Last updated September 2008
Category: Senior Staff
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Tom Archer is Controller, BBC Factual Production, BBC Vision.
Confirmed in post in September 2008, Tom has overall responsibility for the factual production departments in London, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester with a portfolio of programmes ranging from the Natural History Unit's output, to Watchdog, Horizon, Gardeners' World, Songs Of Praise and The One Show.
Prior to this role, Tom was Head of BBC Vision's Documentaries and Features Department in Bristol where he executive produced a variety of programmes ranging from Great Britons and Ray Mears to Antiques Roadshow and DIY SOS.
Last year the department won both the Grierson and RTS awards for best documentary series with Anatomy Of A Crime.
Tom also worked as the BBC's Commissioner for Documentaries and Contemporary Factual, and was responsible for commissioning long-running hits such as Coast, Tribe, Who Do You Think You Are? and Grumpy Old Men.
Before joining the BBC in 2002, Tom was Controller of Granada Bristol (formerly United Productions), creating their specialist documentary department, which made history series for ITV and BBC Two, plus the David Starkey series Elizabeth and Six Wives Of Henry VIII for Channel 4.
Prior to this he was an investigative journalist and led the Channel 4 Dispatches team in their high-profile investigation of the Bristol baby heart surgery scandal.
