In 2000, she was promoted to Controller of Drama Commissioning at the BBC, where she was ultimately responsible for overseeing the Corporation's entire drama output across all channels, from the in-house departments and independent companies, in series, serials and one-offs. During her tenure in charge of the drama department, the BBC screened ratings-grabbing popular dramas such as "Spooks" (BBC One, 2002–2011) and "Waking the Dead" (BBC One, 2000–2011), as well as award-winning productions such as Paul Abbott's "State of Play" (2003) and the adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel "Bleak House" (2005). She also oversaw the transformation of popular dramas "Casualty" and its spin-off "Holby City" into year-round dramas, the addition of a fourth weekly episode to soap opera "EastEnders" and the highly successful resurrection of classic science-fiction series "Doctor Who" in 2005.