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New senior role for Glenwyn Benson
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Glenwyn Benson, Controller, Knowledge Commissioning, is to take up a new
senior role within the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Policy and Strategy division.
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Working with
Caroline Thomson, Chief Operating Officer, and Robin Foster, Project
Adviser, she will be the creative lead in the team which will shape the
´óÏó´«Ã½'s response to Ofcom's review of Public Service Broadcasting which is
currently underway.
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In particular she will concentrate on key issues such as the crucial
role that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ plays in the UK's creative industries, development of
the UK talent pool and the part the ´óÏó´«Ã½ plays in offering viewers
genuine range and diversity for TV, radio and interactive media.
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Announcing the appointment, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Director-General Mark Thompson said
Glenwyn's contribution will be a critical one.
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"Glenwyn's passion for creativity and her wide-ranging experience of
programme making and management make her the ideal person for this role.
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"She is one of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s most respected creative leaders and I believe
she is best placed to articulate the critical role of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ within
public service broadcasting," he said.
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Caroline Thomson said she is absolutely delighted to be bringing on
board a programme maker of such stature to a critical project for the
´óÏó´«Ã½.
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"I know Glenwyn will make a wonderful contribution and I'm greatly
looking forward to working with her," she said.
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Director of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision, Jana Bennett, said Glenwyn has "total commitment" to
public service broadcasting.
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"In all her various roles at the ´óÏó´«Ã½, Glenwyn has shown a total
commitment to public service broadcasting, always imparting knowledge
and understanding of our world to the broadest possible audiences.
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"I
know she will continue to be a huge driving force within the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and I
will not be alone when I say that we in Vision will miss her hugely,"
she said.
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Glenwyn Benson says she is looking forward to a new challenge: "Leaving ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision – and working alongside hugely talented programme
makers within it in particular – was a very tough decision, but I
believe my new role will allow me to ensure that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ effectively
articulates the vital contribution it can make to public service
broadcasting in the UK, both now, and in the years to come, for the
benefit of all our audiences."
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Glenwyn Benson became Controller, Knowledge in October 2006 as part of
the newly-created ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision structure.
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Prior to that, since 2003, she had been Controller, Factual Television.
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She began her career in broadcasting at London Weekend Television and
became Deputy Editor of current affairs programme Weekend World before
joining the ´óÏó´«Ã½ as Editor of On The Record.
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In 1992 she was appointed Editor of Panorama where she spent three
years before taking charge of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s adult education programming.
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In December 1997 Glenwyn became Head of Science, responsible for the
largest bi-media science production house in the world, whose titles
included strands and programmes like Horizon, Tomorrow's World,
QED, Animal Hospital, The Human Body, Earth Story, and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
and ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service science programmes.
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In October 2000 Glenwyn became Controller, Specialist Factual in the
´óÏó´«Ã½'s new Factual and Learning division with overall responsibility for
Science, Natural History, Arts, Business, Religion & Ethics and History
output.
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From March 2001, Glenwyn was Joint Director, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Factual & Learning and
was a member of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Executive Committee until taking up the
appointment of Controller, Factual Television in 2003.
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