The Executive Board is responsible for operational management of BBC services.
Senior Staff: Vision
- Mark is responsible for the commissioning of all entertainment programmes, including all comedy entertainment, on television and online.
- He ensures that all developing programmes appeal to the different audiences of the BBC and that they provide the licence fee payer with quality and original entertainment content.
Salary and total remuneration: August 2011
Salary: £200,000
Total remuneration: £207,800
Biography
Last updated October 2009
Mark Linsey is Controller, Entertainment Commissioning.
He took up the role in February 2009 and since then has commissioned, among others, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Road Show, Wizard Of Oz, Strictly Come Dancing, The Restaurant and its two new spin-off series and Graham Norton's new chat show on BBC One.
Mark joined BBC Entertainment Commissioning in February 2007, first as a Commissionig Editor then as an Executive Editor.
During this time he was responsible for, amongst others, all Lottery formats, Children In Need, The Royal Variety Performance, The Kids Are Alright, Hole In The Wall, The One And Only and Total Wipeout.
From December 2008 to January 2009 inclusive he was Acting Controller, Entertainment Commissioning.
Prior to this he was Director of Entertainment at Talent Television, developing and producing new entertainment and factual entertainment formats including 9/11 Millionaire Widows (Channel 4), The Man With 80 Wives (Channel 4) and Queen Of The Universe (Channel 4).
From mid-2001 to 2004, Mark was Managing Director of Zeal TV and from 1997 to 2001 was Head of Entertainment at Tiger Aspect.
Before this he was a freelance series producer working across a host of entertainment formats for all broadcasters, including The Lily Savage Show (BBC One), You Bet (ITV1), Something For The Weekend (Channel 4).
Expenses and central bookings
Expenses are costs incurred by BBC staff on behalf of the BBC and claimed through the BBC's expenses system (e-expenses). Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the BBC and booked through the BBC's central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.
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- Mark Linsey's e-expenses Q3 2011-12 PDF (184KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q3 2011-12 PDF (86KB)
- Mark Linsey's e-expenses Q2 2011-12 PDF (212KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q2 2011-12 PDF (105KB)
- Mark Linsey's e-expenses Q1 2011-12 PDF (235KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q1 2011-12 PDF (109KB)
- Mark Linsey's e-expenses Q4 2010-11 PDF (102KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q4 2010-11 PDF (115KB)
- Mark Linsey's e-expenses Q3 2010-11 PDF (241KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q3 2010-11 PDF (119KB)
- Mark Linsey's e-expenses Q2 2010-11 PDF (162KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q2 2010-11 PDF (131KB)
- Mark Linsey's e-expenses Q1 2010-11 PDF (84KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q1 2010-11 PDF (74KB)
- Mark Linsey's expenses Q4 2009-10 PDF (198KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q4 2009-10 PDF (99KB)
- Mark Linsey's expenses Q3 2009-10 PDF (167KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q3 2009-10 PDF (60KB)
- Mark Linsey's expenses Q2 2009-10 PDF (173KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q2 2009-10 PDF (79KB)
- Mark Linsey's expenses Q1 2009-10 PDF (179KB)
- Mark Linsey's central bookings Q1 2009-10 PDF (127KB)
Gifts and Hospitality Register
Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with BBC policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.
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- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2011-12
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2011-12
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2011-12
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2010-11
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2010-11
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2010-11
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2010-11
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2009-10
- Mark Linsey's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q3 2009-10 (32KB)
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2009-10
- Mark Linsey had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2009-10
Declaration of personal interests
Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.
A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the Data Protection Act.
This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.
