JAY HUNT LEAVES BBC ONE FOR CHANNEL 4

[14.16 -French Time] BBC One controller Jay Hunt will join Channel 4 in January as Chief Creative Officer.

Channel 4 has today confirmed that BBC One's Jay Hunt will become its new programming boss in January. The announcement follows speculation at the MediaGuardian International Television Festival that the BBC One controller could move to C4.

The BBC's director of vision, Jana Bennett, will take temporary charge of BBC One following Hunt's departure. Candidates for the vacant post include BBC Three controller Danny Cohen. Deadline London's Tim Adler reports that Cohen has already been promised the job for promising not to apply for CCO position at Channel 4.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/14/jay-hunt-channel-4
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/broadcasters/c4-names-jay-hunt-as-programming-boss/5018219.article?referrer=RSS
http://www.deadline.com/2010/09/bbc1-boss-jay-hunt-takes-channel-4-job/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/14/jana-bennett-temporary-charge-bbc1
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/speculation-over-c4-move-for-jay-hunt/5013335.article

BBC FILMS WEEKEND ON BBC TWO

This weekend BBC Two will celebrate BBC Films, the feature filmmaking arm of the Beeb, by screening three television premieres of movies from this company.

A special weekend starting on Saturday 17 July will see BBC Two broadcast the UK TV premieres of Is Anybody There? (2008), Eastern Promises (2007) and The Damned United (2009). This marks the official launch of BBC Two as the new principal home for BBC Films.

- David Cronenberg's highly acclaimed thriller Eastern Promises is a tale from the dark underworld of London's Russian mob, starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. In March, Deadline London's editor Tim Adler reported that a sequel is in the pipeline (http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/brit-producer-lining-up-eastern-promises-sequel-kristin-scott-thomas-for-salmon-fishing/).

- Is Anybody There? is a bittersweet tale of an unusual friendship: Seaside England in the 80's, a young boy living in the retirement home run by his parents discovers that Clarence (Michael Caine), the latest resident, is a retired magician (http://tattard2.blogspot.com/2009/03/is-anybody-there.html).

- The Damned United tells the story of Brian Clough's legendary 44 days stint as manager of Leeds United, starring Michael Sheen as Clough, Timothy Spall as Peter Taylor, and Colm Meaney as archrival, Don Revie. About Brian Clough we recommend you Clough, the magnificent ITV Sport documentary (http://tattard2.blogspot.com/2009/04/clough-itv1.html) .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/about/press/bbc_films_weekend.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/about/press/bbc_films_weekend_press_release.shtml

LONDON BELONGS TO HER

She Who Must Be Read aka Nikki Finke announced today the hiring of Tim Adler, a veteran UK entertainment business journalist, as the editor of the new Deadline London which will start later this month at Nikki's Deadline.com.

I'm looking forward to read Deadline London as you, loyal readers, know that the United Kingdom is one of my favourite "playgrounds".

http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/uk-editor-for-deadlinelondon-announced/