| BBC director of news Helen Boaden said:
"Peter has a superb track record in television journalism. He
also has a deep understanding of the television audience and the competitive
pressures we face as technology offers our audiences more choice of
news than ever before."
In 1997 and 2005 Horrocks won Bafta awards for editing Newsnight
and The Power of Nightmares. Horrocks joined the Corporation
in 1981 as a news trainee and went on to work for Newsnight, where
he later returned as editor.
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