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Oct 17, 2022 · Rachel Ashdown has been confirmed as the Lead Commissioner for the BBC on Eurovision 2023.
Sep 28, 2022 · In addition to these three new appointments, Rachel Ashdown has been appointed Lead Commissioner for the BBC’s delivery of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and will focus solely...
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"Doing A level, the courses were quite traditional, so it was Tudors and European history. The fact you could do a really deep dive into a specific area for my degree was brilliant. The first year was very broad, but after that you could really pick an area and explore it. And it was areas I would have never had had my eyes opened up to previously....
"I was also really involved with the Students' Union – I was hall president in my second year and I went on to be communications officer and vice president. In my sabbatical year, I applied to do a postgrad in broadcast journalism. Because of the work I'd done with URN and the Students' Union and Impact, it meant that when I went for the interview,...
My years at Nottingham really shaped my experience and gave me some of my most important friendships. I still get a real thrill from being in a TV studio and think I'm really lucky to do what I do. I knew history was a solid grounding if the journalism thing didn't ever happen, because really I didn’t think it would. I really enjoyed history and st...
Oct 4, 2022 · On 28 September, BBC Entertainment announced several new hires to their commissioning team, including naming Rachel Ashdown as the lead commissioner for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in the UK this May. Ashdown was initially named to the Head of Delegation Reference Group in 2018.
Feb 20, 2023 · It was commissioned by BBC Lead Commissioner for Eurovision Song Contest, Rachel Ashdown, and the commissioning executive for the BBC is Leanne Witcoop.
Oct 17, 2022 · Rachel Ashdown has been confirmed as the Lead Commissioner for the BBC on Eurovision 2023. She will work with BBC Studios, who will produce the three live shows (the two Semi-Finals and the Grand Final), on the overall look and tone of the show and is responsible for commissioning other programming to run across the BBC and work with the ...
Dec 20, 2022 · Leading the entire project is Managing Director BBC, Martin Green CBE working with Rachel Ashdown, Lead Commissioner for the BBC.
