Netflix Off-Script
Edinburgh TV Festival 2020 • 46m
US-based director of unscripted originals for Netflix, Nathaniel Grouille, and director of unscripted originals and acquisitions Sean Hancock will be joined by Talkback’s Laura Gibson and Viki Kolar, the creator and exec producer of Too Hot to Handle respectively, to talk about taking a UK-originated reality show global. Gibson and Kolar will reveal what it’s like working with one of the largest SVODs and Grouille and Hancock will lift the lid on their plans to generate more global hits from the UK and international markets.
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