On the second day of Edinburgh TV Fest Charlotte Moore and her commissioning team discussed the year and the time to come for the BBC.

• When asked about the Bake Off Moore said she only has so much money to play with but wishes Channel 4’s version of the show well.
• Comedy commissioner Shane Allen is keen to crack “pre-watershed” sitcoms that the whole family can enjoy.
• Allen revealed it was Peter Kay’s idea to launch Car Share on iPlayer first to allow it grow and stop it from being criticised too quickly.  
• Documentaries on Stephen Lawrence and Grenfell Tower announced as well as four brand new dramas.
• Jodie Whittaker auditioned several times before landing role in Doctor Who and she had a good idea of what she’d do with the role.
• The BBC had no problem in casting a woman as Doctor Who
• The BBC’s entertainment commissioner would/could buy more US entertainment formats like The Voice back in 2012.  
• Head of factual revealed that any episode of last year’s Planet Earth series was seen by more in the 16-34 market than any episode of last year’s series of The X Factor.