Sudden departure of executive chair and founder of independent production company is being ‘handled by her lawyers’. By Tara Conlan
October 2013
Educating Yorkshire producer Twofour merges with Boom Pictures
Lorraine Heggessey's company merges with the firm also behind Tom Daley diving show Splash! By Mark Sweney
January 2013
Media Monkey
Boom time for Lorraine Heggessey
Media Monkey: Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes, outgoing ITV drama chiefs, and former BBC1 controller create MainStreet Pictures production company
September 2012
The BBC and the royal family: those rows in full
New BBC helmsman George Entwistle has been reminded already of the difficult course he must steer through regal rapids
August 2012
The five minute interview from the Edinburgh Television Festival
Media Talk: Elisabeth Murdoch's 2012 MacTaggart lecture - video
John Plunkett is joined by the Guardian's Dan Sabbagh and independent producers Kenton Allen and Lorraine Heggessey to run the rule over the keynote speech
Lorraine Heggessey criticises BBC commissioning process
Former BBC1 controller tells Edinburgh TV Festival that management at television centre should be significantly trimmed. By Josh Halliday
Graham Linehan signs deal with Lorraine Heggessey production firm
IT Crowd creator snapped up by former BBC1 controller's Boom Pictures to develop and produce new comedy. By John Plunkett
July 2012
Former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey returns to TV production
Former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey to chair newly formed production company Boom Pictures. By Josh Halliday
June 2010
Lorraine Heggessey leaves Talkback Thames
Former BBC1 controller departing producer of Britain's Got Talent and The Apprentice after five years as chief executive. By Tara Conlan
December 2009
Big cheese chart
Big Cheese Chart: Channel 4 contenders line up
Five in running to become Channel 4 chief executive
October 2009
David Abraham and Jane Root frontrunners for Channel 4 chief
Former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey also viewed as a contender in some industry circles. Mark Sweney and Ben Dowell
September 2005
Heggessey calls for 'lavish, complex' British drama
RTS Cambridge: Lorraine Heggessey, the former BBC1 controller who joined Talkback Thames as the chief executive in May, has called on British programme-makers to come up with 'lavish, complex and high-concept' dramas such as Lost. By Jason Deans.
March 2005
Heggessey: I did it my way
TV heads swap ratings for rumba
February 2005
Heggessey: Dumbing down accusations hurt
4pm: Lorraine Heggessey today said she had no regrets over chasing ratings and said accusations that she had 'dumbed down' BBC1 had hurt. By Lisa O'Carroll and Jason Deans.
BBC1 boss quits
12pm: The BBC has confirmed that Lorraine Heggessey is quitting her job as BBC1 controller to become chief executive of Talkback Thames. By Jason Deans.
Who's in the running to replace Lorraine Heggessey?
