Alan Brown Joins Diverse

LONDON: Diverse, a Zodiak Entertainment company, has named Alan Brown as its group creative director.

An industry veteran, Brown has originated and produced a wide range of hit shows—from factual-entertainment formats, comedy-entertainment panel shows and documentary series—over the past ten years. He spent a number of years as a producer-director at the BBC. At BBC Factual, he was an executive producer on series such as The Apprentice and Dragons Den. He moved on to talkbackThames in a creative role in factual- and comedy-entertainment shows, including a second season of The Apprentice and the spin-off You’re Fired with Adrian Chiles. Brown returned to BBC Production in 2007, and created and produced the reality show The Restaurant. His most recent post was as creative director for Silver River.

Paul Sowerbutts, the managing director of Diverse, said: “I am extremely pleased to welcome Alan to our team. His enormous enthusiasm for the industry and creative spirit will be of immense value to Diverse as we expand the group and grow. We always seek to keep a creative edge over our competitors and with Alan on board, we will be able to build on our reputation for great factual programmes into shows across the entertainment genre. I expect Alan to offer great leadership in his initial role as group creative director and to take on further responsibilities both within Diverse Group and Zodiak Entertainment.”

Brown said of his appointment: “I am sad to leave Silver River, it’s a great place to work and it’s really tough to leave behind shows such as Grow Your Own Drugs. However, Diverse offers me a great opportunity to develop professionally. Diverse was one of the pioneers of independent British television. For 25 years it has had a reputation for creating quality factual programs in London, Bristol and the U.S. Now, with the backing of Zodiak Entertainment, the company can build on this reputation, broaden its output and create some powerful factual and entertainment brands for Britain’s broadcasters and the world market.”