Adam Barker Acting Controller BBC Two BBC Four

n February 2014, Adam Barker was appointed as the acting controller for both BBC Two and BBC Four, following the departure of Janice Hadlow. Prior to this role, Barker served as the channel executive for BBC Two and BBC Four.

His interim leadership continued until April 2014, when Kim Shillinglaw was named the new controller for both channels,

Adam Barker has held several significant roles within the BBC, particularly concerning BBC Four.

In February 2014, following Janice Hadlow’s departure, Barker was appointed as the acting controller for both BBC Two and BBC Four.

Prior to this interim position, he served as the channel executive for BBC Two and BBC Four, overseeing channel management and genre commissioning. Before his tenure at the BBC, Barker was the head of independent television and video at Channel 4, a position he left in 2002 to join the independent production company Ideal World.

In addition to his executive roles, Barker has production credits, including work on the BBC Four documentary “How to Be a Composer” in 2009.