Nick Andrews appointed BBC Wales' Head of Commissioning
BBC Wales has appointed Nick Andrews as the new Head of Commissioning. Currently BBC Wales’ Head of Development, Andrews will lead BBC Wales commissioning across television, iPlayer and interactive platforms.
Published: 28 November 2016
Nick is a creative to his fingertips and an instinctive collaborator. And I know he is determined to help BBC Wales reach out to new audiences, to think big, to innovate digitally, and to help develop exciting new voices and talents.
As Head of Commissioning, he will join the Board of BBC Wales, as well as the newly-formed Commissioning Group which brings radio, television and online together for the first time to share cross-platform ideas and seek out bigger, bolder content.
BBC Wales Director, Rhodri Talfan Davies, says: “Nick is a creative to his fingertips and an instinctive collaborator. And I know he is determined to help BBC Wales reach out to new audiences, to think big, to innovate digitally, and to help develop exciting new voices and talents.”
In a wide-ranging career, Andrews has an impressive track record of winning network commissions including The First World War From Above and Scott’s Hut for BBC One, BBC Two’s Operation Crossbow and his contribution to the development of BBC Three’s The Call Centre. Nick also led planning for BBC Wales’ season of programming to mark the Dylan Thomas centenary.
As well as his focus on development, he is also an award-winning producer and director. His documentary Roger: Genocide Baby won him the BAFTA Cymru Breakthrough award and it was followed by another BBC Three film, I Woke Up Gay. He has also worked for Radio 1, BBC Radio Wales and as a director on The One Show.
Nick Andrews says: “This new role offers the chance to lead a first-rate commissioning team and I’m looking forward to meeting and collaborating with producers and content-makers from across Wales and the rest of the UK. BBC Wales already has a strong reputation for commissioning content of real scale and ambition and I'm looking forward to building on that success.”
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BBC Cymru yn penodi Nick Aandrews fel Pennaeth Comisiynu
Mae BBC Cymru wedi penodi Nick Andrews fel Pennaeth Comisiynu. Bydd Andrews, sydd ar hyn o bryd yn Bennaeth Datblygu BBC Cymru, yn arwain ar gomisiynau teledu, iPlayer ac allbwn rhyngweithiol.
Fel Pennaeth Comisiynu, bydd yn ymuno â Bwrdd BBC Cymru, yn ogystal â’r Grŵp Comisiynu a ffurfiwyd yn ddiweddar, sy’n dod â radio, teledu ac ar-lein ynghŷd am y tro cyntaf er mwyn rhannu syniadau aml-lwyfan a mynd ar drywydd cynnwys sy’n fwy ac yn fwy beiddgar.
Dywedodd Rhodri Talfan Davies, Cyfarwyddwr BBC Cymru: “Mae Nick yn greadigol o'i goryn i'w sawdl ac yn gydweithredwr greddfol. Rwy’n gwybod ei fod yn benderfynol i helpu BBC Cymru apelio at gynulleidfaoedd newydd, i feddwl yn eang, i arloesi’n ddigidol, ac i helpu datblygu lleisiau a thalentau newydd.”
Mae gan Nick brofiad nodedig o ennill comisiynau rhwydwaith, gan gynnwys The First World War From Above a Scott’s Hut ar gyfer BBC One, Operation Crossbow i BBC Two a’i gyfraniad i ddatblygiad The Call Centre ar BBC Three. Yn fwy diweddar, arweiniodd y prosiect ar dymor Dylan Thomas BBC Cymru.
Mae Andrews hefyd wedi ennill gwobrau am ei waith fel cynhyrchydd a chyfarwyddwr. Enillodd ei raglen ddogfen yn 2011, Roger: Genocide Baby, Wobr Torri Drwodd BAFTA Cymru ac fe’i dilynwyd gan ffilm arall i BBC Three, I Woke Up Gay. Mae hefyd wedi gweithio i Radio 1 ac i Radio Wales, ac fel cyfarwyddwr ar The One Show.
Dywedodd Nick Andrews: “Mae’r rôl newydd hon yn cynnig cyfle i arwain tîm comisiynu o’r radd flaenaf ac rwy’n edrych ymlaen at gwrdd a chydweithio gyda chynhyrchwyr a phobl sy’n creu cynnwys o bob rhan o Gymru a gweddill y DU. Mae gan BBC Cymru eisoes enw da am gomisiynu cynnwys sylweddol ac uchelgeisiol ac rwy’n edrych ymlaen at adeiladu ar y llwyddiant hwnnw.”
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