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EXCLUSIVE: Saul Venit, certainly one of BBC Studios’ longest-serving senior execs, is exiting after twenty years.
Venit, who’s COO Scripted for the BBC’s industrial arm, will depart subsequent week, we’re advised. He won’t be instantly changed as of but and a few of his tasks will cross to finance director Ian McBain. Deadline understands Venit will take a little bit of outing.
Venit joined the BBC round 25 years in the past and has spent most of his time with BBC Studios (beforehand BBC Worldwide). He rose to Director of Enterprise and Authorized Affairs earlier than spending almost a decade as Chief Working Officer of BBC Studios-owned Lookout Level. Throughout that point, the indie rose to turn into one of many UK’s most prolific scripted producers, making the likes of Gentleman Jack, Final Tango in Halifax and Les Misérables.
Venit moved from Lookout Level again to the primary BBC Studios hub in 2023 after a restructure carried out by Scripted MD Mark Linsey when he moved to L.A.
In a be aware to employees, Linsey stated: “Throughout his time with us Saul has been instrumental in consolidating and rising our portfolio of scripted labels and he’s leaving us in excellent place with a powerful group to construct on the extremely profitable multi-award-winning group of producers. We want him all the easiest along with his future endeavors.”
