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主播大秀 announces new Executive Producer for Current Affairs Commissioning
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Eamon Hardy is to take over responsibility for the 主播大秀's independent current affairs commissions - as the Executive Producer, Current Affairs (Factual Commissioning).
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Eamon moves to the Independent Executive Producer job initially on attachment for three months, before a decision is taken on the permanent position.
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Eamon succeeds Lucy Hetherington, who is about to start听maternity leave.
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When Lucy returns in April 2007 it will be in a new role as Executive Producer for听the 主播大秀's in-house current affairs department.听
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George Entwistle, 主播大秀 Television's Commissioning Editor for Current Affairs, said: "Eamon has an impressive track record in current affairs and will bring considerable talent and experience to the role. I'm looking forward to working with him."
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Eamon said: "Lucy did a fantastic job and I'm looking forward to building on the positive relationships she has nurtured with the indies. There is a great range of current affairs talent in the sector.
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"I also hope to encourage other factual Indies who wouldn't normally pitch to current affairs to look again and consider recent developments in the genre."
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Eamon began his current affairs career at Thames TV's This Week in the late Eighties, working on investigations like Death On the Rock.
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Following this, he moved to Channel 4,听producing films for the RTS-winning Hard News programme.
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In 1994 Eamon came to the 主播大秀 as a producer on The Money Programme and Here and Now,听where he became Series Producer.
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In a four-year period at Panorama he produced and directed films including the multi-award winning Who Bombed Omagh? and Licence to Murder.
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Since then, he has produced films for This World and听worked听as Executive Producer for network production for 主播大秀听Northern Ireland.
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