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15.34: Welcome to our live blog of the controller interview with BBC One controller Jay Hunt.
15.36: "It was an incredibly refreshing experience," Hunt says of her time at Five. "I hugely enjoyed my time there."
15.43: "I think the channel's in rude health." Among the decisions she points to as her moves forward from the Fincham and Keating legacy are the extended Panorama on Primark and the stripping of Criminal Justice
15.45: "The self-flagellation can stop," says Hunt, saying the focus should be on programming.
15.47: Hunt mentions a desire to look for family entertainment for an early Saturday evening slot to hold an audience through Saturday peak. "I think talent shows play an incredibly important part of what we do," she says, refusing to "self-flagellate" about the format.
15.48: Asked about comedy, Hunt says she "does not feel the need" to test comedies on Two or Three before appearing on BBC One. "I am very hopeful that if there is a third series of Gavin and Stacey it would show on One."
15.49: She suggests 10.35pm on Sunday and Monday nights are useful periods to take creative risk.
15.51: Hunt is "actively looking" for comedies in the tradition of My Family.
15.52: Big names are "vital to the ecology" of BBC One. "They are key audience drivers, I feel very lucky to have them on the channel." However, she notes that new ideas do not require big talent to get commissioned. She reveals that Chris Evans will sit in for Adrian Chiles on The One Show when the latter is on holiday.
15.54: "Keeping key talent is important; I'm not in the business of driving up talent inflation."
15.55: Hunt notes that despite the budget cuts, she comes from Five which has a much smaller financial scale. "I don't think the cuts we've had will impact on our creative ambition."
15.56: She says BBC One's factual offering "needs quite a lot of work" despite it being "in rude health" on the channel; she suggests a return to "popular factual" to keep the channel "feeling contemporary and modern".
15.58: Hunt says BBC One has "not tried especially hard" in specialist factual and is an area she would like to focus on.
16.00: The BBC commissioning system is more responsive than when she left.
16.02: The average BBC One viewer is 52 years old; Hunt cautions that a "massive recalibration" to better appeal to younger audiences is inappropriate, but that there need to be ways of talking to younger people.
16.04: Hunt wants the person who inherits BBC One from her to have a channel that still appeals to audiences under the age of 52.
16.05: "I'm not suggesting that we fundamentally change the mix of programming," she says, but wants to "renew the heartland audience" and appeal, for example, to a 40-something mum of two.
16.07: Hunt praises Jane Tranter's drama commissioning team, and counters a question about what would happen if Tranter were to quit. "If Jane were to go, we would survive."
16.08: The Kennel Club special was originally commissioned for BBC Four but was "actively" brought by Hunt to the 9pm slot on BBC One.
16.10: "The performance of the Ten O'Clock News is formidable," says Hunt, praising the news service on BBC One.
16.11: "Sometimes we have to walk away," says Hunt about the absence of live football on the channel, noting that F1 will have some appeal to young audiences.
16.16: "Tomorrow's World isn't coming back." However, BBC One is looking for a popular science magazine show for the 7:30pm slot.
16.20: Hunt wants to find a "big arts landmark" for 2010-11, and says arts and culture on BBC One is an area of concern from a comfort perspective. "How does it evolve and continue to feel fresh and imaginative?"
16.21: "Bonekickers was... slightly flawed in bits of its execution," Hunt admits. No decision yet on whether it will be coming back, "hand on heart".
16.28: "I would like to think that the channel felt creatively ambitious - along the way we took risks, that producers felt supported taking risks," Hunt suggests as the criteria on which she would like to be judged a year from now.
15.36: "It was an incredibly refreshing experience," Hunt says of her time at Five. "I hugely enjoyed my time there."
15.43: "I think the channel's in rude health." Among the decisions she points to as her moves forward from the Fincham and Keating legacy are the extended Panorama on Primark and the stripping of Criminal Justice
15.45: "The self-flagellation can stop," says Hunt, saying the focus should be on programming.
15.47: Hunt mentions a desire to look for family entertainment for an early Saturday evening slot to hold an audience through Saturday peak. "I think talent shows play an incredibly important part of what we do," she says, refusing to "self-flagellate" about the format.
15.48: Asked about comedy, Hunt says she "does not feel the need" to test comedies on Two or Three before appearing on BBC One. "I am very hopeful that if there is a third series of Gavin and Stacey it would show on One."
15.49: She suggests 10.35pm on Sunday and Monday nights are useful periods to take creative risk.
15.51: Hunt is "actively looking" for comedies in the tradition of My Family.
15.52: Big names are "vital to the ecology" of BBC One. "They are key audience drivers, I feel very lucky to have them on the channel." However, she notes that new ideas do not require big talent to get commissioned. She reveals that Chris Evans will sit in for Adrian Chiles on The One Show when the latter is on holiday.
15.54: "Keeping key talent is important; I'm not in the business of driving up talent inflation."
15.55: Hunt notes that despite the budget cuts, she comes from Five which has a much smaller financial scale. "I don't think the cuts we've had will impact on our creative ambition."
15.56: She says BBC One's factual offering "needs quite a lot of work" despite it being "in rude health" on the channel; she suggests a return to "popular factual" to keep the channel "feeling contemporary and modern".
15.58: Hunt says BBC One has "not tried especially hard" in specialist factual and is an area she would like to focus on.
16.00: The BBC commissioning system is more responsive than when she left.
16.02: The average BBC One viewer is 52 years old; Hunt cautions that a "massive recalibration" to better appeal to younger audiences is inappropriate, but that there need to be ways of talking to younger people.
16.04: Hunt wants the person who inherits BBC One from her to have a channel that still appeals to audiences under the age of 52.
16.05: "I'm not suggesting that we fundamentally change the mix of programming," she says, but wants to "renew the heartland audience" and appeal, for example, to a 40-something mum of two.
16.07: Hunt praises Jane Tranter's drama commissioning team, and counters a question about what would happen if Tranter were to quit. "If Jane were to go, we would survive."
16.08: The Kennel Club special was originally commissioned for BBC Four but was "actively" brought by Hunt to the 9pm slot on BBC One.
16.10: "The performance of the Ten O'Clock News is formidable," says Hunt, praising the news service on BBC One.
16.11: "Sometimes we have to walk away," says Hunt about the absence of live football on the channel, noting that F1 will have some appeal to young audiences.
16.16: "Tomorrow's World isn't coming back." However, BBC One is looking for a popular science magazine show for the 7:30pm slot.
16.20: Hunt wants to find a "big arts landmark" for 2010-11, and says arts and culture on BBC One is an area of concern from a comfort perspective. "How does it evolve and continue to feel fresh and imaginative?"
16.21: "Bonekickers was... slightly flawed in bits of its execution," Hunt admits. No decision yet on whether it will be coming back, "hand on heart".
16.28: "I would like to think that the channel felt creatively ambitious - along the way we took risks, that producers felt supported taking risks," Hunt suggests as the criteria on which she would like to be judged a year from now.
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