BBC Studios Entertainment Productions produces enthralling, genre-leading content for broad and diverse audiences across the globe.
Our team deliver shows across Entertainment, Events, Factual Entertainment, Topical and Music and the breadth of our award winning content is vast, from Strictly Come Dancing - the biggest entertainment show in the UK, to Glastonbury - the biggest music festival in the world. From much loved brands such as Countryfile and Antiques Roadshow to moments that unite the nation like our award winning coverage of Eurovision Song Contest, Royal events, and Remembrance weekend.
We have the expertise, skill and passion to find new and innovative content whilst constantly evolving our existing brands, evidenced by the global success of Strictly which continues to buck ratings trends across the world.
As well as entertaining, we are also committed to producing shows that deliver social responsibility. From raising millions for charity with Children In Need and Comic Relief to top and tailing the day with the issues that matter through Morning Live and The One Show. ...
MANAGING DIRECTOR, ENTERTAINMENT
Suzy joined BBC Studios in April 2018. She is responsible for Entertainment productions. Prior to this, she was Head of Entertainment at Thames, launching huge, international brands including Take Me Out (ITV). An award-winning executive producer, Suzy has also worked in the U.S. as showrunner on multiple NBC commissions. ...
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION, ENTERTAINMENT
Katie Brewer is the Director of Production for Entertainment and leads the production and business teams in developing, winning and producing commissions across all the BBC Studio Entertainment bases across the UK. She is responsible for helping define and deliver the commercial strategy to grow the business and has overall production management responsibility for the genres large slate of programmes. In addition, she leads on the department's expansion into AVOD and driving new business in international territories. ...
Executive Vice President, Entertainment and Digital Development
With over 15 years of senior industry leadership experience Warner has held commissioning roles at the BBC and Channel 4 as well as founding his own production company, Electric Ray, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. He joined Channel 4 in 2018 as the new controller of E4, as well as overseeing Channel 4’s entertainment department, brokering deals for hit shows, Taskmaster, and I Literally Just Told You. He was behind the successful brand strategy of Married at First Sight UK, making it E4's highest rated show in the history of the channel and Channel 4's number one streaming brand of all time. He also extended the global hit franchise, First Dates with four seasons of Teen First Dates, a version of the format he helped devise. He previously held roles at NBC’s Monkey Kingdom and at Endemol where he was a Senior Producer on Big Brother – and he was also part of the BBC in-house team that helped develop Strictly Come Dancing’s first season. He was the BBC’s youngest ever commissioning editor, helping to create brands like Russell Howard’s Good News and Junior Doctors for BBC Three, as well as Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and John Bishop’s Britain for BBC One. ...