Karen Kirby

Karen is a Commissioning Executive for BBC Northern Ireland with particular responsibility for the BBC Gaeilge portfolio on Television, Radio and Digital. She provides strategic and editorial leadership to the BBC Gaeilge in-house teams working on multi-genre content on Radio and Digital including magazine, music and events, documentary and sports programming. She works closely with the independent television production sector in NI and other broadcasters and funders to commission a range of content for local audiences, including Factual Documentary, Music & Events, Drama, Factual Entertainment and Formats.

Karen has worked as Series Producer, multi-camera Director, Producer and Presenter on a variety of programming since she joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1995. She worked in BBC NI Entertainment, Factual and News & Current Affairs before joining BBC Gaeilge as television producer in 2004.