New Channel Head for UKTV Style, UKTV Gardens

LONDON, April 18: UKTV has
appointed former BBC executive Clare Laycock as the channel head of UKTV Style
and UKTV Gardens.

Laycock will take up her
new role in the summer. Reporting to Jane Mote, UKTV’s director of lifestyle
and factual, Laycock will be responsible for the strategic development of the
channels and their websites. Laycock joins UKTV from BBC Learning, where she
served as the head of campaigns. Prior to that, she was the VP and channel
director of Discovery Home & Health and Discovery Kids. She was also the
launch director for Discovery Health, Discovery Wings and Discovery Kids.

Mote commented: “Clare’s
wealth of broadcasting, commissioning, branding and multiplatform experience
make her uniquely qualified to drive the channels and websites forward.”

—By Irene Lew