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Background & Format: BBC Four aims to provide documentaries, pop, arts, history to a national audience, available on Sky Channel 116, Freeview and online. Programme Maker/Production Company: BBC. Target Audience: BBC viewers who enjoy documentaries. Stats: We cannot issue audience figures due to contractual restraints. Please visit BARB at www.barb.co.uk. PR opportunities: PR opportunities are limited in that BBC Four tends to screen feature documentaries rather than live programmes. Emma Dalmeida should be the first point of contact for the channel. She can be reached at emma.dalmeida@bbc.co.uk Awards: 2016 - Amnesty Media Awards, Documentaries: India’s Daughter (winner) 2016 - One World Media Awards, Popular Features Award: Mumbai High: The Musical (nominated) 2013 - ABSW Awards, Best Scripted/Edited Television Programme or Online Video: Voyager: To the final frontier (nominated) 2004 - Edinburgh International Television Festival, Non-Terrestrial Channel of the Year Gorkana Alert: Monday 14 April 2014 Kim Shillinglaw has been announced as Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, taking over from Janice Hadlow who stood down from the role earlier this year. Currently Head of Science and Natural History Commissioning for the BBC, Kim has been responsible for commissioning 200 hours of television a year. She will be responsible for the creative and strategic direction of BBC Two and will also work in close collaboration with BBC Four to ensure that the channels are well-aligned. The Channel Editor of BBC Four, Cassian Harrison, will report to Shillinglaw and she will also take a place on BBC Television’s Board. Kim said: “BBC Two has always been one of the most creative channels in the world, with a huge range of quality programming. I'm delighted and honoured by the prospect of working with the best of our British talent and programme makers; I look forward to taking it and BBC Four to the next phase of great, thought-provoking and lively TV for British audiences.” BBC Director of Television, Danny Cohen, added: “Kim has proved herself to be an exceptional creative at the BBC. She has an eye for scale and the bigger picture and seeks out distinctive, high-quality ideas. BBC Two is in fantastic shape and I’m looking forward to seeing the channel blossom further under Kim’s leadership.” Gorkana Alert: Monday 4 March 2013 BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four are now based at New Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA. The switchboard number remains +44 (0)20 8743 8000 and e-mail addresses retain the format firstname.surname@bbc.co.uk