Bellamy began his career as a freelance assistant producer working on
ITV's
World in Action and
The Big Story, and
Channel 4's
Dispatches. He was appointed editor of current affairs at Channel 4 in 1998. He spent eight years at Channel 4, including commissioning editor of
Big Brother from 2001, head of factual entertainment from February 2003, and head of
E4 in 2005, before being appointed controller of
BBC Three in 2006. He returned to Channel 4 to become head of programming in 2007, moving on to work for
Discovery Communications and ITV.
The Jeremy Kyle Show controversy In June 2019, Bellamy appeared before the
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee to respond to criticism of the recently cancelled ITV production
The Jeremy Kyle Show, which was axed followed the death of one of its participants. He appeared alongside Tom McLennan, who served as executive producer of the show, and Graham Stanier, head of the show's after care. All of them confirmed to the committee that they were unaware of the range of accuracy for
lie detector tests, despite such tests being a key feature of the show.
Paul Farrelly MP called the show "trash TV" and suggested that the makers of the show "should be ashamed of themselves". == References ==