{"id":18860,"date":"2022-10-13T09:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/rdf-london-taps-first-dates-creator-managing-director\/"},"modified":"2022-10-13T13:20:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:20:50","slug":"rdf-london-taps-first-dates-creator-as-managing-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/rdf-london-taps-first-dates-creator-as-managing-director\/","title":{"rendered":"RDF London Taps First Dates Creator as Managing Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meredith Chambers has been appointed as managing director of RDF London, joining the company later in the month.<\/p>\n<p>Meredith will be responsible for managing the London-based arm of the business and building on RDF\u2019s reputation for popular factual, factual entertainment and formatted factual.<\/p>\n<p>Chambers was formally managing director at Electric Ray, where during his years at the helm, was responsible for overseeing hits such as <em>The Million Pound Menu<\/em> (BBC Two and Netflix), <em>Class of \u201892: \u00a0Out of Their League<\/em> (BBC One and Netflix), <em>Alone at Home<\/em> (Channel 4), <em>Call That Hard Work <\/em>(BBC One) and <em>Celebrity Cooking School<\/em> (E4).<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, Meredith was creative director of Twenty Twenty, where they created the international hit <em>First Dates.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meredith reports\u00a0to Kitty Walshe, CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Jo Scarratt-Jones, managing director of RDF West, continues to be responsible for the business out of Bristol and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Chambers said: \u201cI\u2019m so proud of Electric Ray, and have loved being part of Sony, but when Kitty asked me to be part of her ambitious plans, I just had to jump at the chance to work with her at such an exciting time. 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