{"id":647269,"date":"2026-06-19T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/647269\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:17:11","slug":"bbc-breakfast-faces-brutal-shake-up-as-series-cut-in-80m-bloodbath-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/647269\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Breakfast faces brutal shake-up as series cut in \u00a380m bloodbath | TV &#038; Radio | Showbiz &#038; TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Google executive Matt Brittin revealed his proposals in a staff email today, stating that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/bbc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> must become &#8220;simpler and faster&#8221; going forward, with changes due to take effect in September.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC chief made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon, saying: &#8220;We will reduce commissioning spend across Content, News and Nations by around \u00a380 million in 2027\u201328 and review our broadcast TV channels and radio network portfolio as audiences move online.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also facing the chop are Midnight News and Money Box Live, while Radio 5 will see its airtime reduced.<\/p>\n<p>The shake-up is also expected to result in further beloved shows, series and radio programmes being cancelled later this year and into next year.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs will be lost at the broadcaster, with Brittin claiming the measures will deliver savings of \u00a3160m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Google executive Matt Brittin revealed his proposals in a staff email today, stating that the BBC must&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2515,218029,64472,218031,33052,96,59,15300,3264,175194,218030,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-647269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bbc-breakfast","tag-bbc-breakfast-news","tag-bbc-breakfast-presenters","tag-bbc-cuts","tag-bbc-series","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-job-cuts","tag-job-losses","tag-matt-brittin","tag-u00a380m-cuts","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}