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Britain’s TV Chiefs Are The Longest Serving In History: Is There Strength In Stability Or Has The Industry Gone Stale?
BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5's TV chiefs Charlotte Moore, Kevin Lygo, Ian Katz, and Ben Frow have been in post for the a decade or more.
Charlotte Moore, the BBC ’s chief content officer, has been running the corporation’s television output for eight-and-a-half years, meaning she recently surpassed the late Jana Bennett’s spell in a similar role. The supporting cast was: The Weakest Link(a reboot of a series that premiered in 2000), Strictly Come Dancing(celebrated its 20th birthday last year), Doctor Who(the timeless Time Lord dates back to 1963), and Call The Midwife and Mrs Brown’s Boys(both of which have long passed a decade on screen). There remains lingering disquiet about Channel 4’s leadership and, although pre-Christmas speculation about a board plot to oust CEO Alex Mahon was wide of the mark (as was endless chatter about her eying jobs at Google, ITV, Chloé etc), the company will welcome a new chairman this year.
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