369:. In January 2008, he became the Controller of Knowledge Commissioning. He was responsible for commissioning 1600 hours of TV programmes across BBC One, Two, Three and Four each year, and was in overall control of the BBC's online factual and learning content. On 27 April 2011, he was appointed Director of BBC Vision. In the role he was responsible for the television channels BBC One, BBC Two,
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had been wrong to broadcast the report, and that he had been aware of it only after it had been broadcast. He commented "In the light of the unacceptable journalistic standards of the
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programme was possibly the immediate factor in his resignation, as it appeared from the interview that he had no intention of resigning when
Humphrys put the issue to him. Entwistle said that
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