LONDON: Elaine Bedell, ITV\u2019s director of entertainment and comedy, has decided to step down at the end of February after seven years.<\/p>\n
Bedell joined ITV in 2009. She has been responsible for commissioning and overseeing a wide-ranging slate of hit entertainment and comedy shows, including Britain\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>, The X Factor<\/em>, I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out of Here!<\/em>, Ant & Dec\u2019s Saturday Night Takeaway<\/em>, You\u2019re Back in the Room<\/em>, Ninja Warrior UK<\/em> and Birds of a Feathe<\/em>r.<\/p>\n ITV’s director of television, Peter Fincham, said: \u201cElaine has been a tremendous colleague over the past seven years and has led the entertainment and comedy team with unswerving commitment and enormous flair. I can completely understand why she wants to seek new pastures and I wish her the very best of luck. I\u2019ve had such fun working with Elaine and her team\u2014she\u2019s a class act.\u201d<\/p>\n Kevin Lygo, who takes over from Fincham as director of television on February 1, added: \u201dElaine has done a great job running entertainment and comedy at ITV. We have worked closely together during my time at ITV Studios and I am sorry that she has decided to step down, and that we won\u2019t get a chance to work together when I cross the divide to look after the channels business. I wish her every success for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Bedell said: “I more or less arrived at ITV at the same time as Susan Boyle\u2014and from that extraordinary audition moment on, it has been the most exhilarating seven years. I\u2019ve had the privilege of being closely involved with some of the very best entertainment and comedy talent in the U.K. and worked with some exceptional producers\u2014as well as the brilliant, unbelievably hard-working teams here at the network. I’m very proud of our output, but seven years is a long time to be a commissioner and it’s time for me to move on and let someone else make their mark. I wish Kevin all the very best\u2014I know he will do a great job.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON: Elaine Bedell, ITV\u2019s director of entertainment and comedy, has decided to step down at the end of February after seven years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[147,146],"class_list":["post-6438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-elaine-bedell","tag-itv"],"yoast_head":"\n