Commissioners
Meet the UK Factual Commissioners: Steve Gowans, Head of Factual Entertainment, Five
Steve Gowans, Head of Factual Entertainment at Five recently outlined his commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum. Click through to see what’s hot and what’s not on Five. (Photo by Torres CC BY-SA 2.0)
Meet the UK Factual Commissioners: Harry Lansdown, Commissioning Editor, Formats, Features and Specialist Factual, BBC3
Harry Lansdown, commissioning editor, formats, features and specialist factual, BBC3 recently outlined his commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum. Click through to see what’s working on the channel and what he wants to commission. (Photo by Torres CC BY-SA 2.0)
Meet the UK Factual Commissioners: Jane Rogerson, Director of Commissioning, UKTV
Jane Rogerson, Director of Commissioning at UKTV recently outlined her commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum. Click through to find out what she’s looking to commission next. (Photo by Torres CC BY-SA 2.0)
Meet the UK Factual Commissioner: Dan Korn, SVP Programming, Discovery Networks UK
Dan Korn, Senior Vice President, Programming, Discovery Networks UK recently outlined his commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum (March 2010). Dan oversees programming on thirteen Discovery channels in the UK: Discovery HD, Discovery Knowledge, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Science, Animal Planet, DMAX, Discovery Real Time, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Travel & Leisure and Discovery Shed. Click through to find out what programmes are working for him at the moment, and what he’s on the look out for. (Photo by Torres CC BY-SA 2.0)
Meet the UK Factual Commissioner: Charlotte Moore, Commissioning Editor, Docs and Features, BBC
Charlotte Moore, Commissioning Editor, Docs and Features at the BBC recently outlined her commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum (March 2010). Charlotte oversees BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4 and works alongside the commissioners for BBC3. Click through to find out what’s working at the moment and what she’s looking to commission in the coming months. (Photo by Torres CC BY-SA 2.0)
Meet the UK Factual Commissioners: Hamish Mykura, Head of Documentaries, Channel 4
Hamish Mykura, Head of Documentaries, Channel 4 recently outlined his commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum (March 2010). Click through for more info. on what’s working and what he’s looking to commission in the coming months. (Photo by Torres CC BY-SA 2.0)
Meet the UK Factual Commissioners: Andrew O’Connell, Head of Factual, Five
Andrew O’Connell, Head of Factual, Five recently outlined his commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum. Click through to see what’s working on Five and what kind of programmes they’re looking for. (Photo by Torres CC BY-SA 2.0)
Greenlit: What I Hate About Me, The Style Network
What I Hate About Me (10×60′) - Host Lisa Arch and a changing panel of experts help women to change ten things they hate about their lives, from debts to relationship issues to appearance. Channel: The Style Network TX: 2nd January 2010 Source: Cynopsis
Meet the Entertainment Commissioner: Zai Bennett, ITV
Zai Bennett, Director of Digital Channels and Acquisitions at ITV, outlined his commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Entertainment Forum (as of September 2009). Zai’s View on ITV ITV2 is celebrity-led entertainment that has genuine access (Katie and Peter) or jeopardy (Jack Osbourne). Coleen, Paris Hilton etc. work well. Doesn’t want joe public fulfilling [...]
Meet the Entertainment Commissioner: Matthew Littleford, UKTV
Matthew Littleford, Controller UKTV, recently outlined his commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Entertainment Forum (as of September 2009). Matthew commissions entertainment across several channels at UKTV: Alibi, Gold, Watch and Dave. Matthew’s View on UKTV Gold – transmits classic BBC comedy and programmes that support that comedy. Alibi – Largely co-produced crime programmes; [...]
