UKTV: The Commissioners
Edinburgh TV Festival 2021
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38m
UKTV’s Original output continues to garner acclaim and the team responsible for commissioning those shows will offer a window into how they work with production companies to create stories and programmes for audiences across the UK and around the world. They’ll also explain how they work with names such as Emma Wills, Richard Ayoade, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, as well as developing new and emerging talent.
Director of commissioning, Richard Watsham, deputy director and head of factual and fact-ent, Hilary Rosen, and Pete Thornton, head of scripted, will lift the lid on the opportunities on offer for producers.
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