Banijay UK has swiftly replaced Executive Chair Peter Salmon with BBC Factual director Patrick Holland.Holland will join at the start of Q2 next year, following Salmon’s departure after six years with the firm and one as Executive Chair.Holland has been with the BBC for more than a decade, most recently operating as Director of Factual, Arts and Classical Music in the new commissioning restructure, having overseen BBC2 for several years before that.He oversaw an impressive transformation of BBC2 that saw it move into popular factual-entertainment such as Race Across The World and its celebrity counterpart, along with respected documentaries and heavy-hitting drama including Richard Gere’s MotherFatherSon.He moved to become Director of
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