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Ms Valentine, who is also a former Executive Producer of Question Time, helped launch The Nine in February 2019 from an open-plan studio space on the third floor of BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay headquarters in Glasgow.
He left BBC Scotland in November last year to become Director of BBC Midlands, three months before announcing the decision to scrap The Nine and replace it with a 30-minute news programme.
Less than a year later, Ms Valentine returns north of the border to take up the job of leading the BBC in Scotland.
He said: “I’m delighted to have been asked to lead BBC Scotland. There is a wealth of first class creative talent in Scotland within the BBC and across the wider sector.
“I’m looking forward to working with them all to create the highest quality content for our audiences in Scotland, and to represent Scotland to audiences across the UK and beyond. I really can’t wait to get started”.
An experienced journalist, Ms Valentine joined the BBC in 1996 and was Director of Current Affairs in Mentorn, Head of News at Radio 5 Live, Head of the BBC Radio newsroom as well as the launch editor of The Nine news programme.
The corporation said Ms Valentine brings a “remarkable range of experience” to her new role within the BBC and from working in the independent production sector in Scotland.
The Nine launched to great fanfare five years ago, with more than 750,000 people tuning in for the programme’s first show.
However, viewing plummeted towards the end of its time on television, with reports claiming that there was one day in January this year when only 1,700 viewers watched.
Angus Robertson, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Culture, said the decision to scrap the program was “extremely disappointing”.
“I know she is determined to build on BBC Scotland’s editorial success – strengthening its online services and working with partners across the sector to ensure Scotland delivers a creative boost not just at home, but international too.”
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A graduate of Edinburgh University, Hayley worked as a journalist at DC Thomson and Radio Forth before joining the BBC.
The BBC said its new Director in Scotland would lead the development of a wide range of content and services for audiences across TV, radio and online, including BBC Reporting Scotland, Sportscene, Disclosure, BBC Radio Scotland, the BBC Scotland channel, and the work BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
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