Hot 100 2012 PRODUCERS


11 Phil Clarke Objective Productions


As executive producer for all of Objective Productions’ scripted comedy, Phil Clarke could have been in this list for his work on Peep Show alone. But it is for the surprise smash hit Fresh Meat, a Channel 4 comedy-drama made in conjunction with Lime Pictures, that he gets the nod. Along with impressive viewing figures, the series has picked up two RTS Awards, a British Comedy Award, an NME award and two Bafta nominations. A second series was commissioned before the first was completed, which is almost the ideal valida- tion. After showcasing the talents of Milton Jones and Armstrong and Miller for C4 pilots, he’s now steering one from Father Ted co-creator Arthur Mathews, House Of Toast, which will be pride of place in C4’s summer comedy season.


factual series with strong public sector credentials for Channel 4. The police doc Coppers was well received by critics and audiences alike and was nominated for a Grierson Award. The 4 x 60-minute Confessions Of A Nurse followed on More 4, while the next one, the ambitious 10 x 60-minute 999: What’s Your Emergency, will air on C4 later this year. And then there’s the little matter of BBC2’s widely acclaimed The Tube.


Confessions Of A Nurse


includes Ministry Of Mayhem, Pants Off Dance Off and Richard Bacon’s Beer & Pizza Club, Baldwin – aka Mr Holly Willoughby – looks like the man to turn to when broadcasters need to ‘spice things up a bit’.


13 Dan Baldwin Talkback


As managing director of Freman- tle Media UK’s Talkback division, Dan Baldwin oversees some of this country’s most enduring comedy entertainment shows, from QI to Never Mind The Buzz- cocks. However, the former MTV exec is best known for being the creative force behind ITV2’s Celebrity Juice, the anarchic and hugely popular panel show fronted by Keith Lemon, which now averages 2 million viewers and recently won a National Tele- vision Award. With a CV that also


14 Anthony Geffen Atlantic Productions


The case for 3D can often be over- stated, but if you’re going to make a stereoscopic show, you need to make it a good one. And that’s exactly what Bafta and Emmy


12 Ed Coulthard Blast! Films


Both as the founder of Blast! Films and as a documentary maker and executive producer in his own right, Ed Coulthard has a rich heritage that dates back even beyond I’ll Be Your Mirror, Blast!’s first film and a winner of Best Documentary at the Montreal and Melbourne film festivals. Coulthard makes the 2012 list thanks to his company’s new reputation for producing


12 | Broadcast | Hot 100 Celebrity Juice


When Channel 4 axed Big Brother and was looking for shows to fill the void, few would have bet on a gameshow format being a pos- sible plug. But that is exactly how it turned out, thanks to Remark- able’s The Million Pound Drop Live, the high-jeopardy game in which the piles of money disap- pear before the contestants’ eyes. Cast like a reality show, scheduled as event television and given plenty of ‘second-screen’ options, the format has been a ratings and


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Tom Blakeson Remarkable Television


award-winner Anthony Geffen, chief executive of Atlantic Pro- ductions, does, thanks to his regular collaborations with David Attenborough. Flying Monsters 3D, Kingdom Of Plants 3D and king penguin film The Bachelor King, all for Sky, are widely con- sidered to be among the best examples yet of how a third dimension can enhance the nar- rative of a TV show. Geffen’s appetite for innovation allows him to combine stereo with stun- ning cinematography, ground- breaking CGI and breathtaking time-lapse photography to capti- vate viewers with never-seen- before stories.


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