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BBC gives back RTS gong The BBC is to return the Royal Television Society Award it won for Panorama: Primark – On the Rack, which the BBC Trust ruled contained footage that was prob- ably not genuine. The BBC has subsequently apologised on TV and online. The corporation said: “We acknowledge that a serious error was made and therefore it would be inappropriate to keep the RTS Award.” The documen- tary, made by freelancer Dan McDougall, won RTS’ Domestic Current Affairs Award in 2009.


Swain to run Knowledge Emma Swain has been con- firmed as con- troller of BBC Knowledge commissioning,


with her former role as head of Knowledge being closed. Swain has acted in the role since Febru- ary, when George Entwistle took up the reins as director of Vision. Learning controller Saul Nasse has also taken on online Knowl- edge commissioning.


Remedy recruits Graves Remedy Productions has hired Chris Graves as its head of devel- opment as it kicks off a push into factual and factual entertainment programming. Graves joins from Talkback Thames, where he helped to create Celebrity Juice with Dan Baldwin, having previ- ously created Whizz Kid’s Being N-Dubz. Remedy joined forces with Leopard Films to form new super-indie Argonon in May.


Kudos management rejig Kudos Film and Television has kicked off a senior management restructure following joint man- aging director Simon Crawford Collins’ departure after 10 years to establish his own indie. Execu- tive chairman Stephen Garrett will become chairman, while cre- ative director Jane Featherstone has been promoted to chief exec- utive. Kudos joint managing director Dan Isaacs will also be chief operating officer.


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Cavey succeeds Tulloh as Tiger entertainment boss


BY BALIHAR KHALSA


Tiger Aspect head of entertainment Clive Tulloh is leaving the company after 14 years, as Benidorm pro- ducer Ben Cavey steps up to take on his role. Tulloh has held the role since


1997 and has overseen the indie’s Bafta-winning Ross Kemp shows, Lenny Henry In Pieces, Argumental, Virgin Diaries and Harry Enfield’s Brand Spanking New Show. The long-serving exec will leave


the Endemol-owned indie in Sep- tember and said he was “ready for my next challenge”. He is expected to reveal his plans in the autumn. Endemol chief executive Tim


Hincks paid tribute to his work and said he was sorry to see Tulloh go. But he described Cavey as “a magnet for on-screen talent” and said the indie was planning a “new push in entertainment”. Cavey was previously Tiger’s


creative director for comedy and has produced and executive pro- duced the likes of Grandma’s House and Horne And Corden.


Tulloh: leaves indie after overseeing entertainment slate for 14 years He will now work alongside


head of comedy Sophie Clarke-Jer- voise to grow Tiger Aspect’s slate, which includes Sky 1’s forthcoming Mount Pleasant. He is also working on a trio of


yet-to-be announced projects. Cavey said that through his part-


nership with Clarke-Jervoise he wanted to offer a “creative home for both writers and performers across comedy and entertainment”.


Before joining Tiger Aspect,


Tulloh worked for seven years at the BBC, producing a range of programmes including BBC2’s Ruby Wax Meets... and Girl Friday – Joanna Lumley for BBC1. Earlier this year, Tiger Aspect co-


founder Paul Sommers announced he would be stepping down from the company after 18 years to start working on projects as executive producer at new indie Alaska.


Poyser takes leave of ITVS after 14-year tenure BY LISA CAMPBELL


ITV Studios director of production Claire Poyser is leaving the company after 14 years. The departure was announced


to staff this week by UK managing director Denise O’Donaghue, with sources suggesting that further moves were on the cards. However, ITV denied that any


more changes were planned and said Poyser, who leaves at the end of the month, would be replaced. She joined what was then


Granada Television in 1997 as head of production for entertain- ment, before going on to oversee some of ITV’s biggest series, including Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Prime Suspect and Cold Feet. She was one of five senior man-


agers in ITVS production, which includes creative director John


Emmerdale: Poyser moved filming


were planned and said Poyser would be replaced


ITV denied more changes


Whiston, director of business affairs Kate Little, as well as finance and human resource direc- tors Paul Campbell-White and Bruce Robertson. In a short email to staff on


Tuesday, O’Donaghue said Poyser had made “an enormous contribu- tion to the business”, noting her introduction of a dedicated pro- duction management resource across ITV’s production business. Poyser also oversaw the move of


Emmerdale to its bespoke produc- tion base and was a key voice in the decision to relocate Manches- ter’s Quay Street operation to Media City. O’Donaghue joined ITVS in


2010 and has been charged with wringing more value out of content. In April, she closed ITVS-owned indie Carbon Media and wrote off its stake in Crackit Productions.


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