{"id":3860,"date":"2012-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/03\/15\/sky-adds-new-commissioning-editor\/"},"modified":"2012-03-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T00:00:00","slug":"sky-adds-new-commissioning-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/03\/15\/sky-adds-new-commissioning-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Adds New Commissioning Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: Deborah Sargeant, formerly an executive producer at Tiger Aspect, has been appointed as commissioning editor of entertainment for Sky. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">She will be executive producing entertainment series across the Sky channels, which includes Sky 1 HD, Sky Living HD, Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Arts HD and Sky Movies HD. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Prior to joining Sky, Sargeant worked as executive producer at Tiger Aspect on a range of entertainment projects that included <i>E! Live from the Red Carpet<\/i> at the 2012 BAFTAs for Monkey Kingdom, <i>When Piers Met Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/i>, <i>Justin Lee Collins: Good Times<\/i>,<i> Britain&rsquo;s Best Brain<\/i> and <i>When Billie Met the Real Call Girl<\/i>. As a series editor she worked on the International Emmy award-winning <i>How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?<\/i>, <i>Gordon Ramsay&rsquo;s F Word<\/i>, <i>Beat the Star<\/i> and <i>Big Brother.<\/i> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">She joins fellow Sky entertainment commissioners Antonia Hurford Jones and Jonathan Rothery on a team led by Phil Edgar Jones, the head of entertainment for Sky. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Sargeant commented: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m pleased as punch that Phil has invited me to join his brilliant team at a time when Sky&rsquo;s entertainment output is stronger than ever. I can&rsquo;t wait to get my teeth in to some exciting new concepts and, along with Antonia and Jonny, work with incredible talent on both sides of the camera to build on the success of Sky&rsquo;s fabulous entertainment brands such as <i>Got to Dance<\/i>, <i>A League of Their Own <\/i>and <i>Love Machine<\/i>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Jones said: &quot;Deborah is an exceptional talent<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&mdash;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">well respected by her peers with an unrivalled passion for the genre and a genuinely nice person to be around. With Deborah and Antonia [Hurford Jones] on my team, I know we&#8217;ll be delivering on our promise to bring Sky customers the best original programming.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">      <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Deborah Sargeant, formerly an executive producer at Tiger Aspect, has been appointed as commissioning editor of entertainment for Sky. 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