Lorraine Heggessey | |
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Born | Lorraine Sylvia Heggessey 16 November 1956 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
Education | Vyners Grammar School |
Alma mater | Collingwood College, Durham (BA) |
Employer(s) | BBC Talkback Thames |
Title | Controller of BBC One (2000–2005) |
Lorraine Sylvia Heggessey (born 16 November 1956[1]) is a British television producer and executive. From 2000 until 2005, she was the first woman to be Controller of BBC One, the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation.[2] She has also served as the Chief Executive of the production company Talkback Thames. Until October 2019 Heggessey was the Chief Executive of The Royal Foundation.