SECRET RECORDING AUTHORISERS
For Factual and News & Current Affairs Programmes
Last Updated January 2021
CONTENT DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (in-house commissions) (independent commissions)
Daytime Not applicable Controller, Daytime Lindsay Bradbury
Factual Programmes inc. Not applicable Controller Factual Features Commissioning Carla-Maria Lawson Clare Sillery
Current Affairs Not applicable Deputy Head of Current Affairs Jim Gray
Entertainment inc. Not applicable Controller, Ents Factual Entertainment Commissioning Kate Phillips
Comedy Not applicable Controller, Comedy Commissioning Shane Allen
Drama Not applicable Controller, Drama Commissioning Piers Wenger
BBC Three Controller, BBC Three As in-house Short form or daily content Fiona Campbell that is not commissioned by one of the genres above (e.g. Factual / Current Affairs etc.). Sport Head TV Sport As in-house Philip Bernie
Head Sport News & Radio Sport Stephen Mawhinney
ENGLISH REGIONS DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (in-house commissions) (independent commissions)
English Regions Editor, Politics Not Applicable Tim Burke
NEWS DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (in-house commissions) (independent commissions)
Current Affairs Deputy Head of Current As in-house Affairs Jim Gray
Newsgathering Managing Editor Not Applicable Philippa Busby
Digital Director’s Dept Digital Director (inc. Newsbeat) Kamal Ahmed
World Service English Deputy Head of Current Not Applicable Current Affairs Affairs Jim Gray
World Service English News Channel News Programmes Controller Gavin Allen
Controller WS English Mary Hockaday, will be notified
World Service Controller World Not Applicable Languages (except English) Service Languages Tarik Kafala
Managing Editor Hilary Bishop
Global News Controller BBC News Channels Jamie Angus
Head of News, BBC World News Liz Gibbons
Editorial Director, Global News Limited Mary Wilkinson
NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (in-house commissions) (independent commissions)
Current Affairs Head of TV Current Senior Head of Content Affairs Commissioning Jeremy Adams Eddie Doyle
News Head of News Head of News Adam Smyth Adam Smyth
Production Head of Content Senior Head of Content Production Commissioning Emma Dunseith Eddie Doyle
Radio Head of Content Senior Head of Content Production Commissioning Emma Dunseith Eddie Doyle
CCOG – CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICE GROUP DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (in-house commissions) (independent commissions)
CCOG Refer proposal first to: As in-house Head Editorial Standards Chris Parker
Authorisers: Portfolio Heads of Marketing for BBC:-
One: Chris Hooper Two, Three & Four: Nicola Carr News: Christine Woodman Radio & Music: Claire Jullien
Authorisers where programme is on the MRPL: Director, Content Marketing Paul Davies
Director, News Marketing James Holden
RADIO & EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (in-house commissions) (independent commissions)
Children’s Refer proposal first to: As in-house Head Editorial Standards Catherine McAllister
Authoriser: Director, Children’s and Education Patricia Hidalgo
Education Head of Education Commissioning Helen Foulkes
BBC Audio Controller Not Applicable Graham Ellis
Head Factual and Drama Robert Ketteridge
Head Daily Factual Ruth Gardiner
Head Factual Bristol Clare McGinn
BBC Ideas Editor Ideas Bethan Jinkinson
BBC Sounds Controller Jonathon Wall
Commissioning Editors Jason Phipps Dylan Haskins Louise Katterhorn
Radio Pop Music Controller Pop Stations As in-house (including Radio 1, Radio Lorna Clarke 2, 1Xtra, Radio 6, Asian Network)
Radio 1 /1Xtra / Asian Head R1 As in-house Aled H Jones
Head R1x TBA - (Refer to Lorna Clark or Fergus Dudley)
Head Asian TBA - (Refer to Lorna Clark or Fergus Dudley)
Head News Asian Arif Ansari
Editor Newsbeat Debbie Ramsay
Radio 2 Head R2 As in-house (excluding News) Helen Thomas
Radio 3 Refer to Radio HQ As in-house (excluding News) Radio 4 Controller (in-house) Controller (excluding News) Graham Ellis Mohit Bakaya
Head Factual and Drama Deputy Robert Ketteridge Denis Nowlan
Head Daily Factual Commissioning Editors Ruth Gardiner Alison Hindle Daniel Clarke Head Factual Bristol Rhian Roberts Clare McGinn Roger Mahony Richard Knight Sioned William
Radio 5Live Controller As in-house Heidi Dawson
Commissioning Editor Richard Maddock
Controller - Daily News Gavin Allen
Radio 6 Head R6 As in-house Samantha Moy
Radio HQ Hd of Editorial Standards As in-house Fergus Dudley
SCOTLAND DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (in-house commissions) (independent commissions)
BBC Scotland Director As in-house Steve Carson
in Director’s absence:
Head of News and Current Affairs Gary Smith
STUDIOS DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (BBC commissions) (Independent commissions)
The One Show Head of the One Show As in-house Rob Unsworth
Factual Salford Creative Director As in-house Alan Holland
Factual Entertainment & Director of Production As in-house Events (bar Unscripted Naomi Carter Productions)
Unscripted Productions Executive Editor, As in-house Unscripted Naomi Carter
The Documentary Unit Head of Documentary As in-house Unit Amy Flanagan
The Science Unit Head of Science Unit As in-house Andrew Cohen
The Natural History Unit Head of the NHU As in-house Julian Hector
Entertainment & Music Director of Production Lisa McCormack
Drama Director of Content Ralph Lee
Distribution Head of Editorial Standards Anthony Worrall
WALES DEPARTMENT AUTHORISERS AUTHORISERS (in-house commissions) (independent commissions)
BBC Wales Head of Public Policy As in-house Rhys Evans
in the Head of Public Policy’s absence: Head of BBC Wales Content Production Sian Gwynedd
Head of English Language TV Commissioning Nick Andrews