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Lorraine Heggessey to leave ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½


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Date: 14.02.2005
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Lorraine Heggessey, Controller of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE, is to leave the corporation to become Chief Executive of Talkback Thames.

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She has been Controller of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE for five years.

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Chairman, Michael Grade, said: "Lorraine Heggessey will be a very tough act to follow.

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"Controller of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE is one of the most demanding jobs at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and achieving the widest reach of audiences through the widest range of programmes isn't easy.

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"Lorraine has done a very tough job very well and all of us on the Board offer our thanks to her for delivering a first class public service through the schedules of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE."

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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Director of Television, Jana Bennett, said: "Lorraine has been a human dynamo in her successful effort to make ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE the nation's favourite channel.

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"She has been determined to be ambitious on behalf of the audience - her passionate conviction has been that there was no subject that ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE could not cover - while being equally determined to give the audience some of the most popular programmes of recent years.

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"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.

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"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."

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Director-General Mark Thompson said: "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.

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"During her time at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE she has proved that over and over again. Her shoes may be small, but they'll be hard to fill."


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