Commissioning Editor, BBC World Service radio and digital (2016-). We are looking for the next generation of high impact series and singles that combine popularity with purpose, bringing broad British audiences to important, timely subjects. The series is executive produced by Tommy Bulfin for the BBC, Stephen Wright for Two Cities Television and Louise Gallagher for Gallagher Films, and by Lawn and Patterson. It brought new audiences to iPlayer and won a breakthrough Bafta for Marian. The new appointments, alongside Commissioning Editor Gregor Sharp (Starstruck, Ghosts), Head of Comedy Tanya Qureshi (I May Destroy You, Dead Pixels) and Assistant Commissioner in the North, Hannah Rose, make up the core members of the Comedy commissioning team. BBC Studios is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC Group with sales of 1.6bn (21/22). Editing by. Every 18 months, applications open and the documentary commissioning team selects a new cohort of directing talent looking to make their first film for television. Read about our approach to external linking. Expressions of interest sought from production companies and animation studios to work with short-listed creators on the second stage of development. Prior to her time at the BBC, she was a senior social media producer for VICE Media and worked on a range of in-house productions across VICE News to Munchies. Mr Sharp, who said he was quitting to . Ian Alexander Katz (born 9 February 1968) is a British journalist and broadcasting executive who is currently Chief Content Officer at Channel 4, overseeing all editorial decision making and commissioning across Channel 4's linear channels, streaming services and social media.. Katz originally followed a career in print journalism, and was a deputy editor of The Guardian until 2013. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Simon Young. They have offered some of our biggest recent successes in terms of audience figures and impact ranging from House of Maxwell to High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule, BBC Threes highest rating factual title of 2021, and the multi award-winning Uprising. The role combines BBC Workforce and Creative Diversity responsibilities to ensure strategic oversight of all the BBCs diversity commitments. Monty Python star says corporation's commissioning editors have 'no idea what they are doing' and speaks out against fly-on-the-wall filming techniques John Cleese said there was an 'abyss'. The new series includes films about iconic figures ranging from Little Richard and Karl Lagerfeld to Kae Tempest and Coco Chanel, alongside the Oscar-nominated acquisition All The Beauty and The Bloodshed. They will be joined by two new commissioning editors, Emma Lawson ("Trying") and Ben Caudell ("Mandy") as well as acting commissioning editor Seb Barwell ("Hattie"), who is joining in a. As You Like It for BBC CBeebies is made by BBC Kids & Family Productions, a division of BBC Studios Productions. Audiences turned to the BBC this year when compared to all other broadcasters and SVODs. Our New Documentary Directors Initiative nurtures and champions new factual talent, offering aspiring film makers the opportunity to make their first longform documentary film for the BBC. That might mean an addictive series arc at the heart of the idea that keeps viewers coming back - but for closed episode formats how can we create a boxset viewing experience that will entice audiences back again and again on iPlayer? BBC Children's commissioning World class content to super-serve our sophisticated young audience, reaching hearts and minds in a fast-changing world Patricia Hidalgo Director, Children's and. She left Apple in February to produce a sitcom shed developed around a personal experience for Sky One. Commissioned for BBC Two, BBC Northern Ireland, iPlayer and PBS, the series comes from award-winning director James Bluemel and the team behind the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning series Once Upon a Time in Iraq. This includes people from different geographical regions of the UK and those from underrepresented groups such as people from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent individuals, those from lower income backgrounds, and those within the LGBTQ+ community. Former inmates, guards, government officials and members of the press who were there on the ground describe the appallingly violent events which would take the lives of more than 30 prisoners and 10 hostages. Danielle Scott-Haughton and Nick Lambon join as Commissioning Editors for BBC Drama, while Sami El-Hadi will be BBC Dramas new Head of Development. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. BBC. This will involve collaboration with the genre directors to commission programming while supporting the channel schedules. Not only is the team able to hear what the scammers are up to, access to their webcams and CCTV, means they can also see them and how they operate. Winner of Create Something Great competition will receive unique behind the scenes experience at Minecraft HQ. Most recently, Emma produced Trying, the first scripted comedy for Apple TV+, which led onto an in-house commissioning role working under Jay Hunt. Created by Tom Basden and Executive Produced for BBC Studios by Tom Jordan and Josh Cole. Directed by Caroline Gillet and Denis Walgenwitz. BBC Commissioning editor for entertainment and comedy, Pinki Chambers, said: "The competition is fierce, the questions are harder and Amol has taken to the programme in an instant. Set in Leeds in Northern England, the series follows a corrupt police detective who undergoes a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing, but satisfying her newfound conscience wont be straightforward. We have had real success through our new directors initiative which nurtures and champions talent to make their first film. The film recounts in vivid detail, with a huge range of archive, the five-day violent standoff between mostly Black and Latino inmates and law enforcement. Rav Wilding and reporter Nick Stapleton will be based at the Scam Interceptors HQ, working alongside ethical hacker and YouTube sensation Jim Browning. The Next Editors programme offers opportunities in fiction, non-fiction and children's publishing. Were actively looking for new returning series ideas from companies based in the Nations and English