Lorraine Heggessey: Difference between revisions

'''Lorraine Heggessey''' (born [[16 November (people)|16 November]] [[1956]]) was the [[controller of BBC One]]. Along with the controller of drama commissioning, [[Jane Tranter]], she 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 engaged in a two-year fight to wrest control of the property from [[BBC Worldwide]]. BBC Worldwide had been hoping to make a movie based on the franchise.<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 (CON 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 [[15 April (people)|15 April]] [[2005]], just as [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s series was first broadcast, to return to the production side of the television industry, whereupon she became one the only controller of [[BBC One]], {{as of|2012|3|lc=y}}, to grant an interview to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. ([[DWM 356]]) 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]]''.