{"id":8642,"date":"2018-08-21T09:26:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T13:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-scotland-push\/"},"modified":"2018-08-21T09:26:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T13:26:06","slug":"chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/08\/21\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Chalkboard TV Taps Former BBC Producer in Scotland Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chalkboard TV has appointed former BBC series producer Jon Willers as its first hire as part of the company&#8217;s continued expansion in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>In less than ten years, Willers (<em>The One Show<\/em>,<em> Time Team<\/em>) has produced a range of acclaimed science, history and arts titles for BBC One, BBC Two, Channel 4 and National Geographic. Additional high-profile appointments are expected to be made in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>The expanded production base in Glasgow, Chalkboard Scotland, will seek to build on the success of two major Chalkboard productions\u2014the documentary <em>Life Behind Bars: Visiting Hour\u00a0<\/em>and the kids\u2019 drama\u00a0<em>Logan High<\/em>. Both titles have been produced out of Glasgow since 2016. <em>Life Behind Bars<\/em> was commissioned by Channel 4 in March 2017.\u00a0<em>Logan High<\/em>, which debuted on CBBC earlier this year, marked Chalkboard\u2019s first kids\u2019 commission from the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Benson, executive producer and director of Chalkboard, said, \u201cThe opportunities for funding in the U.K.\u2019s nations and regions continue to grow, and we\u2019re eager to be part of this new creative movement. We\u2019ve had a production presence in Glasgow for two years now, and it feels like the right time to put down deeper roots. I\u2019ve worked with Jon before and he\u2019s one of the most exciting young series producers in the country. With this caliber of talent on board, I\u2019m confident that we\u2019ll continue to build on the successful slate of shows we\u2019ve already produced in Scotland.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chalkboard TV has appointed former BBC series producer Jon Willers as its first hire as part of the company&#8217;s continued expansion in Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":8643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1729,1730],"class_list":["post-8642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-chalkboard-scotland","tag-chalkboard-tv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chalkboard TV Taps Former BBC Producer in Scotland Push - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/08\/21\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chalkboard TV Taps Former BBC Producer in Scotland Push - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chalkboard TV has appointed former BBC series producer Jon Willers as its first hire as part of the company&#039;s continued expansion in Scotland.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/08\/21\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-21T13:26:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/JonWillers-ChalkboardScotland-818.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"373\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/08\/21\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/08\/21\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push\/\",\"name\":\"Chalkboard TV Taps Former BBC Producer in Scotland Push - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-21T13:26:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-21T13:26:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/08\/21\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/08\/21\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/08\/21\/chalkboard-tv-taps-former-bbc-producer-in-scotland-push\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chalkboard TV Taps Former BBC Producer in Scotland Push\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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