Editing BBC One (section)

===2000s===
[[Lorraine Heggessey]] became Controller of BBC One, a post she took up on 1 November 2000.<ref name="controller">{{cite news|title=Heggessey takes BBC1 senior role|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|first=Ashling|last=O'Connor|date=15 September 2000}}</ref><ref name="swapper">{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article313641.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051120015231/http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article313641.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2005|title=Confessions of a job swapper|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|first=Raymond|last=Snoddy|date=19 September 2005|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> She had previously been sounded out about the job in 1997 after [[Michael Jackson (TV executive)|Michael Jackson]]'s departure, but had turned down the opportunity as she felt she was then not yet experienced enough.<ref name="offer">{{cite web|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,384993,00.html|title=Heggessey defends BBC news move|first=Matt|last=Wells|publisher=[[Guardian Unlimited]]|format=Requires free registration|date=19 October 2000|access-date=21 January 2007}}</ref>

During Heggessey's five years in charge, BBC One's audience share fell by 19.9%, to 23%, although this was in the context of declining audience figures across all British television channels due to increased competition from multichannel [[digital television]].<ref name="first">{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article11208.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001125646/http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article11208.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2007|title=The first woman at the helm of BBC1 quits to go commercial|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|first=Ciar|last=Byrne|date=15 February 2005|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> However, in 2001 BBC One overtook its main rival ITV in terms of annual audience share for the first time since the rival channel had launched in 1955,<ref name="itv1">{{cite news|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/bbc/story/0,,597066,00.html|title=Getting One over|first=Maggie|last=Brown|newspaper=The Guardian|format=Requires free registration|date=19 November 2001|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> although much of this was down to the success of the channel's [[daytime television]] line-up, which had its own Controller: [[Jane Lush]].<ref name="itv1"/>

When Heggessey arrived at the channel in November 2000, she inherited two controversial schedule changes which had been implemented the previous month, at the behest of [[Director-General of the BBC]] [[Greg Dyke]]; the ''[[BBC Nine O'Clock News|Nine O'Clock News]]'' had been moved to the later time of 22:00 and ''Panorama'' moved from Monday night prime time slot to a later slot on Sunday nights.<ref name="panorama">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/BBC/Story/0,,383701,00.html|title=	1m viewers lost as BBC shifts Panorama to Sunday 'graveyard' slot|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Matt|last=Wells|date=17 October 2000|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> The moving of ''Panorama'' attracted criticism that BBC One was sidelining serious programming in favour of more populist output.<ref name="homer">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,626507,00.html|title=BBC scores a Homer in ratings race|first=Matt|last=Wells|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 January 2002|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> Heggessey publicly defended the decision, despite it not being hers, claiming that ''Panorama''{{'s}} ratings would have "dwindled" in its previous slot.<ref name="panorama"/>

Heggessey and the BBC's Controller of Drama Commissioning, [[Jane Tranter]], took advantage of the weekday 21:00 slot opening up by moving the news to commission new popular drama output, such as the successful ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' (2000–2011) and ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'' (2002–2011).<ref name="popular">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,1558384,00.html|title=BBC1 boss promises drama, not docusoaps|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Owen|last=Gibson|date=29 August 2005|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> Celebrity dancing show ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' (2004–present) was also a popular success on Saturday nights,<ref name="popular"/> although another Saturday night entertainment series, ''[[Fame Academy]]'', faced accusations of being too derivative of the output of commercial rivals, and during Heggessey's era the channel frequently came under attack for being too populist and not providing enough serious programming.<ref name="attacks">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,856989,00.html|title=BBC gets serious in defence of flagship channel|first=Matt|last=Wells|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 December 2002|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref>

[[File:BBC One (2002).svg|thumbnail|left|Logo used from 2002 to 2006]]
Immediately after her arrival, Heggessey ordered a review of the [[BBC One 'Balloon' idents|"Balloon" idents]] the channel had been using for its between-programme [[Television ident|idents]] since 1997. In her opinion, the balloon was "slow and distant" and so, on 29 March 2002, after much speculation, she decided to abandon the "Balloon" idents (and the traditional [[History of BBC television idents|"Globe" idents]] the channel had used in a variety of forms since 1963). They were replaced by a new style of on-air identity for the channel, the [[BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents|"Rhythm & Movement" idents]]. The new idents attracted criticism for going against the traditions of the channel<ref name="idents1">{{cite news|title=End of the world is nigh for BBC|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=27 March 2002}}</ref> and pandering to "[[political correctness]]", as they featured activities performed by people of various ethnicities.<ref name="idents2">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,4384922,00.html|title=End of the world for BBC branding|newspaper=The Observer|date=31 March 2002|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> The abandonment of a station clock, and perceived lack of a 'serious ident', also put the BBC in an embarrassing situation just one day into the new look with the death of the [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Mother]].

One of Heggessey's most notable decisions and last major success at the channel was the recommissioning of the science-fiction drama series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which had been a popular hit in previous decades but ceased production in [[Survival (Doctor Who)|1989]]. Heggessey and Jane Tranter recommissioned the series in September 2003, after Heggessey had spent two years persuading the BBC's commercial arm, [[BBC Worldwide]], to abandon their attempts to make a [[feature film]] version of the programme and allow it to instead return it to BBC One.<ref name="who1">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/26/nwho26.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040108171020/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/26/nwho26.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 January 2004|title=Doctor Who ready to come out of the Tardis for Saturday TV series|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|first=Tom|last=Leonard|date=26 September 2003|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> The new version of ''Doctor Who'' (2005–present) debuted on 26 March 2005 and became a critical and popular hit,<ref name="who2">{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jun/16/broadcasting.uknews|title=Doctor Who fights on&nbsp;... and on|first=Matt|last=Wells|work=[[The Guardian]]|format= |date=16 June 2005|access-date=}}</ref> with [[Paul Hoggart]] of ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper describing the series as "a joyful, exuberant reinvention and a fine legacy from Ms Heggessey."<ref name="who3">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/just-what-the-doctor-ordered-scn6c93dqpr|title=Just what the Doctor ordered|newspaper= [[The Times]]|first=Paul|last=Hoggart|author-link=Paul Hoggart|date=28 March 2005|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref>

