{"id":122890,"date":"2025-05-22T15:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/122890\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:44:08","slug":"banijay-uk-boss-patrick-holland-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/122890\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay UK Boss Patrick Holland Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: We have more on the race to replace Charlotte Moore<\/a> as the BBC<\/a>\u2018s content supremo.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter revealing earlier this month<\/a> that there were three top contenders for the most powerful creative job in British television, audio, and streaming, Deadline hears one of the trio is now not in the running.<\/p>\n

\n\tIndustry sources and BBC insiders said Patrick Holland<\/a>, Banijay UK\u2019s executive chairman, is staying put at the French production giant. <\/p>\n

\n\tHolland was considered to be the leading external candidate, even though he told colleagues that he was happy to remain at Banijay UK, where he has been since 2022.<\/p>\n

\n\tBBC sources speculated that salary has been a decisive factor for some external candidates, as the corporation struggles to compete with deep-pocketed commercial counterparts. Moore is paid \u00a3468,000 ($628,000).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Holland development, as well Netflix UK chief Anne Mensah ruling herself out<\/a>, has cemented Kate Phillips<\/a>\u2018 position as the candidate to beat.<\/p>\n

\n\tPhillips, the BBC\u2019s unscripted boss and interim chief content officer, has the support of many colleagues at the corporation, while a number of powerful producers are pulling for her to get the job.<\/p>\n

\n\tSources said Phillips is skillfully caretaking in the content chief role as Moore prepares to leave the BBC\u2019s New Broadcasting House headquarters next week.<\/p>\n

\n\tBBC Studios Productions CEO Zai Bennett was thought to be the third strong contender for the job. Others linked include Tom McDonald, the New York-based executive vice president of Nat Geo,\u00a0and Dan McGolpin, the director of iPlayer and channels.<\/p>\n

\n\tOthers have ruled themselves out. This includes\u00a0Jay Hunt<\/a>, Apple TV+\u2019s boss in Europe, and Channel 4\u2019s content supremo Ian Katz. Sources said Apple executive Alison Kirkham was considered, but is said to be happy in her current role. Liam Keelan, Disney\u2019s former EMEA originals chief, is not in the running.<\/p>\n

\n\tHeadhunters Grace Blue and Ibison<\/a>\u00a0have helped steer the BBC recruitment process, with director general Tim Davie taking a personal interest. <\/p>\n

\n\tMoore is stepping down<\/a>\u00a0as chief content officer after four years to join Left Bank Pictures as CEO. She will also oversee international creative output for Sony Pictures Television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: We have more on the race to replace Charlotte Moore as the BBC\u2018s content supremo. After revealing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[192,54690,77,54691,54692,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-122890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-charlotte-moore","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-kate-phillips","12":"tag-patrick-holland","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114552259482503670","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}