Running the cash-strapped Southbank Centre: ‘We feared Cate Blanchett would get stuck in a lift!’
The head of London’s busy, brutalist arts complex says she needs funding so urgently that she might even consider giving a sponsor the right to rename it
January 2016
ITV's Elaine Bedell to step down after seven years
Executive in charge of shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, The X Factor and I’m a Celebrity to follow director of television Peter Fincham in departing
May 2014
ITV recruits Sky's Saskia Schuster as commissioning editor of comedy
Editor behind Little Crackers, The Kumars and Psychobitches replaces Myfanwy Moore who has gone to BBC. By John Reynolds
August 2012
BBC set to retune The Voice by using swivelling chairs more
Entertainment controller calls live shows element 'very predictable', but is almost certain all four judges will return. By Mark Sweney
May 2011
ITV's Elaine Bedell is still betting on the Simon Cowell factor
Channel entertainment boss also wants more in-house production from ITV Studios. By Tara Conlan
August 2010
Elaine Bedell to take chair at Edinburgh TV Festival
ITV executive to succeed Endemol's Tim Hincks as chair of MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. By John Plunkett
December 2008
Elaine Bedell profile: waltzing from BBC's Strictly to ITV's The X Factor
Elaine Bedell quits BBC for ITV
September 2008
BBC's Elaine Bedell to chair Edinburgh TV Festival advisory committee
The BBC entertainment chief is to be the new advisory committee chair of the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. By Leigh Holmwood
October 2006
Bedell to land super-commissioner role
11.15am: The BBC's commissioning editor for features and factual, Elaine Bedell, is set to be confirmed as the corporation's entertainment 'super-commissioner' within the next week. By Leigh Holmwood.
