An Idiot Abroad producer Krishnendu Majumdar has become chair of Bafta’s television committee.
The Me & You Productions co-founder has replaced outgoing Objective Productions chief executive Andrew Newman.
He will be joined by Emma Morgan as deputy chair of the television committee.
Morgan is head of popular factual at Oxford Scientific Films. She was previously creative director at Warner Bros Television Production UK-owned indie Watershed and also worked on shows including Channel 4’s The Fried Chicken Shop and Sky 1’s Greggs: More Than Meets The Pie during her time as director of development at Mentorn.
The newly-formed television committee consists of Peaky Blinders director Otto Bathurst, former Discovery commissioner and Sheffield Doc/Fest chief Elizabeth McIntyre, Kudos joint chief executive Dan Isaacs, Birds of a Feather writer Laurence Marks, CBBC Productions boss Helen Bullough, consultant Sara Putt, True Vision founder Brian Woods and Boundless managing director Hannah Wyatt.
Former BBC Academy director Anne Morrison continues as chair of the Academy with Strictly Come Dancing commissioner Jane Lush as deputy.
Kevin Price, chief operating officer of Bafta, said: “These committees – film, television and games – represent a Bafta membership of around 7,500 industry professionals and experienced practitioners in the UK and around the world, and they help us, as an Academy, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image, inspire practitioners and benefit the public.”
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