{"id":9480,"date":"2023-01-19T09:58:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T14:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T09:58:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T14:58:25","slug":"tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday\u2019s Child has secured a controlling interest in the London-based independent production company Interstellar, founded by David Williams and Jamie Ormerod.<\/p>\n<p>The outfit, led by Williams as managing director and Ormerod as creative director, specializes in entertainment, reality and popular factual formats. It has produced such shows as <em>Singletown<\/em> for ITV2, <em>Question Team<\/em> for Dave and <em>Show Me The Honey!<\/em> for CBBC.<\/p>\n<p>Interstellar also works on\u00a0multiplatform and social media-first content, with a 2023 slate that includes a relationship series for a major broadcaster and an animated comedy currently in development.<\/p>\n<p>Williams and\u00a0Ormerod will continue to lead Interstellar, with Karen Smith,\u00a0Tuesday\u2019s Child founder, CEO and managing director, collaborating with the venture to accelerate its growth and development slate in the U.K. and internationally. Tuesday\u2019s Child will support Interstellar\u2019s lineup of comedy, reality and entertainment shows and will provide access to its own production bases in London, Glasgow and Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>Smith noted: \u201cUnder David and Jamie\u2019s leadership, Interstellar has had remarkable success in just three short years. We share a vision for high-quality, high-energy content and I look forward to welcoming them to the Tuesday\u2019s Child family and achieving even greater success in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams and Ormerod added, \u201cWe\u2019ve long admired everything that Karen and her team at Tuesday\u2019s Child have achieved. Having worked with Karen on a number of projects over the years, we know it will be a great fit and the start of an exciting next chapter for Interstellar. With a growing slate of original formats, now is the perfect time for us to propel the company forward and Karen\u2019s passion and expertise will be invaluable in helping us do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday\u2019s Child has secured a controlling interest in the London-based independent production company Interstellar, founded by David Williams and Jamie Ormerod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":9481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2814,2815,2816,2817,251],"class_list":["post-9480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-david-williams","tag-interstellar","tag-jamie-ormerod","tag-karen-smith","tag-tuesdays-child","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake - TVFORMATS<\/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\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake - TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tuesday\u2019s Child has secured a controlling interest in the London-based independent production company Interstellar, founded by David Williams and Jamie Ormerod.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-19T14:58:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Interstellar-TuesdaysChild-123.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\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\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/\",\"name\":\"Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake - TVFORMATS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-19T14:58:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-19T14:58:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\",\"name\":\"TVFORMATS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. She can be reached on mdaswani@worldscreen.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/author\/mdaswaniworldscreen-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake - TVFORMATS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake - TVFORMATS","og_description":"Tuesday\u2019s Child has secured a controlling interest in the London-based independent production company Interstellar, founded by David Williams and Jamie Ormerod.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/","og_site_name":"TVFORMATS","article_published_time":"2023-01-19T14:58:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":319,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Interstellar-TuesdaysChild-123.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mansha Daswani","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mansha Daswani","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/","name":"Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake - TVFORMATS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-19T14:58:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-19T14:58:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/tuesdays-child-takes-interstellar-stake\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tuesday\u2019s Child Takes Interstellar Stake"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/","name":"TVFORMATS","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad","name":"Mansha Daswani","description":"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. She can be reached on mdaswani@worldscreen.com.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/author\/mdaswaniworldscreen-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}