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14/05/2004

Roly Keating named new Controller of BBC Two

BBC Director of Television Jana Bennett has announced the appointment of Roly Keating as the new Controller of BBC Two.
Keating, currently the Controller of BBC Four, will take up his new role in June when he becomes Jana Bennett's first channel controller appointment.
Jana Bennett said: "BBC Two is a unique force in British broadcasting and in British life. It's a channel where different and specialist passions can come together, where growing new comedy can sit comfortably with landmark factual series and innovative drama.
"But it is also a channel which has to operate in a very busy market and I can't think of anyone who could more brilliantly articulate why BBC Two has a special place at the heart of our national life than Roly Keating.
"He has an obsessive commitment to talent, on and off screen, and combines showmanship with energy and curiosity.
"He was one of the pioneers of multi-channel television and has demonstrated his fully rounded understanding of what makes a channel work in growing BBC Four from scratch to the very good channel it is today.
"He can spot things which tell us about the world now, and so fits perfectly with BBC Two's ambition to both reflect and predict the way we live."
Keating said: "BBC Two is the channel of record for British culture and being asked to take leadership of it is a huge honour, and frankly a bit daunting.
"But I'm also incredibly excited: it's a channel I've grown up with, and like millions of other people it's given me some of my most memorable viewing experiences.
"Jane Root is leaving it in strong creative health, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of building on her formidable legacy."
Roly Keating was appointed Controller of BBC Four in December 2001 and led the launch of the channel in March 2002.
It is now the most watched channel of its kind, leading competitor channels such as Discovery and The History Channel.
Under his control, the channel has won numerous awards in its two years of existence, including a BAFTA for ‘The National Trust’.
The channel has earned a reputation for strong documentary and cultural programming, together with an international flavour achieved through news coverage and global films.
Roly Keating joined the BBC as a General Trainee in 1983.
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