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Catherine Catton has been elevated at the BBC to run the popular-factual and factual-entertainment department.<\/p>\n

With her promotion, Catton is taking over the post for David Brindley, who left the BBC to become chief creative officer at the ITV-owned production company Twofour in November of last year. Catton, who first joined the BBC in 2015, has overseen such titles as The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan<\/em> and The Big Hospital Experiment<\/em> for BBC2, and Best Home Cook<\/em> for BBC1.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the BBC, Catton served as a senior commissioning editor at UKTV, where she commissioned David Attenborough\u2019s Natural Curiosities<\/em> and Storage Hunters<\/em>, among other programs.<\/p>\n

Alison Kirkham, the BBC\u2019s controller of factual commissioning, said: \u201cCatherine is respected for her supportive manner and creative insights by colleagues and suppliers alike. I have no doubt that she will do a phenomenal job and lead an already vibrant and flourishing department to continued success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catton added: \u201cI\u2019ve loved the last four years at the BBC, so I feel very excited and privileged to be able to lead this brilliant team into the next chapter and focus on the very best in popular-factual and factual-entertainment programming.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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