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New appointments announced for 91Èȱ¬ London Factual
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Keith Scholey, Controller, 91Èȱ¬ Factual, announced today the appointment of 14 Executive Producers for London Factual.
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The new posts have been created as part of the 91Èȱ¬'s Creative Future plan, announced by Director-General Mark Thompson last month, which sees London Factual move from five studios to one single department.
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Keith Scholey says: "We have built a remarkably strong management team to lead creativity and production across the base.
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"These appointments represent some of the greatest factual programme-makers in the industry with national and international reputations in their field and will make London Factual not just the biggest, but also the most varied and creative production base in the world."
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Reporting to Karen O'Connor, Head of London Factual, the Executive Producers will provide the creative lead ensuring ideas generation and quality output is at the heart of Visions Productions.
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Karen O'Connor says: "I'm really looking forward to working with such a high calibre team of talent and experience. I'm sure that London Factual, working with the new in-house commissioning structure, will be a brilliant partnership leading to even greater success."
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As key members of the London management team, they will play a full role in the leadership of the department, contributing to strategic direction, business planning and crucially building a vibrant production talent base.
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Of the 14 appointments announced today, four will act as Specialist Leads. They will be responsible for developing their specific subject area, growing and maintaining the 91Èȱ¬'s reputation in the specialism.
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The remaining posts are Creative Leads. As creative champions they will lead the production of content across all genres, working closely with the Specialist Leads particularly in development of ideas. Managing editorial quality control and ensuring the delivery is on brief and on budget is also part of their remit.
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The Specialist Executive Producers:
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- Documentaries: Jane Aldous is currently Creative Director in Documentaries and Specialist Features and is the Executive Producer on River Police. She has worked across a variety of genres and subject matters with recent programmes including: 20th Century Battles, Super Vets, Brain Hospital, and Your Life In Their Hands.
- Consumer: Lisa Ausden has run the 91Èȱ¬'s Consumer unit for five years and is responsible for a stable of long-running successful 91Èȱ¬ One brands including Watchdog and Rogue Traders. For the past year she has been Executive Producer of Crimewatch.
- Arts: Basil Comely is currently acting Studio Head for Arts and has been Editor of Arts Features looking after the major series: A Picture Of Britain, How We Built Britain, Francesco's Italy, Simon Schama's Power and Marvels Of The Modern Age. Previously Basil was also Editor of Omnibus.
- Science: John Lynch is the current head of the Science & History Studio and an acclaimed figure in science broadcasting. As a former producer/editor of Horizon and executive producer he was responsible for a string of iconic productions such as the BAFTA-winning Fermat's Last Theorem, The Planets and Walking With Dinosaurs. John has led 91Èȱ¬ Science through its recent years of world-renowned successes (Seven Wonders Of The Industrial World, Pompeii and Supervolcano), culminating in last week's Earth: The Power Of The Planet.
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A specialist lead for History is still to be appointed.
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The Creative Executive Producers are:
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- Andrew Cohen is currently Editor of Horizon and has been responsible for overseeing the re-branding and editorial reinvigoration of the strand. He has previously been responsible for Edge Of Life and How To Build A Human.
- Tina Fletcher is currently Creative Director, Music Television for 91Èȱ¬ Wales. Previously as Executive Producer in London she was responsible for Rolf On Art, Trauma, Tomorrow's World, and live events including Dancing In The Street, Rolf – The Big Event and Born To Win.
- Gary Hunter developed and executive produced Last Man Standing and Heston Blumenthal. He developed and executive produced the landmark series Coast and reformatted and produced the first five series of Top Gear. In the past he has been responsible for series including: SAS: Are You Tough Enough? and Scrapheap Challenge.
- Ann Laking has been a key Executive Producer in Science for the past four years responsible for series such as Light Fantastic, Medical Mavericks, Time for 91Èȱ¬ Four, Alternative Medicines for 91Èȱ¬ Two, and Desperate Midwives for 91Èȱ¬ Three.
- Dinah Lord is currently an Executive Producer responsible for See Hear. Previously, she made Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS?
- Nick Mirsky is an Executive Producer currently responsible for Louis Theroux and 91Èȱ¬ Two strand Wonderland. He also made The Armstrongs, When Michael Portillo Became A Single Mum, The Week The Women Went, and drama documentaries including The Secretary Who Stole Four Million and Maxwell. Nick was previously responsible for Blood On The Carpet.
- Michael Mosley has been responsible for a wide range of Science and History landmarks which recently include Superstorm, Supervolcano, Krakatoa, and Pompeii. He is also a science presenter, currently appearing regularly on The One Show.
- David Okuefuna has been an Editor in the 91Èȱ¬ Arts Studio for the past five years, where he has worked on documentary series, single films, special events and outside broadcast coverage events mainly for 91Èȱ¬ Four. These have included Edwardians In Colour, The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn, Racism: A History, Art of Eternity, and A Digital Picture of Britain.
- Kim Shillinglaw is currently working in the Science and History Studio and is also a Commissioning Executive Producer for C91Èȱ¬. Previously she has been responsible for Child Against All Odds and Dangerous Passions.
- Clare Sillery is currently an Executive Producer on a range of documentary series including Mischief, House Of Angels and Dog Borstal. Recently, she also made Motorways, Ever Wondered About Food, and Who Would Hire You?
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The new posts will be taken up in January 2008.
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The Current Strand Editors in London Factual remain as before:
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- Arena – Anthony Wall
- Timewatch – John Farren
- The Culture Show – Edward Morgan
- See Hear – Terry Riley
- Watchdog – Rob Unsworth
- Imagine – Janet Lee
- Crimewatch – Alex Loughran
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