Former Channel 5 exec, who oversaw return of Big Brother to UK TV, to join RTE's main rival. By Lisa O'Carroll
December 2012
Media Monkey
Jeff Ford's hagiography
Media Monkey: It's tough saying goodbye in the same week as one of the greats
October 2012
MediaGuardian
Media Talk podcast: MPs roast BBC on Jimmy Savile response
Jeff Ford to leave Channel 5
February 2012
MediaGuardian
Media Talk: Marie Colvin, the Sun on Sunday, and Jazz FM
Tributes are paid to the veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, plus how will the Sun on Sunday shake up the weekend tabloid market? With John Plunkett, Maggie Brown and Olly Mann
August 2011
MediaGuardian
Media Talk and Tech Weekly from the Edinburgh International Television Festival 2011
A joint podcast from the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival – where Google's chairman Eric Schmidt gave this year's MacTaggart lecture
Channel 5 programme chief: why won't Ricky Gervais work for us?
Jeff Ford says it is fashionable to give Richard Desmond channel a 'kicking', but he is improving it with new shows. By Tara Conlan
MGEITF 2011 - Jeff Ford: 'Ricky Gervais doesn't want to give us a chance' - video
Channel 5's director of programmes on the difficulties it faces in improving its image
September 2010
Northern and Shell's Paul Ashford to oversee Channel 5 programming
Jeff Ford, Channel 5's newly appointed director of programmes, will report to Ashford. By Mark Sweney
August 2010
Richard Desmond's Channel 5 has money for 'big things', says Jeff Ford
New owner 'has lots of ideas and suggestions', says controller, and is looking to commission 'whoppers'. By Maggie Brown
October 2008
Jeff Ford going back to Channel Five
Channel 4 director of acquisitions Jeff Ford is to rejoin Channel Five in the first big appointment by new chief executive Dawn Airey. By Leigh Holmwood, Mark Sweney and Tara Conlan
