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Janice Hadlow: seen as the obvious choice for the BBC2 job after her successful stint at BBC4. Photograph: Amanda Searle/BBC The BBC4 controller, Janice Hadlow, is tipped as the frontrunner to take over BBC2 following Roly Keating's announcement today that he is to step down as controller. Keating, the BBC's current longest-serving channel controller, will leave his role in October to take on the new job of director of archive content. The BBC has said the BBC2 job will not be officially advertised until the autumn, but leading candidates are already emerging. Hadlow is seen as the obvious choice after her successful stint at BBC4, which she took over after Keating moved to BBC2. The current second longest-serving controller after Keating, her four years at BBC4 have seen her broaden the channel's appeal and make it more... [read full story]
