Channel 4 to oust top commissioner in Leeds and run role from London

Head of drama’s exit will leave broadcaster with no senior decision makers living in city of ‘national HQ’

The most senior commissioner in Channel 4’s Leeds office is to lose her job, the Guardian can reveal, leaving the broadcaster with no top decision makers living in the city of its “national headquarters”.

Caroline Hollick’s role as head of drama will be made redundant and brought under the remit of Ollie Madden, the director of Film4, as part of cost-cutting measures and will be run from Channel 4’s London office.