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28 April 2021 • 5:00am Low-stakes, calming television : American viewers can t get enough of British shows like All Creatures Great and Small
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When the Channel 5 reboot of All Creatures Great and Small was shown in the US earlier this year, it received almost universal critical acclaim. “In a TV universe where a dark tone and byzantine plotting are so often the default,” wrote Alan Sepinwall in a typical piece in Rolling Stone, “the empathy and simplicity of All Creatures feel genuinely radical.”
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UK pubcaster the BBC has promoted Helen Munson to commissioning editor for daytime and early peak.
Helen Munson
Currently head of planning and scheduling for daytime and early peak, a role she has held since 2015, Munson will be the first commissioning editor for daytime and early peak to be based in North East England.
In her new position, Munson will support suppliers in the North of England, with a particular focus on building the supply base in the North East, as well as working alongside colleagues in Scotland.
She will commission content for BBC1, BBC2 and BBC iPlayer, covering live, formatted factual, factual entertainment, scripted, entertainment and docuseries. Munson will report to Carla-Maria Lawson, the BBC’s head of daytime and early peak.