EXCLUSIVE: The artistic staff at newly-rebranded Made in Chelsea producer Common Tv Various Studio UK (UTAS UK) is taking form.
Amy Dallmeyer, a growth exec at Clarkson’s Farm producer Expectation, has joined as Inventive Director of Growth whereas ex-Massive Brother exec Andrew Jackman has been confirmed as UTAS UK Director of Programmes.
The brand new UTAS UK outfit has subsumed Made in Chelsea producer Monkey following an NBCUniversal unscripted restructure, with the Monkey title now retired.
Dallmeyer and Jackman be a part of an exec staff alongside UTAS UK boss Helen Kruger Bratt and UTAS President Toby Gorman, who’s L.A.-based. Upcoming reveals embrace the high-profile Saturday Evening Stay UK, which is in full swing, and Vacation spot X, the following undertaking to come back from the BBC-NBC partnership that birthed The Traitors. In an interview with UK TV commerce Broadcast final week, Gorman prompt different American IP could possibly be headed throughout the Atlantic akin to SNL.
Dallmeyer is taking up a full-time place that was beforehand stuffed at Monkey by a lot of contractors. At Expectation, she labored throughout the likes of Sky’s The Dyers’ Caravan Park, Peacock’s Intercourse within the Darkish pilot and Channel 4’s Mo Gilligan’s All Star Pleased Hour. Previous employers embrace UK labels Thames and Betty.
As Director of Programmes at Monkey, Jackman labored on hits together with Made in Chelsea and The Actual Housewives UK franchise. He has additionally EP’d Massive Brother, The Solely Method is Essex and Netflix’s Dance Monsters down the years.
The transfer to rebrand UTAS UK comes at a time of change for NBCUniversal amid the SpinCo spin-off actioned by proprietor Comcast. There have been dozens of layoffs throughout NBCUniversal’s tv and streaming enterprise within the states, whereas Common Worldwide Studios, which beforehand housed Monkey and Australian indie Matchbox, has additionally fired a small variety of staff in London, L.A. and Australia.
