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Alison Kirkham has been appointed as the new Commissioning Editor for Factual Features and Formats on 91Èȱ¬ One and 91Èȱ¬ Two.

Commissioning factual features and formats from both in-house production and independents to broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ One and 91Èȱ¬ Two, this role is one of eight specialist editor roles in the 91Èȱ¬ Knowledge commissioning team.

Alison is currently a Commissioning Executive Producer for Features in the 91Èȱ¬ Knowledge commissioning team. Her recent credits include Joanna Lumley In The Land Of The Northern Lights (91Èȱ¬ One), The Delicious Miss Dahl (91Èȱ¬ Two), High Street Dreams (91Èȱ¬ One) and Accidental Heroes (91Èȱ¬ One).

She joined the 91Èȱ¬ in 2005, working as an executive producer on Daytime; and she was acting controller there for six months in 2006. During her time at Daytime her credits included Extreme Dreams (91Èȱ¬ Two), Strictly It Takes Two (91Èȱ¬ Two), Don't Get Done Get Dom (91Èȱ¬ One) and Missing (91Èȱ¬ One).

Prior to joining the 91Èȱ¬ Alison worked for a year as Associate Editor of Richard And Judy (Channel 4) for Cactus TV. Previously Alison worked in ITV Current Affairs as a producer/director on Tonight With Trevor McDonald and worked producing and directing on ITV's Iraq War and 9/11 coverage.

George Entwistle, Controller Knowledge Commissioning, says: "I'm delighted Alison has accepted the role as Jo Ball's successor: she's a highly intelligent, creative, energetic and hard-working TV exec and will be a tremendous addition to the Knowledge commissioning team."

Alison Kirkham says: "I'm very excited to be taking on such a varied slate of programmes. It will be a privilege to work with such a great commissioning team and talented producers both across the indie sector and in-house."

Alison picks up the role recently vacated by Jo Ball. She will start her new role with immediate effect.

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