Cheryl Taylor is BBC's new Controller, Comedy Commissioning

From the BBC Press Office:

Jana Bennett, Director, BBC Vision, announced today that Cheryl Taylor, currently BBC Executive Editor, Out of London, Comedy Commissioning, is the BBC's new Controller, Comedy Commissioning.

Taylor, currently based in Manchester, will take up the role in the autumn and will remain in Manchester.

She replaces Lucy Lumsden, who became Sky TV's head of comedy earlier this year.