Heggessey did later concede in a 2005 interview with ''[[The Independent]]'' newspaper that [[The arts|arts]] programming had suffered a cutback under her control of BBC One.<ref name="swapper"/> However, she did respond to this omission following criticism from the [[Board of Governors of the BBC]] by commissioning programmes such as the arts documentary series ''[[Imagine (TV series)|Imagine...]]'' (2003–present) and ''[[A Picture of Britain]]'' (2005).<ref name="notdumb">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,1414747,00.html|title=BBC1 controller switches to the independent sector|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Owen|last=Gibson|date=15 February 2005|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref>

On 14 February 2005 it was announced that Lorraine Heggessey was to leave the BBC to take up the post of Chief Executive at production company [[Talkback Thames]].<ref name="notdumb"/> She left on 15 April. Five months after her departure, BBC One was named "Channel of the Year" at the [[Edinburgh International Television Festival|Edinburgh Television Festival]], primarily on the strength of Heggessey's commissions such as ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and ''Doctor Who''.<ref name="year">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/4191972.stm|title=BBC wins channel of year awards|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=27 August 2005|access-date=20 January 2007}}</ref>

Joining the channel as Controller in 2005, [[Peter Fincham]] oversaw the commissioning of several successful BBC One programmes including ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' (2006–2009), ''[[Jane Eyre (2006 miniseries)|Jane Eyre]]'' (2006) and ''[[How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?]]'', which was followed by similar shows ''[[Any Dream Will Do (TV series)|Any Dream Will Do]]'' and ''[[I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series)|I'd Do Anything]]'' because of its success.<ref name="snoddy">{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1919429.ece |title=Back the BBC to hang on to its viewers in the multi-channel age |work=The Independent |first=Raymond |last=Snoddy |date=23 October 2006 |access-date=19 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184232/http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1919429.ece |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> His first full year in charge of the channel saw a year-on-year growth in the audience share, with a rise from 22.2% in August 2005 to 23.6% in August 2006.<ref name="audience">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/sep/18/broadcasting.mondaymediasection|title=Channel 4's Big Brother hangover|work=The Guardian|date=18 September 2006|access-date=19 January 2007}}</ref>

Fincham also directly initiated the creation of both  ''[[The One Show]]'' (2006–present), an early evening, current-affairs and lifestyle magazine programme, which now runs all but two weeks of the year, and ''[[Davina (talk show)|Davina]]'' (2006), a prime time [[Talk show|chat show]], the latter hosted by [[Davina McCall]], who presented ''[[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother]]''.<ref name="oneshow">{{cite news|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/bbc/story/0,,1865519,00.html|title=The One Show gets another go|first=Matt|last=Wells|work=MediaGuardian|date=6 September 2006|access-date=19 January 2007}}</ref> However, ''Davina'' was a critical and ratings disaster,<ref name="davina1">{{cite news|url=http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/thomas_sutcliffe/article351178.ece |title=Do not blame Davina for this disaster |work=The Independent |first=Thomas |last=Sutcliffe |date=14 March 2006 |access-date=19 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615233135/http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/thomas_sutcliffe/article351178.ece |archive-date=15 June 2006 }}</ref> which Fincham subsequently admitted was personally his fault, although he defended the strategy of experimenting with the BBC One schedule. This he continued in January 2007, when he moved the [[current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] series ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' from its Sunday night slot back to the prime time Monday evening slot from which it had been removed in 2000, most likely in response to a demand from the [[Board of Governors of the BBC]] for the channel to show more current affairs programming in prime time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/panorama-to-take-on-itv-soap-sqcclrmvkn2|title=Panorama to take on ITV soap|work=[[The Times]]|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|date=19 January 2006|access-date=19 January 2007 }}</ref>

Fincham's judgement was again called into question, this time by ''The Telegraph'', for his decision to spend £1.2&nbsp;million replacing the channel's [[BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents|'Rhythm and Movement' idents]], which had been introduced by his predecessor [[Lorraine Heggessey]] several years earlier, with the [[BBC One 'Circle' idents|'Circle' idents]], a set of eight ten-second films, some of which were shot abroad in locations such as Mexico and Croatia.<ref name="idents">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1529890/BBC-splashes-out-1.2m-on-circle-of-life-TV-links.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1529890/BBC-splashes-out-1.2m-on-circle-of-life-TV-links.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=BBC splashes out £1.2&nbsp;m on circle of life TV links|last=Alleyne|first=Richard|work=The Telegraph|date=27 September 2006|access-date=19 January 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fincham later found himself having to publicly defend the £18&nbsp;million salary that the BBC paid [[Jonathan Ross (television presenter)|Jonathan Ross]] in 2006, although Ross's BBC One work—primarily consisting of ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]''—formed only part of his overall BBC commitment.<ref name="ross">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/bbcs-pound18m-deal-makes-ross-best-paid-presenter-0tlvx83s6xz|title=BBC's £18&nbsp;m deal makes Ross best-paid presenter|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|work=[[The Times]]|date=10 June 2006|access-date=19 January 2007 }}</ref>

The channel was named ''Channel of the Year'' at the 2007 Broadcast Awards.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/01_january/25/awards.shtml BBC One named Channel Of The Year at Broadcast Awards] BBC Press Office, 25 January 2007</ref>