Short films for curious minds.

How we're developing a new concept at the BBC.

Bethan Jinkinson

Jan 11, 2019

Nine things we’ve learnt at BBC Ideas in the past year

Lloyd Shepherd

Apr 24, 2018

Three months into the BBC Ideas beta, what have we learned about the product?

BBC Ideas: Three months in

It’s been just over three months since BBC Ideas went live, and after the white heat of the launch period I…

Bethan Jinkinson

Jan 11, 2018

BBC Ideas is live!

What would the world be like if everyone could write Chinese? Should we make sure driverless cars have a ‘conscience’ before…

Bethan Jinkinson

Oct 16, 2017

New recruits

Hello.

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything on blog, so I thought it was time for an update.

As with any new project, the last couple of months have been a bit of blur with myriad different tasks, new relationships to build, issues to fix and…

Dylan Haskins

Aug 3, 2017

A New Way of Curating

In previous posts my colleagues Lloyd Shepherd, Bethan Jinkinson and Simon Williams have introduced BBC Ideas and some…

Simon Williams

Aug 1, 2017

Why make BBC Ideas? (Part 1 of 3)

Hello, I’m writing a short (ish) series of posts to explain a bit about the research and insight…

Bethan Jinkinson

Jul 6, 2017

A new job

So I’ve just started a new job — as Executive Editor of BBC Ideas. In fact I haven’t started it yet — officially that’s not until July 17 — but I thought it was worth popping in and saying hi, as it were.

Introducing BBC Ideas

You may have read reports of the BBC launching something called ‘the Ideas Service’, which was mentioned in the BBC Online Creative Review Bold British Creative in 2015.

We’ve been talking about what this service might be, and we’re now building it. We’re calling…

Reinventing the BBC

Against all expectation, I am keeping one of my New Year’s resolutions. Most of them have gone by the wayside. By February most of us have given up but one of my resolutions stays intact. I am still trying to learn more.