regions. Commissioning Editor BBC Sep 2022 - Mar 20237 months London, England, United Kingdom Hiatus to live in Switzerland none Jul 2019 - Jul 20223 years 1 month Montreux Area, Switzerland BBC. Prior to joining the BBC, she was Head of Comedy at the Bafta Award-winning production company Various Artists, where she served as Associate Producer on Michaela Coels I May Destroy You and produced series two of Dead Pixels. In addition to this new footage, BBC Studios has also been given special permission to use clips from the Royal Familys private home movie footage, illuminating The Princes formative years by capturing his early love of nature, gardening and animals, as well as other rare footage of Queen Elizabeth II driving her Land Rover. Last year sevenout of the top 10 factual titles across all broadcasters came from us and over the past year our titles have won 16 major awards including two BAFTA Television Awards, four RTS Programme Awards and four Grierson awards. This is . The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Studios . Produced by BBC Studios for BBC Three and iPlayer, the new factual drama is based on the true story of Chloe Ayling, a British model abducted in Italy in 2017. Set in Wales, six-part BBC One series Wolf is written by Megan Gallagher and based on Mo Hayders acclaimed Jack Caffery novels, and follows a family who find themselves the victims of a psychopaths cruel games. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. With these new shows, produced across Britain, BBC Childrens continues to reflect the lives of children in the UK. Presenter Rav Wilding comments: Im happy to be back with the team educating the public on how to avoid cyber hackers! Commissioning in-depth narrative features across text,. The films will be shown in the Spring on BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. Were excited to be involved in more co-productions with other broadcasters or streamers including Red Bull Studios, Apple and PBS, along with BBC commissioning teams in the Nations. Syeda started her career as a journalist in BBC news. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Mammals, Wild Scandinavia and Big Little Journeys commissioned by Jack Bootle, Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual. The new disability commitments formalise and build on much of the work already happening within the BBC, and relate to producers of Network scripted and unscripted programmes. 898 likes, 48 comments - tobi kyeremateng (@tobikyere) on Instagram: "Sharing some beautiful stills and BTS from a short film I co-produced at the end of last year . Jack Bootle becomes Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual, Catherine Catton becomes Head of Commissioning, Factual Entertainment and Events and Clare Sillery leads on an expanded documentaries slate. Petrie says: We have managed to assemble an incredibly experienced, multi-talented team that have years of experience working in award-winning comedy. The opportunity is open to all producers who fulfil the eligibility criteria and the production must qualify as Wales under the Ofcom criteria. Ex-BBC journalist questioned over reparations for ancestor's role in Irish famine Laura Trevelyan says she would consider compensation if the Irish government found her family liable for disaster . Read about our approach to external linking. The series was commissioned by Louise Thornton, head of commissioning at BBC Scotland and Catherine Catton, head of commissioning, factual entertainment and popular factual. For example, House of Maxwell was an interesting new mix of original journalism, high-end visualisations and a timeline that interwove the present-tense international story of Ghislaine Maxwells trial with a past-tense, British family saga offering an origin story for events that were gripping the world. Weve had some very exciting singles recently that have shown the appetite audiences have for big, complicated, important stories and what a massive impact these films can make. All Rights Reserved. Read about how we commission unscripted content in an iPlayer first-world, along with advice and further resources to maximise the impact of your programme on the platform. The executives will help shape the editorial strategy and priorities for the channels to ensure they remain as distinctive brands within the portfolio. Hannah Rose has developed and produced scripted and entertainment titles across the comedy portfolio at the BBC, working with established names such as Sofie Hagen as well as nurturing newer voices such as Jacob Hawley and Alison Spittle for BBC Sounds. This is going to . Every 18 months, applications open and the documentary commissioning team selects a new cohort of directing talent looking to make their first film for television. Original air date. Read about our approach to external linking. Investing . Access and observational filming is key but they must also have a specific take and tone, so bringing us a distinctive editorial approach is more important. Double season order for the musical adventure series which orbits around 18-year-old pop star, Nova, as she tours the galaxy. One of the most common tips is to let it sit for a couple of weeks, and I think that's a great idea. Meanwhile series like Hometown: A Killing and Scam Land: Money, Mayhem and Maseratis with Mobeen Azhar use talent journalism to discover and tell stories over multiple parts. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Commissioners in TV drama work for broadcasters, like the BBC, and streaming companies, like Netflix. Marwa leaves with her husband just in time and finds herself in a refugee camp in Abu Dhabi, waiting and waiting to be welcomed to another country. To celebrate the premiere of The Green Planet, Sir David Attenborough is helping Duggee and The Squirrels earn their Green Planet badges! The team of Interceptors will monitor industrial-scale scammers in real-time in an effort to prevent innocent victims falling foul to fraud and in a clever twist, the new series will not only stop victims handing over their cash, but also track down and expose the anonymous criminals behind the call centres. Co-commission of the hit adventure reality competition show Destination X follows the recent global phenomenon of The Traitors, another co-commission between the two broadcast giants. Executive Producer: Monty Halls.