The BBC has officially closed the Director of Factual, Arts and Classical Music role following a botched interview process and instead promoted entertainment boss Kate Phillips to the newly-created…
Reporting to Phillips in the new structure will be:Head of Daytime, Early Peak & Events Commissioning Lindsay Bradbury Head of Entertainment Commissioning to be advertisedHead of Popular Factual & Factual Entertainment Commissioning Catherine Catton
The BBC said Phillips will “empower the respective Heads whilst ensuring the portfolio of commissions align to the agreed audience and supply objectives.” Moore said: “Kate’s extensive experience working as Controller of BBC One, running Entertainment for the last 5 years and previously as Channel Executive for BBC One and BBC Three, Creative Director of Formats for BBC Worldwide and her years in production, makes her uniquely placed to lead across this role.
“She is an outstanding leader and manager with an exemplary track record in commissioning, working with suppliers and talent and she understands the critical and complex role Unscripted plays on both iPlayer and the channels.” Phillips added: “This new role will allow our unscripted teams to not only do their best work creatively, but also collaborate more with each other, leading to exciting opportunities for all our on and off screen talent.”late last month and has taken on a joint Chair/CEO role overseeing the French-headquartered superindie’s UK labels.
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