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Commissioning Editor, Features and Formats, ´óÏó´«Ã½ One and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two

Alison Kirkham is the new Commissioning Editor for Features and Formats in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Knowledge commissioning team. In this role she commissions all factual features and formats for ´óÏó´«Ã½ One and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two from both the independent sector and in-house production.

Until July 2010, Alison was Commissioning Executive for ´óÏó´«Ã½ One Features. Her ´óÏó´«Ã½ executive producing credits include Joanna Lumley In The Land Of The Northern Lights (´óÏó´«Ã½ One), Accidental Heroes (´óÏó´«Ã½ One), The Delicious Miss Dahl ( ´óÏó´«Ã½ T wo) and Great British Waste Menu ( ´óÏó´«Ã½ One).

Alison's ´óÏó´«Ã½ career started in August 2005 when she joined Daytime as an executive producer.

During Alison's time at Daytime her credits include Extreme Dreams (´óÏó´«Ã½ Two), Strictly It Takes Two (´óÏó´«Ã½ Two), Don't Get Done Get Dom (´óÏó´«Ã½ One) and Missing (´óÏó´«Ã½ One).

She also executive produced some Daytime drama including the then-new Director's Debut strand.

She spent six months acting up as Controller of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Daytime in 2006.

Prior to joining the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Alison worked for a year as associate editor of Richard And Judy (Channel 4) for Cactus TV.

Previously Alison worked in ITV Current Affairs as a producer/director on Tonight With Trevor McDonald.

She also worked producing and directing on ITV's Iraq War and 9/11 coverage. Interviews she secured and produced included President Bush, Colin Powell, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Guiliani and Laura Bush.

She produced the news-making ITV debate special featuring the-then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, Women On The War.

Other Tonight credits include a documentary special marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Caron Keating featuring exclusive interviews with Keating's family, as well as interviews with Faria Alam on her affair with Sven-Goran Eriksson, and Edwina Currie on her John Major revelations.

Alison Kirkham also spent a period while at Granada on secondment from Tonight to produce on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.