By Tim Dams BBC Four channel editor Cassian Harrison is to move over to BBC Studios to work on creating programming for its global services.
Harrison joins BBC Studios on a nine-month attachment as senior VP of commissioning and content for global services. He will report into Paul Dempsey’s global distribution division.
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland will cover BBC Four during Harrison’s absence. Harrison will work on the creation and distribution of original programming for digital services that BBC Studios owns and operates around the world.
BBC Studios runs a number of linear and digital services around the world including BBC Earth, BBC Brit and BBC First and a digital service, BBC Player, in Singapore and Malaysia.
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