Chairman of BAFTA Television Committee
Ballard was elected Chairman of the BAFTA Television Committee, and served from 2001 to 2003. Prior to this she was elected to BAFTA Council & served for six years. She was also Chairman of the BAFTA Events Committee for 2 years, producing a number of keynote speeches with channel controllers and she launched The Independent View – a series of interviews and profiles of the television industry’s key independents. During her tenure at BAFTA she expanded its television programming through the development of the BAFTA Tributes series. She also oversaw annually the television juries and chaired many herself, ranging from drama to comedy.
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