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Mandy Chang to depart as ABC Head of Arts

ABC exec is headed to the BBC to oversee doco series Storyville.

Mandy Chang, ABC Head of Arts and Acting Head of Non-Scripted TV, is to depart the broadcaster after 4 1/2 years.

She has accepted a role as Commissioning Editor of BBC documentary series Storyville.

Her recent projects have included David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema, Stop Laughing…This is Serious (series 2), and documentary strand Artsville. As Head of Arts Mandy has overseen the iview Arts Channel, and instigating initiatives like the Art Bites and Love Bites series.

David Anderson, Director Television, said, “Mandy has been a fantastic advocate of the Arts and has done an outstanding job of delivering vibrant and engaging content to all Australians over many years. She is highly regarded across the industry and brought a creative and innovative edge to the ABC Arts team. Mandy is taking up a brilliant opportunity and we wish her the very best with this next stage of her career.”

“Over the past four and a half years I have been at the ABC, I have had the great privilege and pleasure of seeing and engaging with the best of the arts that this country has to offer and of working on an incredible slate of arts programming with some very talented people,” Chang said.

“I am extremely proud of the work our passionate and hardworking little Arts Department has commissioned, made and overseen. I’m very sad to be leaving the ABC at this exciting and crucial time in its history, but I’m also looking forward to a new challenge.”

She will depart the ABC in September.

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