ScreenDog gains Edition Capital investment & adds Channel 4 alum as CFO

The Jury: Murder Trial (Source: ScreenDog Productions)

Investment and advisory group Edition Capital has taken a minority stake in ScreenDog Productions, the UK indie behind Channel 4 docudrama The Jury: Murder Trial.

ScreenDog said it will use Edition Capital’s investment to help the company grow and to make “even more compelling shows that ask important societal questions.”

The funding will also be used for a strategic senior editorial hire to support development activities, and the firm has already used part of the investment to appoint Mark Raeburn as chief financial officer.

Raeburn is the former head of content finance at Channel 4 and joins the senior team at ScreenDog alongside Ed Kellie, MD and exec producer, Fiona Fletcher, head of production and welfare, and Harry Smyth, head of development.

He oversaw a budget of £700m during his eight years at Channel 4 and now supports a range of select indies in both a financial and commercial capacity.

Based in Brighton, ScreenDog is also behind Stacey Dooley: Stalkers for the BBC, Hurricane Man for UKTV and Smuggled for Channel 4.

“As the viewing market becomes more competitive, being able to deliver hit returning series that stand out on schedules is more important than ever. ScreenDog have other popular projects with a ‘Screendog twist’ in development and production, and with Edition we see the potential to scale up these productions to continue the winning streak,” said Kellie.