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Alison Kirkham has been appointed as the new Commissioning Editor for Factual Features and Formats on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

Commissioning factual features and formats from both in-house production and independents to broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, this role is one of eight specialist editor roles in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Knowledge commissioning team.

Alison is currently a Commissioning Executive Producer for Features in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Knowledge commissioning team. Her recent credits include Joanna Lumley In The Land Of The Northern Lights (´óÏó´«Ã½ One), The Delicious Miss Dahl (´óÏó´«Ã½ Two), High Street Dreams (´óÏó´«Ã½ One) and Accidental Heroes (´óÏó´«Ã½ One).

She joined the ´óÏó´«Ã½ in 2005, working as an executive producer on Daytime; and she was acting controller there for six months in 2006. During her time at Daytime her credits included 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).

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 and worked producing and directing on ITV's Iraq War and 9/11 coverage.

George Entwistle, Controller Knowledge Commissioning, says: "I'm delighted Alison has accepted the role as Jo Ball's successor: she's a highly intelligent, creative, energetic and hard-working TV exec and will be a tremendous addition to the Knowledge commissioning team."

Alison Kirkham says: "I'm very excited to be taking on such a varied slate of programmes. It will be a privilege to work with such a great commissioning team and talented producers both across the indie sector and in-house."

Alison picks up the role recently vacated by Jo Ball. She will start her new role with immediate effect.

LD