Brian Wenham

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Brian George Wenham (9 February 1937 – 8 May 1997){{cite news|date=10 May 1997 |title=Obituary: Brian Wenham |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brian-wenham-1260662.html |newspaper=The Independent |accessdate=2 November 2014}} was the controller of BBC2 from 1978 until 1982. He was known for having nurtured Not the Nine O'Clock News, and coverage of snooker and opera.{{cite news|date=10 May 1997 |title=Former BBC chief Wenham dies |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/former-bbc-chief-wenham-dies-1260560.html |newspaper=The Independent |accessdate=31 March 2011}}

He had been a senior producer for ITN on News at Ten in the 1960s, moving to the BBC at the age of 32 to become the editor of Panorama in 1969.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c3b2f84d3c85486fa212e8c3ba57c3df |title=Panorama - BBC One London - 29 September 1969 |date=29 September 1969 |publisher=BBC Genome |accessdate=26 October 2014}}