Editing BBC Four (section)

==Organisation==
The channel direction is determined by the channel's remit, set by royal charter and the corporation's governing body (the [[BBC Board]]), and by the channel controller. In October 2013, following the departure of Richard Klein from the controllership, the management of the channel changed, with the role of Controller of BBC Four scrapped: from this point the Controller of BBC Two would have ultimate oversight of BBC Four as part of their role, absorbing some of the former duties of the Controller of BBC Four, but a new 'Channel Editor' post, reporting up to this controller, would be created to take day-to-day charge of Four. The controllers of BBC Four from 2002 to 2016 have been:

*2002–2004: [[Roly Keating]]
*2004–2008: [[Janice Hadlow]]<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/10_october/01/two.shtml |title=Janice Hadlow to be new Controller of BBC Two |date=1 October 2008 |publisher=BBC Press Office |access-date=13 December 2008 }}</ref>
*2008–2013: [[Richard Klein (TV)|Richard Klein]]<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/24/four.shtml |title=Richard Klein named new Controller of BBC Four |date=24 November 2008 |publisher=BBC Press Office |access-date=13 December 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208012005/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/24/four.shtml| archive-date= 8 December 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*2013–2014: [[Janice Hadlow]] (as Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four) "on an interim basis"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/biographies/klein_richard/|title=Richard Klein, Former Controller, BBC Four – Inside the BBC|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=4 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704192006/http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/biographies/klein_richard/|url-status=dead}}</ref> – Hadlow had been Controller of BBC Two since departing BBC Four in 2008
*Early 2014: Adam Barker (interim Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four following Janice Hadlow's departure to a new post)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/02/adam-barker-appointed-acting-controller-bbc-two-bbc-four/|title=Adam Barker Appointed Acting Controller of BBC Two & BBC Four|work=TVWise|date=19 February 2014}}</ref>
*2014–2016: [[Kim Shillinglaw]] (as Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/04/kim-shillinglaw-named-bbc-two-bbc-four-controller/|title=Kim Shillinglaw Named BBC Two & BBC Four Controller|work=TVWise|date=11 April 2014}}</ref>

Channel Editors of BBC Four have been:

*2013–present: Cassian Harrison<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/channel-editor-bbcfour.html|title=Cassian Harrison appointed as Channel Editor, BBC Four – Media Centre|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818141911/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/channel-editor-bbcfour.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{As of|2011}}, BBC Four had an annual budget of £54.3&nbsp;million.<ref name="bbctrustremit11"/>

On 20 January 2016, Kim Shillinglaw announced that she had decided to leave the BBC as the Controller of [[BBC Two]] and BBC Four. As a result of the reorganisation, the post of BBC Two and Four control had closed after her departure later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/controller-tv-and-iplayer|title=BBC – Strategic reorganisation of BBC TV sees Charlotte Moore appointed Controller, TV Channels and iPlayer – Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref>