{"id":8674,"date":"2017-11-29T09:59:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-exec-dan-leon-joins-howards-end-producer-playground\/"},"modified":"2017-11-29T15:28:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:28:18","slug":"bbc-exec-dan-leon-joins-howards-end-producer-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-exec-dan-leon-joins-howards-end-producer-playground\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Exec Dan Leon Joins Howards End Producer Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drama producer Playground, which is currently working on the new miniseries adaptation of <em>Little Women<\/em> for BBC and Masterpiece, has tapped Dan Leon for the newly created role of head of business affairs and director of operations.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Playground, Leon spent 11 years in the BBC\u2019s rights and business affairs division, where he worked in both drama commissioning and, more recently, in the central commercial, rights and business affairs team. At Playground, Leon will be charged with managing the strategic growth and day-to-day running of the company. He reports to Colin Callender, the company&#8217;s founder and chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Callender commented: \u201cI first met Dan on <em>Wolf Hall<\/em> and was immediately impressed by his deep understanding of how the business and the creative imperatives of production intersect. He is a great addition to our management team and, as our production slate expands under Sophie\u2019s leadership, Dan\u2019s commercial and operational expertise will play a vital role in the company\u2019s ability to take full advantage of rapidly changing television landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Gardiner, the company&#8217;s head of drama and executive creative director, said, \u201cI am delighted to welcome Dan at this very exciting moment in Playground\u2019s evolution as a company. As we continue to grow, Dan\u2019s experience and insights will be invaluable and I look forward to having him at the heart of our talented team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leon added: \u201cHaving had a wonderful time at the BBC and although sad to leave, I am very excited to be joining such a prestigious company as Playground. The company has an enviable track record and a prodigious slate of programs. I am looking forward to working with Colin and Sophie and the whole of the talented team to grow Playground.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drama producer Playground, which is currently working on the new miniseries adaptation of Little Women for BBC and Masterpiece, has tapped Dan Leon for the newly created role of head of business affairs and director of operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[745],"class_list":["post-8674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-playground","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Exec Dan Leon Joins Howards End Producer Playground - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-exec-dan-leon-joins-howards-end-producer-playground\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Exec Dan Leon Joins Howards End Producer Playground - 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