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Piers Wenger

Piers Wenger is Head of International TV at A24. 
 
He was appointed BBC Director of Drama in September 2020 and was Controller of BBC Drama from late 2016. Prior to this he was Head of Drama at Channel 4, and Head of Drama at BBC Wales.

As Director of Drama at the BBC he oversaw series including BAFTA and Emmy award winning I May Destroy You written by and starring Michaela Coel, Normal People, Bodyguard, A Very English Scandal, His Dark Materials, and Small Axe. 
 
Previously as a producer, Piers collaborated closely with Victoria Wood for over a decade on her dramatic projects. He produced her Bafta and RTS award-winning dramatisation of Nella Last’s diary Housewife, 49; collaborated with her on Loving Miss Hatto, Wood’s dramatisation of the life of classical pianist Joyce Hatto; and executive produced Eric and Ernie, Peter Bowker’s biopic of the young Morecambe and Wise, in which Wood also starred.