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BBC Content Chief Runners & Riders: Who Will Claim The Most Powerful Creative Job In British TV?
Charlotte Moore quitting the BBC opens up the most powerful creative job in UK TV — and speculation is already rampant about who could succeed her.
The Netflix executive wowed colleagues in Los Gatos with a parade of hits last year, as British shows including Baby Reindeer, Fool Me Once, The Gentlemen, and One Day all dominated the streamer’s most-watched list. Bennett, whose credits at Sky included Chernobyl, Gangs of London and Patrick Melrose, is a popular programs exec who is equally adept across scripted and non-scripted, which would be enormously valuable for whoever replaces Moore. He left the BBC following the commissioning revamp and has been making an impact at Big Brother maker Banijay UK, striking splashy talent deals with the likes of James Norton, acquiring labels, and consolidating others.
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