Jan Younghusband, head of BBC music TV commissioning, to step down

Jan Younghusband, head of music TV commissioning at the BBC, is leaving her role after 12 years. 

She said: 'I have decided to leave the BBC at the end of this year for a new challenge in my creative life in film-making and TV.

'It has been an honour and privilege to work with so many outstanding artists, producers, directors and production teams. I would like to thank them all and also my brilliant team at the BBC for their outstanding support and for the many programmes we have created together which have brought great joy to BBC audiences.

'The BBC is an outstanding cultural broadcaster and the most important pillar of the creative industry, and I will always champion it on the outside as I have done from the inside.'

During her time at the BBC, Younghusband commissioned a variety of classical, jazz and pop programming - both documentary and live events - including BBC Proms, Glastonbury, and the Royal Opera and Ballet.

She also introduced initiatives including BBC Young Jazz Musicians, and commissioned a raft of cinema music films, including Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool; and BROS: After the Screaming Stops.