Shiver Hires New Head of Documentary Formats

LONDON: ITV Studios’ factual label Shiver has brought in Mark Rubens to serve as the head of documentary formats.

Rubens was previously the creative director of Ricochet and managing director of Watershed Television. In these roles, he helped devise and oversee such successful series as Blood Sweat and T-Shirts (BBC Three), Stacey Dooley Investigates (BBC Three), Cowboy Builders (Channel 5) and Extreme Dreams (BBC Two).

Alexander Gardiner, the managing director of Shiver, said: “As home to the oldest documentary format in television in Michael Apted’s Up series, Shiver has a proud tradition in this genre. I’m delighted that someone as talented as Mark has agreed to join us and help come up with the next generation of innovative, thought-provoking programs.”

Rubens added : “2016 gave us Brexit, Trump and Honey G. The world’s never been more unpredictable and in working with Alex and his team at Shiver, I’m hoping to come up with something just as big and unexpected for 2017.”