EXCLUSIVE: TheBBChas engaged two executive search companies to help with its efforts to replace chief content officerCharlotte Moore.

She will also oversee international creative output for Sony Pictures Television.

They must have a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape including the economic/commercial/political and creative issues facing the industry.

Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa wear ’50s formal clothes in a movie theater in a still from ‘Doctor Who’

Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in ‘Doctor Who’BBC Studios

Speculation is likely to be fevered as the recruitment process progresses.

Applications close on April 30.

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