{"id":392404,"date":"2025-09-02T17:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/392404\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:12:15","slug":"bbc-hires-nick-lee-as-head-of-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/392404\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Hires Nick Lee As Head Of Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bbc\" data-tag=\"bbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> has hired Nick Lee as Head of Acquisitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLee will lead the team responsible for acquiring TV series and feature films for publication on BBC iPlayer and the BBC\u2019s linear channels. He will start his role in November. Incumbent Sue Deeks will remain in post until then and will subsequently transition into the new part-time role of Head of Pre-Buy Acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLee joins the BBC Content division from BBC Studios, where he was Commercial Director of Scripted. He worked on titles including Tommy and Tuppence, Mint, 2026, and The Detection Club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBefore that, he was Channel 4\u2019s Head of Acquisitions and International, picking up titles including The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, Fargo, and The Great.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cNick is a highly experienced dealmaker with a keen eye for spotting compelling TV from around the world, and I\u2019m really excited that we\u2019ll be getting the benefit of his great energy and know-how in leading the Programme Acquisition team,\u201d Dan McGolpin, Director of iPlayer and Channels at the BBC, said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLee added: \u201cThis feels like a vocational calling for me\u2026 To be acquiring for the BBC, shaping the market with this team, and working with the inimitable Sue Deeks is completely exhilarating.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has hired Nick Lee as Head of Acquisitions.\u00a0 Lee will lead the team responsible for acquiring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[192,77,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-392404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-tv","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115135823682627561","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392404","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=392404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}