ITV has appointed Huw Kennair-Jones to its drama commissioning team.<\/p>\n
Kennair-Jones was most recently editor of Radio 4\u2019s The Archers<\/em>. He will move to ITV to take commissioning responsibility for some of the biggest continuing dramas on the network, Coronation Street<\/em> and Emmerdale<\/em>. Kennair-Jones will report to Polly Hill, ITV\u2019s head of drama. He will join the ITV commissioning team in December.<\/p>\n Hill said, \u201cI am delighted that Huw is joining our drama team. His experience and passion will be invaluable in working on our brilliant continuing dramas. Victoria and I are also looking forward to welcoming him into our commissioning team, and look forward to his contribution in continuing to make distinctive and ambitious mainstream drama for ITV.\u201d<\/p>\n Kennair-Jones said, “I\u2019m delighted to be joining the ITV drama team at such an exciting time. ITV has always been at the forefront of TV drama and I\u2019m thrilled to be getting the chance to work on Coronation Street<\/em> and Emmerdale<\/em>, two of the U.K.\u2019s most iconic programs. And though I\u2019ll be away from Borsetshire, the fantastic cast and crew of The Archers<\/em> in Birmingham will always have a special place in my heart and I\u2019ll be listening as avidly as I ever have. I\u2019ve loved being part of such a brilliant program.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ITV has appointed Huw Kennair-Jones to its drama commissioning team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[321],"class_list":["post-8330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-itv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n