Oxley Joins Zodiak’s Bullseye Television

LONDON, December 11: As part of an effort to expand its
output of entertainment programming, Zodiak-owned Bullseye Television has
appointed producer Martin Oxley as its head of entertainment development.

In his new role, Oxley will be tasked with the development
of the company’s portfolio of clip-based entertainment, game, chat and quiz-show
formats and celebrity-based factual entertainment. More recently, Oxley
developed and served as deputy editor of ITV’s The Alan Titchmarsh Show. Oxley’s other production credits include Wogan
Now and Then, Tarrant On TV, TV’s Naughtiest Blunders and Springer.

Bullseye is currently producing a fifth season of the cop
chase show Hot Pursuit for Court TV in
the U.S., the second season of Police Patrol for ITV4 and the second season of popular science
show How It Works for National
Geographic. Bullseye is also working on seasons three and four of Cops
Uncut for Bravo, for whom they are also
producing five 90-minute specials under the umbrella title Ultimate.

Bullseye’s director of television, Steve Pinhay, said: “We
are delighted to welcome Martin to Bullseye at this incredibly exciting time
for the company. Entertainment has always been a key part of our business and
the time is right for us to both expand our comedy and clip show output and
make serious inroads into more ambitious entertainment projects. I have been a
fan of Martin’s for some time and am confident that his appointment will bring
a rapid expansion of our entertainment output.”

—By Irene Lew