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{{real world}}[[image:LorraineHeggessey.jpg|thumb|250px|Heggessey as she appeared on [[CON]]: ''[[Bringing Back the Doctor]]'']] | {{real world}}[[image:LorraineHeggessey.jpg|thumb|250px|Heggessey as she appeared on [[CON]]: ''[[Bringing Back the Doctor]]'']] | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (born [[16th November]] [[1956]]) was the [[ | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (born [[16th November]] [[1956]]) was the [[controller of BBC One]] who, along with the controller of drama commissioning, [[Jane Tranter]], brought ''[[Doctor Who]]'' back to [[BBC One]] in [[2005]]. Prior to the [[2003]] commissioning of what became known as [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]], she was engaged in a two-year fight to wrest control of the property from [[BBC Worldwide]], who had then been hoping to make a movie based on the franchise, back to the Corporation proper.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1442528/Doctor-Who-ready-to-come-out-of-the-Tardis-for-Saturday-TV-series.html Leonard, Tom. "Doctor Who ready to come out of the Tardis for Saturday TV series". ''The Telegraph''. 26 September 2003.]</ref> She later gave her opinions on the return of ''Doctor Who'' to ''[[Doctor Who Confidential|Confidential]]'', in the episodes, ''[[Bringing Back the Doctor]]'' and ''[[The Daleks (Doctor Who Confidential episode)|The Daleks]]'' | ||
She was responsible for a wide variety of other popular changes to the network's programming, including the addition of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Spooks|Spooks]]''. She left the BBC on [[15th April]] [[2005]], just as [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s series was beginning to be broadcast to return to the production side of the television industry. For the next five years she was the CEO of [[wikipedia:Talkback Thames|Talkback Thames]], where she oversaw the production of popular shows like ''[[wikipedia:The IT Crowd|The IT Crowd]]'' (for which she received a [[BAFTA]] nomination), ''[[wikipedia:QI|QI]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Green Wing|Green Wing]]''. | She was responsible for a wide variety of other popular changes to the network's programming, including the addition of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Spooks|Spooks]]''. She left the BBC on [[15th April]] [[2005]], just as [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s series was beginning to be broadcast to return to the production side of the television industry. For the next five years she was the CEO of [[wikipedia:Talkback Thames|Talkback Thames]], where she oversaw the production of popular shows like ''[[wikipedia:The IT Crowd|The IT Crowd]]'' (for which she received a [[BAFTA]] nomination), ''[[wikipedia:QI|QI]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Green Wing|Green Wing]]''. | ||
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Lorraine Heggessey (born 16th November 1956) was the controller of BBC One who, along with the controller of drama commissioning, Jane Tranter, brought Doctor Who back to BBC One in 2005. Prior to the 2003 commissioning of what became known as series 1, she was engaged in a two-year fight to wrest control of the property from BBC Worldwide, who had then been hoping to make a movie based on the franchise, back to the Corporation proper.[1] She later gave her opinions on the return of Doctor Who to Confidential, in the episodes, Bringing Back the Doctor and The Daleks
She was responsible for a wide variety of other popular changes to the network's programming, including the addition of Strictly Come Dancing, Waking the Dead and Spooks. She left the BBC on 15th April 2005, just as Christopher Eccleston's series was beginning to be broadcast to return to the production side of the television industry. For the next five years she was the CEO of Talkback Thames, where she oversaw the production of popular shows like The IT Crowd (for which she received a BAFTA nomination), QI and Green Wing.
