BBC confirms Charlotte Moore as controller of BBC One

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BBC Director General Tony Hall has announced that Charlotte Moore, formerly the Corporation’s Commissioning Editor of Documentaries, is the new Controller of BBC One.

Moore emerged as one of the frontrunners after the sentimental favourite Ben Stephenson declined to pursue the role. Other candidates included BBC Three Controller Zai Bennett and the BBC’s Controller of Entertainment Commissioning Mark Linsey.

Moore will assume her new role immediately and report to the BBC’s Director of Television (and former BBC One Controller) Danny Cohen. Prior to her appointment to what many consider to be one of the most high profile positions in the industry, Moore, who has been with the BBC for seven years, served as the Commissioning Editor for Documentaries.

Moore has been acting in the role since Danny Cohen was appointed director of television in April, and commented ‘BBC One has a unique role to play in this country and I’m looking forward to working with many talented people. I’m incredibly excited by Danny’s vision for BBC Television and what the future holds in the digital age’.

Cohen said: “Charlotte has proven herself as a highly talented creative leader, with fantastic credentials as a commissioner and a reputation as a thoughtful and collaborative colleague.

“She has a passion for storytelling and a real understanding of audiences and BBC One’s commitment to scale, range and risk-taking.

“I am looking forward to her joining my new senior management team on a permanent basis and leading the channel to great future success.”

BBC director-general Tony Hall said: “This is a very critical appointment.

“I was really excited by Charlotte’s ideas and vision, they have a boldness and originality that is absolutely what the channel should offer.”

Moore has been acting controller of BBC One since May 2013, having had the role of acting controller of BBC daytime television since the turn of the year.

She has previously been the BBC’s commissioning editor of documentaries over its four channels, being promoted to the role in 2009 after joining the corporation in 2006 as commissioning executive for documentaries.

Before joining the BBC, she was director of contemporary factual at IWC Media and series producer and later head of documentaries at Ideal World Productions.

Now that Charlotte Moore is in place, she is left with a number of key decisions to make with regards to the channel’s line up. Overall the channel’s scripted slate is considered to be in good shape, but BBC insiders say that the fates of numerous series, including the Ben Elton comedy The Wright Way and dramas Prisoners’ Wives and The Syndicate, have been in limbo since Cohen accepted the position as Director of Television. None of those shows listed above are expected to return and Moore is sure to put her on stamp on the channel’s output in the next twelve months, especially considering her strong factual credentials.

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