{"id":115237,"date":"2025-09-02T22:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/115237\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T22:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:18:13","slug":"nick-lee-to-head-up-bbc-acquisitions-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/115237\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Lee to head up BBC acquisitions | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"picture\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nick lee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1458856_nicklee_147205.jpg\"   loading=\"eager\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"904\" height=\"591\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The BBC has appointed BBC Studios exec Nick Lee as its head of acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>Lee is returning to the broadcaster after over a decade to lead the team responsible for acquiring scripted and unscripted series and feature films for linear and iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>He will replace Sue Deeks who will take on a newly created three-day role as head of pre-buy acquisitions. She will focus on content bought before production has started \u2013 such as King &amp; Conqueror.<\/p>\n<p>Lee has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/bbc-studios\/bbcs-snaps-up-c4-acquisitions-head\/5186538.article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">overseeing drama and comedy productions<\/a>\u00a0at BBC Studios for two years, heading up the commercial strategy and driving partnership deals and key investments in titles such as Tommy and Tuppence, Mint, 2026, and The Detection Club.<\/p>\n<p>The search for his replacement at BBCS has begun, with Sharifa Mansour and Kate Woods stepping up as dual acting directors of commercial for scripted productions.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Lee spent a decade at Channel 4, becoming head of acquisitions and international in 2021 after securing major titles like The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, Fargo, The Great, and Married At First Sight Australia, while driving initiatives like True Crime on 4. Before that he worked at the BBC for four years until 2012.<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sue deeks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1458860_suedeeks_670511.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"1248\" height=\"702\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u2019s recent acquisitions include scripted series The Narrow Road to the Deep North, The Bridge, and Colin From Accounts and natural history tentpole The Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Director of iPlayer and channels Dan McGolpin said: \u201cNick is a highly experienced dealmaker with a keen eye for spotting compelling TV from around the world, and I\u2019m really excited that we\u2019ll be getting the benefit of his great energy and know-how in leading the programme acquisition team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee added: \u201cThis feels like a vocational calling for me\u2026To be acquiring for the BBC, shaping the market with this team and working with the inimitable Sue Deeks is completely exhilarating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He will start his role in November, and Deeks will remain in post until then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has appointed BBC Studios exec Nick Lee as its head of acquisitions. Lee is returning to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-115237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}