Endemol UK Fills Top Creative Position

LONDON: David Flynn, formerly the joint managing director of Remarkable Television, has become the new chief creative officer of Endemol UK, effective immediately.

Flynn’s new role puts him in charge of creativity across all of the UK Group. While serving as co-head of Remarkable Television, he is credited with creating and executive producing the Million Pound Drop Live, which has proved to be a success on Channel 4 in the U.K. He also co-created the successful game show Pointless, which he executive produces for BBC One.

Nick Mather, Endemol UK’s controller of entertainment and formats, has taken over as joint managing director of Remarkable Television, where he will work alongside Colette Foster. Prior to joining the company, he was a part of the BBC’s format entertainment development team.

Lucas Church, the CEO of Endemol UK, remarked: "David has developed and produced some of the most successful entertainment formats to come out of the U.K. He and Nick represent the very best in the business and their appointment to these key roles keeps creativity at the heart of everything we do."