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Liam Keelan announced as Controller, أغر؟´«أ½ Daytime
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Jana Bennett, Director of أغر؟´«أ½ Vision, today named Liam Keelan as Controller, أغر؟´«أ½ Daytime.
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He will report to Peter Fincham, Controller, أغر؟´«أ½ One, and is a member of Jana's senior Vision management team. Liam will join later this year.
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Jana Bennett said: "I'm delighted that Liam will be leading أغر؟´«أ½ Daytime – he really understands the daytime audience and is passionate about being ambitious about the programmes we offer across أغر؟´«أ½ One and أغر؟´«أ½ Two daytime in all genres, all of which give the أغر؟´«أ½ the leading edge in daytime."
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Peter Fincham said: "I can't think of anybody better to take on the challenge of أغر؟´«أ½ Daytime. It's great to have Liam back at his natural home, the أغر؟´«أ½."
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Liam Keelan said: "I've had a great time working at ITV and being part of the changes Simon Shaps and the team have brought about. The opportunity to take on this role at the أغر؟´«أ½ was too good to pass up, though. It's a very exciting time to be developing the strategy for daytime and I'm really looking forward to getting started."
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Liam was appointed as Controller, Daytime, at ITV in April 2006. During this period he commissioned Golden Balls with Jasper Carrott, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Daily Cooks.
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Previously he was Head of Scheduling and Planning for أغر؟´«أ½ One between 2002 and 2006 where he was part of the team who developed the strategy to reinvent Saturday nights with the launches of Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing.
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Prior to this he was at UKTV where he was Head of UK Horizons and developed the concept for UKTV History. He started his career at the أغر؟´«أ½ in audience research before becoming Deputy Scheduler for أغر؟´«أ½ Two in 1998, taking over as Head of Scheduling for the channel in 1999.
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Notes to Editors
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أغر؟´«أ½ Vision is the biggest integrated multimedia broadcast and production group of its kind in the world.
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أغر؟´«أ½ Vision – so named because it makes أغر؟´«أ½ content that people watch – is led by Jana Bennett, Director, أغر؟´«أ½ Vision, and comprises Vision Studios led by Peter Salmon; Vision Operations led by Bal Samra; Multiplatform Commissioning; and the channels and services أغر؟´«أ½ One, أغر؟´«أ½ Two, أغر؟´«أ½ Three, أغر؟´«أ½ Four, Cأغر؟´«أ½, CBeebies, Vision's Learning and other content on bbc.co.uk sites.
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