ThisisBigBrother.com - UK TV Forums - 'Big Brother's creator to lead £1.5bn Arts Council'

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'He is best known for bringing Big Brother to Channel 4, launching the boom in intrusive reality television 12 years ago. Now Sir Peter Bazalgette has emerged as the leading candidate to become the next chairman of the Arts Council, the patron of 690 arts bodies across England.

The deadline for applications closed on June 13) and sources close to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which makes the appointment, say the multimillionaire independent producer – now chairman of English National Opera and president of the Royal Television Society – has won wide support, including that of culture minister Ed Vaizey. One source told the Observer: "Bazalgette is a shoo-in."

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