backstage.bbc.co.uk is the brand name (and URL

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) of the BBC's

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 developer network which operated between May 2005 and December 2010.
Launched partly as a response to the Graf Review of bbc.co.uk

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, the aims of backstage.bbc.co.uk are to encourage innovation

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 and creativity

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 in the UK

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, and to identify new talent. According to the BBC's response to the Graf report, the site aims to
backstage.bbc.co.uk was created by Tom Loosemore, Ben Metcalfe and James Boardwell.