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25/02/2008

Bell Announced Commissioning Editor For BBC Specialist and Indie

George Entwistle, Controller, Knowledge Commissioning, has announced the appointment of Mark Bell as the new Commissioning Editor, Specialist Factual, Independents – part of his BBC Knowledge Commissioning team.
Bell will report to Richard Klein, the Head of Independent Knowledge Commissioning, and will be commissioning Specialist Factual programmes and multiplatform content.
Klein said: "I'm delighted to have Mark joining my team as the new Commissioning Editor for Specialist Factual. Mark is a passionate advocate for the BBC's Factual output and brings a wealth of experience to the role. I'm sure he will be a great force in harnessing the creative talent of the Independent sector."
Bell added: "I am thrilled to be taking on this role and working in such an exciting part of the BBC. I am really looking forward to finding the best ways of making great content that will be found by as many people as possible. This means looking for fresh approaches to the communication of knowledge, making the intelligent accessible and the accessible intelligent."
Prior to taking on this role, from 2004 Mark worked as a Channel Executive at BBC Two and BBC Four, where he worked directly to the Channel Controllers, overseeing all elements of editorial management of the channels.
During this time he was executive lead on a number of high profile projects including BBC Two's Summer Of British Film season and numerous nights and seasons on BBC Four including The Edwardians, The Lost Decade, Pop On Trial and Science Fiction Britannia.
Bell began his career in television as a researcher and then producer in BBC Music & Arts. In 2001 he moved to Newsnight as Series Producer before joining the Specialist Factual department as a Series Producer in 2002.
Bell will take up his post with immediate effect.
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