Janice Vivienne Hadlow (born November 1957) in

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is a former BBC television executive. She was the controller of the

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Early life

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BBC career

For two years between 1987 and 1989 she was a producer for

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in the Current Affairs and Magazines department, where she produced ''

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'' before moving to television. She worked in the BBC's Music and Arts department between 1993 and 1995 before become joint-head of the History department. One of the television shows she helped to create in this period was

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's '' A History of Britain''. In 1999, Hadlow moved to Channel 4 where she became Head of History, Art and Religion, followed by Head of Specialist Factual in 2002 where she commissioned various works, including

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's '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' series. As stated by her "Inside BBC" biography, other works she commissioned were "highly successful and award-winning programmes from most factual genres including history, science, arts and religion, including... ''Elizabeth'', ''The 1940s House'', ''Edwardian Country House'', ''The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off'', ''Operatunity'' and ''Death of Klinghoffer'' (which won an Emmy)." She returned to the BBC as Controller of BBC Four after five years and specialised in commissioning programmes concerning factual genres such as history, science and religion. In 2004 ''

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'' included Hadlow in a list of 80 young people who they believed would shape people's lives in the early 21st Century and in 2006 sister-paper ''

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'' praised her for her work over the preceding 18-months at BBC Four. In 2008, Hadlow became controller of BBC Two, then was joint controller of BBC Two and BBC Four from 2013. In February 2014, she stood down from the post of channel controller taking up a new post responsible for special projects and seasons. She was succeeded by Kim Shillinglaw. Among the decisions taken by Hadlow as controller was the 2013 cancellation of the

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-nominated and

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award-winning BBC drama, '' The Hour,'' starring

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and

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, after its second season. It was announced in January 2016 that Hadlow would be leaving the BBC, and that her post would be abolished.

Writing

Her book, ''A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III'', was published by

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in October 2014. Her first novel, ''The Other Bennet Sister'', was published in March 2020.

References

External links

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''Independent'' January 2007

BBC Press Office Biography
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