{"id":4754,"date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2013\/07\/10\/bbc-worldwide-builds-up-commissioning-team\/"},"modified":"2013-07-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T00:00:00","slug":"bbc-worldwide-builds-up-commissioning-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2013\/07\/10\/bbc-worldwide-builds-up-commissioning-team\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Worldwide Builds Up Commissioning Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: BBC Worldwide has expanded its commissioning and original content team with the hiring of Julie Swanston, a former UKTV commissioning editor, and Lucy Pilkington, a former Channel 4 commissioning editor. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Swanston, who will be based at the Media Centre in White City, will be responsible for factual entertainment programming for BBC Worldwide&#8217;s channels output, including the U.S. flagship BBC America. She will also be acting as executive producer on newly commissioned series from independent and in-house production teams. Swanston was a former commissioning editor for all UKTV&nbsp;entertainment channels. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Pilkington recently started as a freelance executive producer at BBC Worldwide, overseeing and executive producing such original programs as <em>Million Dollar Intern <\/em>and <em>Best in Town<\/em>. She was also previously the head of factual formats at October Films, and was a commissioning editor at Channel 4&#8217;s specialist factual division. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Both roles report to Tracy Forsyth, the VP of commissioning at BBC&nbsp;Worldwide. Swanston&#8217;s role also jointly reports to Rachel Smith, the VP of original programming at BBC America. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Forsyth commented: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s an exciting time for our commissioning strategy, welcoming Julie Swanston this September in this joint role with BBC America.  With an impressive CV and multi-channel experience, Julie is ideally suited to this role with her fantastic producer and talent contacts.  I&rsquo;m also delighted that Lucy Pilkington has joined us to work on some fantastic projects.  With her extensive commissioning and executive producer experience, I am confident she will deliver outstanding editorial judgment for our original factual and factual entertainment formats.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: BBC Worldwide has expanded its commissioning and original content team with the hiring of Julie Swanston, a former UKTV commissioning editor, and Lucy Pilkington, a former Channel 4 commissioning editor. 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