governance issues" but the full reasons were not known until now.
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Canadian PM's office and border services not 'involved' in Kneecap ban (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 21:35:19)
In September, Liberal MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Combating Crime Vince Gasparro announced the ban "on behalf" of the Canadian government.
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English actor Jack Shepherd, star of Wycliffe, dies at 85 (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 20:48:50)
He will be remembered for his roles as TV detective Charles Wycliffe and fictional Labour MP Bill Brand.
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Historian criticises BBC for removing Trump line from Radio 4 lecture (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 18:40:33)
Rutger Bregman says he is "genuinely dismayed" after a line about the US president was edited out.
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Lost Boys and Fairies wins International Emmy Award (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 18:18:36)
The three-part series, inspired by the writer's own experience, follows a gay couple's adoption story.
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Creative Scotland 'should take risks and be more ambitious' - review (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 17:29:57)
The independent review said the quango is "too bureaucratic" and has a narrow interpretation of the opportunities in its remit.
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Author of Inconvenient Indian discovers he has no indigenous roots (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 14:52:13)
Thomas King, whose works centered around indigenous stories, said he feels as though he's "been ripped in half" after learning he is not part Cherokee.
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Make the art you want to see, says Bafta Breakthrough actor (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 12:24:57)
The What it Feels Like For a Girl star says his career changed when he posted Instagram videos.
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Rivals and Ludwig scoop International Emmys as UK shows win big (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 11:36:06)
Rivals, based on the Jilly Cooper novel, won best drama while Ludwig won the best comedy award.
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Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but guilty of damaging phone (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 10:47:20)
Comedy writer Graham Linehan "deliberately whacked" a teenage trans woman's phone out of her hand, a court heard.
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'How I lost £80K to fake Jason Momoa Facebook scammers' (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 06:21:24)
"Jane", from north-east England, tells how she lost her inheritance in an elaborate 18-month scam.
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BBC may not be in 'safe hands' under its chair, says committee head (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 04:05:56)
The most senior MP on the culture select committee says Samir Shah's evidence to MPs was "wishy-washy".
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Ros Atkins on… MPs examining the BBC memo (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 02:45:33)
After the resignations of Director General and CEO of News, The Culture, Media and Sport committee invited a number of senior BBC figures to be quizzed on what has happened.
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Court seals records in investigation of teen's body found in singer D4vd's Tesla (BBC entertainment 2025-11-25 01:45:43)
The medical examiner's office says no details about the 15-year-old's death can be released or posted on its website.