Hilary Bell (20 August 1965 – 2010[citation needed]) was a pioneer of British reality television whose commissions for Channel 4 include Faking It and Wife Swap.
[citation needed] Bell worked as a researcher at the BBC and was involved in broadcast journalism such as the undercover investigation into the Hoover free flights promotion in 1992.
[citation needed] Bell also worked as a director on Vets in Practice.
[2] In 1999, she was appointed as deputy commissioning editor for documentaries by Channel 4.
[3] In this position and then as commissioning editor, she worked with series such as Wife Swap,[4] Faking It[5][6] and Cutting Edge[7] and single programmes such as the 2001 Brian's Story.