Sally Wood appointed Commissioning Editor, Pop Music TV, BBC
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Sally Wood will return to the BBC as the newly created position of Commissioning Editor, Pop Music TV
Under the leadership of Lorna Clarke, BBC Controller of Pop, Sally’s remit will solely focus on pop music commissions across TV, Player, and Digital. Whilst collaborating with radio and BBC Sounds to deliver across the portfolio. Sally will start in her new role in early 2022.
Between 2003 – 2010, Sally worked at the BBC as a Producer and Series Producer. She was producing music specials, including Electric Proms (Robbie Williams, Neil Diamond, Elton John, Razorlight); Glastonbury Festival (2006 – 2010); 1Xtra Live (2008 – 2010); and Beyoncé at the BBC and Madonna Live.
Upon leaving the BBC in 2010, Sally was Series Producer on This is Justin Bieber (ITV Studios for ITV), iTunes Festival (Princess for ITV2), and Isle of Wight Festival (Blink TV for Sky Arts), amongst others.
From 2015 – 2022, Sally is Executive Producer on Brit Awards (BRITs TV for ITV). She led more productions such as Classic BRIT Awards 2018 (BRIT Awards 2018 for ITV) and One World: Together at Home (Two Four for BBC One). In which was the BBC’s most-watched music programme of last year. Sally also produces V Festival 2020 (Two Four for ITV2) and Mandela 100 Festival – Global Citizen (Fulwell 73 for various broadcasters).
Sally says: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be returning to the broadcaster that was so influential and nurturing during the earlier stages of my career. The BBC has always been a pioneer when it comes to bringing popular music to the nation. It is an immense privilege to be joining Lorna and the team.
“My goal is to cast my net wide across our vibrant and diverse popular music industry to discover exciting and invigorating new content while maintaining the phenomenally high levels of programming that viewers are already familiar with.”
Lorna Clarke, Controller of Pop Music is responsible for the pop music stations (Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 1Xtra, Asian Network, and Radio 6 Music), as well as pop TV commissioning.
Lorna says: “Sally has a reputation throughout the media industry as one of television’s most experienced and creative showrunners and executive producers. She brings with her a wealth of experience. I’m looking forward to us working together to increase impact across all platforms. We’ll be working closely with the music industry to produce world-class content to deliver to millions of music fans.”
This appointment follows the restructure of Arts and Music content commissioning earlier this year. The content also recognizes Pop Music as its own genre. Further details are available below:
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/bbc-arts-and-music
Pauline Mathews is an intern at the StreamLINE Music Blog. As a senior student who attends Woodbury University, she studies animation and professional writing. For fun, she enjoys making music with her MIDI keyboard, writes lyrics, and reading J.K. Rowling novels.