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At the time Entwistle was BBC controller of knowledge commissioning, overseeing all TV factual output.
Its factual output was regarded by its most loyal viewers as "very distinctive" and made it "stand out from other channels aimed at young people".
It has shown the mass media shapes people's ideas about mental illness, and that entertainment plays a bigger role in this process than factual output.
Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme began with 3.6 million viewers, a 17.6% share in the 9pm slot where ITV has struggled with its factual output of late.
The BBC1 controller also faced a barrage of negative press focusing on the channel's over-reliance on docu-soaps and other popular factual output.
As factual output is a C4 strength, a chief executive with a news and current affairs training may have an advantage.
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"While they are all aspects of human behaviour which may need to be depicted, described or discussed across the BBC's factual and non-factual output, they must never be celebrated for the purposes of entertainment.
BBC News launches BBC Reel, a new video features platform on BBC.com that will be the global home of the BBC's best factual digital output.
News reports on Cricket matches were taken by the system as input and produced factual OCQs as output (Agarwal, 2012).
In a speech to the London School of Economics, Sir Michael praised the BBC's comedy, factual and news outputs.
I don't believe any other broadcaster in British television has such an extraordinary breath of output in factual.
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