Lorraine Heggessey has received the Special Recognition award at the Broadcast Awards ceremony.

According to Broadcast, she “was a trailblazer as the first female controller of BBC1 in the early 2000s, and her influence is best measured in the remarkable cadre of shows she helped usher to screen.  

At the corporation alone, her credits include Blue Planet, Spooks, Imagine, State of Play, Strictly Come Dancing, My Family, Doctor Who and The Secret Policeman.  

Those titles are stellar mix of broad popular hits, provocative and inspiring factual, and thrilling scripted series and sum up the eclectic range of programmes that Heggessey helped deliver.  

When she swapped the BBC for Talkback Thames, the indie label upped the entertainment ante with new titles such as Take Me Out and Britain’s Got Talent supercharged fledgling mega-formats including The Apprentice and The X Factor.  

By the time she left in 2010, the latter was being watched by the best part of 20 million people.”

In a recent interview, former BBC One Controller and media veteran Lorraine Heggessey sits down with acclaimed TV and film producer Andy Harries. Lorraine uncovers the secrets behind Andy’s extraordinary career, as he reveals how he has continually won both audience and critical acclaim for hit shows like The Royle Family, The Queen, and The Crown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7alLDckrI