{"id":16276,"date":"2021-06-08T10:14:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:34:38","slug":"uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/","title":{"rendered":"UKTV Adds to Commissioning Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has appointed Emile Nawagamuwa as commissioning executive to support and grow the broadcaster\u2019s factual and factual-entertainment slate for W, Yesterday, Dave and Gold.<\/p>\n<p>Nawagamuwa starts on June 21 and will report to Hilary Rosen, deputy director of commissioning and head of factual and factual entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>A series producer and Grierson-nominated director with over 15 years of experience making documentaries and prime-time factual programs for both U.K. and U.S. networks, Nawagamuwa most recently produced the last two seasons of BBC Two\u2019s BAFTA-nominated observational documentary <em>Hospital<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Rosen said: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled that Emile is joining UKTV. His track record in delivering high-end documentaries, coupled with his experience in scripted comedy, makes him the perfect fit for our team as we continue to grow our slate of UKTV Originals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nawagamuwa said: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to joining Hilary\u2019s highly respected team at UKTV. The creative challenge of working across such a dynamic range of programs at one of Britain\u2019s biggest multichannel broadcasters is very exciting and full of endless possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has appointed Emile Nawagamuwa as commissioning executive to support and grow the broadcaster\u2019s factual and factual-entertainment slate for W, Yesterday, Dave and Gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":16277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[5563,309],"class_list":["post-16276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-emile-nawagamuwa","tag-uktv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UKTV Adds to Commissioning Team - TVREAL<\/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\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UKTV Adds to Commissioning Team - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UKTV has appointed Emile Nawagamuwa as commissioning executive to support and grow the broadcaster\u2019s factual and factual-entertainment slate for W, Yesterday, Dave and Gold.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T14:14:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T15:34:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Emile-Nawagamuwa-UKTV-621.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"349\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"268\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\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\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/\",\"name\":\"UKTV Adds to Commissioning Team - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-08T14:14:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-08T15:34:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-bolsters-commissioning-team\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UKTV Adds to Commissioning Team\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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