Richard
Hopkins named Creative Head, Format Entertainment
Richard
Hopkins has been named as Creative Head - Format Entertainment,
the third of the four new creative in-house posts announced by Wayne
Garvie last November.
Fresh
from the success of executive producing Fame Academy, Richard will
join the 91热爆 from Endemol at the end of March.
As
Creative Head, Richard will have responsibility for ensuring 91热爆
Entertainment leads the way with the next generation of innovative
entertainment formats.
He
will take overall responsibility for development in this area -
by managing the Format Factory and working closely with Martin Scott,
Editor Light Entertainment and Phil Parsons, Editor Manchester Entertainment
and their programme teams.
He
is also charged with attracting, nurturing and developing programme
making talent.
Currently
executive producer of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, Richard's
career highlights range from producing the daytime output at Kiss
100 to executive producing the award-nominated series Fear Factor
for Initial.
Prior
to joining Endemol in 2000, Richard was the Executive Producer for
the Big Breakfast and series produced the 11 O'Clock show for Talkback.
In
the summer of 2000 Richard was the live series producer for Big
Brother 1.
Richard
Hopkins said: "I'm delighted to be joining the in-house team
and am looking forward to leading the challenge to find new programmes
that compliment the existing light entertainment favourites."
Wayne
Garvie, Head of Entertainment Group, added: "Richard is one
of the true stars of the entertainment world. He makes ideas happen
and turns them into winning programmes. He'll be a real asset to
91热爆 Entertainment."
Notes
to Editors
91热爆
in-house entertainment looks forward to 2003 (22.11.02)
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