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14/02/2005

Tributes as Heggessey to depart as BBC One Controller

Lorraine Heggessey, Controller of BBC One for the last five years, is to leave the corporation to become Chief Executive of talkbackTHAMES.
The BBC's Director of Television, Jana Bennett, said: "Lorraine has been a human dynamo in her successful effort to make BBC One the nation's favourite channel.
"She has been determined to be ambitious on behalf of the audience - her passionate conviction has been that there was no subject that BBC One could not cover - while being equally determined to give the audience some of the most popular programmes of recent years.
"The list is long but 'Blue Planet', 'Spooks', 'Imagine', 'State of Play', 'Pyramid', 'Lost Prince', 'Strictly Come Dancing', 'My Family' and 'The Secret Policeman' are all part of the indelible thumbprint she has left on the channel and we'll continue to see her legacy for some time to come.
"Lorraine is a true champion of public service broadcasting, consistently backing talent and creativity. She has the capacity to make all that she does great fun, and teams love working with her because she throws herself into everything."
BBC Director-General Mark Thompson added: "I said when I appointed her five years ago that Lorraine was a programme maker through and through; someone who had a great knack of recognising an original idea and making it work on screen.
"During her time at BBC One she has proved that over and over again. Her shoes may be small, but they'll be hard to fill."
(GB)
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