Anna Carragher
Anna Carragher (born 9 July 1948) is a Northern Irish former broadcasting executive and television producer, and a former Controller of BBC Northern Ireland.
Early life
Her father was a shipyard electrician and trade unionist, and Irish Labour councillor. Her parents were founding members of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), which formed in 1970.
She went to St Dominic's High School, now called St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls, a catholic grammar school in Belfast, where her mother taught Maths, and became Vice-Principal in 1976. She gained a BA degree in English Language and Literature from QUB.
Career
She joined the BBC in 1970.
In 1985 she joined BBC1's Question Time as its producer. She produced Radio 4's Any Questions from 1989 to 1992. From 1992 to 1995 she worked on the new Five Live station, and was Editor of European and Correspondent Programmes for Radio 4.
She left the BBC on 17 November 2006.[1] She had been with the BBC for thirty-six years. She became Head of Programmes at BBC NI in 1995, and its first female Controller in 2000.
She is on the Board of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.[2] Since 2009 she has been a Commissioner on the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
Personal life
She is divorced with two sons and a daughter.
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| Preceded by Pat Loughrey |
Controller: BBC Northern Ireland September 2000 - November 2006 |
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