Christine Langan, head of BBC Films, is to step down from an influential post at the heart of the British film establishment to become CEO of Baby Cow, the production outfit established by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, it has been reported.
Her tenure as head of BBC Films saw multiple award-winning films go into production, including My Week With Marilyn, An Education, and – in collaboration with Baby Cow – Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
According to Screen, an exit timetable is yet to be worked out, but the suggestion is that Langan may leave the BBC post in October.
Normal, the previous CEO, left the company in April, saying he wanted “to take a long overdue break from TV and film production”.