The BBC's Director of Television, Jana Bennett, has been waxing lyrical about the new BBC 4 boss - current Head of Specialist Factual at Channel 4 Janice Hadlow was appointed to the top job at the BBC digital channel on Tuesday.
Bennett told reporters yesterday: "Janice's exceptional experience, gained from her Channel 4 post and previous BBC roles, make her the perfect candidate to take the channel into the next phase of its development and growth. Her passion for factual programming is evident from the breadth of hugely ambitious and successful programmes that she has commissioned as Head of Channel 4's Specialist Factual department - including David Starkey's Six Wives, The 1940s House, Operatunity and Emmy award-winning The Death Of Klinghoffer. Janice has the ability to spot trends and programmes that can reach new audiences, and which challenge, question and surprise - exactly the right qualities needed for BBC Four."