Cassian Harrison

Cassian is currently SVP of Content Creation & Acquisition for BBC Studios, with a senior leadership role in developing, launching and managing BBC services for international audiences and building partnerships with major platforms such as Apple and Amazon.

Before this, Cassian was Channel Editor of BBC4. He was responsible for maintaining the channel's singular and innovative voice, and building its success across Arts, Music, Science, Documentary and International Drama programming. Under his leadership the channel saw consistent audience growth and won many awards including Broadcast Digital Channel of the Year and Edinburgh TV Festival Specialist Channel of the Year.