{"id":8174,"date":"2018-01-22T12:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T17:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/merman-taps-fremantlemedia-uks-rebecca-parkinson\/"},"modified":"2018-01-22T12:16:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T17:16:37","slug":"merman-taps-fremantlemedia-uks-rebecca-parkinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/01\/22\/merman-taps-fremantlemedia-uks-rebecca-parkinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Merman Taps FremantleMedia UK\u2019s Rebecca Parkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford\u2019s indie Merman has brought in Rebecca Parkinson, previously at FremantleMedia UK&#8217;s scripted comedy label Retort, as its head of production.<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson will oversee the production of all Merman projects in the newly created role, working closely with Mountford. Parkinson was most recently head of production for Retort, where projects included <em>Birds of a Feather<\/em>, <em>Count Arthur Strong<\/em>, <em>The Rebel<\/em> and two seasons of <em>Chewing Gum<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of Parkinson follows on the heels of Merman securing a two-year deal with Amazon Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Mountford said: \u201cWe are delighted to welcome Becky to the Merman family at this exciting time. Merman has projects in production with a range of broadcasters, and our busy and varied slate will be in a very safe pair of hands with Becky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson added: \u201cI am thrilled to be joining the fabulous and inspiring Merman team and can\u2019t wait to be a part of bringing their brilliant projects to screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford\u2019s indie Merman has brought in Rebecca Parkinson, previously at FremantleMedia UK&#8217;s scripted comedy label Retort, as its head of production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1493],"class_list":["post-8174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-merman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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