James O\u2019Reilly, who has spent more than ten years with Blast! Films, has been appointed as creative director of Twenty Twenty.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Reilly will oversee the creation and production of new programs across Twenty Twenty\u2019s slate, as well as continue to nurture the company\u2019s existing roster of returning series. O\u2019Reilly will relocate to Bristol, where Twenty Twenty will establish its new headquarters from 2021. He will report to Leanne Klein, managing director of Wall to Wall and Twenty Twenty.<\/p>\n
In more than ten years at Blast! Films and as creative director for the past four, O\u2019Reilly has overseen the company\u2019s development slate, working across multiple titles such as The Secret Life of the Zoo<\/em> and Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain<\/em> at Channel 4 to Forensics: The Real CSI<\/em>, The Big Hospital Experiment<\/em> and Reported Missing<\/em> at the BBC.<\/p>\n O\u2019Reilly said: \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to be joining one of the best unscripted indies in British TV. Leanne and the team have got a brilliant slate of shows already in the works, and I can\u2019t wait to start working on their next generation of popular factual hits.\u201d<\/p>\n Klein said: \u201cI\u2019m utterly delighted to be welcoming Jim to Twenty Twenty. He has an incredible track record as a creator of some of the most compelling and successful factual series on British television and around the world. His commitment to moving to Bristol takes us one step closer to making Twenty Twenty a truly regional business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James O\u2019Reilly, who has spent more than ten years with Blast! Films, has been appointed as creative director of Twenty Twenty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1038],"class_list":["post-10689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-twenty-twenty"],"yoast_head":"\n