Category: BBC; North West Regional TV
Date: 04.08.2006
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Tamsin O'Brien has been appointed as Head of Regional & Local Programmes (HRLP) for the
BBC in the North West of England.
Tamsin takes over from Leo Devine who will join the BBC Nations & Regions central
team as Head of Journalism Production.
Leo has been HRLP for the North West for the past
two years.
BBC Controller English Regions, Andy Griffee, says: "Tamsin has been an incredibly
successful leader for the BBC in Leeds and I'm delighted that she will now have
the opportunity to bring her skill and experience to managing our local TV,
radio and online services in the North West at such an important crossroads with
exciting plans for the BBC's expansion in the region firmly in the pipeline."
Tamsin is currently Head of BBC Yorkshire - a role she has held for the last two
and a half years.
As a former editor of North West Tonight, she already knows
the region well and is looking forward to taking up this new challenge.
She says: "I couldn't resist the chance to come back to Manchester especially at this
exciting time for the BBC in the North West.
"I am sad to be leaving Leeds and
the great team who work in West Yorkshire but the opportunity to return to the
area where I spent 10 wonderful years is too good to pass up."
Tamsin, originally from Bowdon in Cheshire, joined the BBC while she was
still at university.
After completing the BBC journalism course she worked for
several local radio stations throughout the country before moving into TV to
work for Midlands Today.
She moved to Manchester in 1994 to work for North West Tonight and started
producing the programme a few years later, becoming editor in 2000.
She was
appointed Head of BBC Yorkshire in April 2004 and is currently responsible for
all BBC services across the Yorkshire region.
Tamsin currently lives in Sale with her two children.
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