Alexandra Finlay


Shaftesbury expands UK team with UKTV hire

Shaftesbury is to expand its UK team with new hire Alexandra Finlay, who was formerly head of acquisitions and co-productions at UKTV. Finlay will join Shaftesbury as senior director, creative and co-productions – a newly created role. She will be based in London and report directly to Christina Jennings, chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury. At […]

UKTV restructures acquisitions & channels teams

British channels group UKTV has created five channel director posts in a restructure that looks to have knock-on effects for some key executives. Emma Ayech, Luke Hales, Gerald Casey, Adam Collings and Vicky Walker all get promotions in the rejig, effective immediately, and UKTV say the changes are reflective of a major increase in investment […]

UKTV buys Red Tent for Drama

UKTV has acquired Sony Pictures Television miniseries The Red Tent for its thematic Drama network. The 4x40mins mini stars Minnie Driver (About a Boy), Rebecca Ferguson (The White Queen) and Iain Glen (Game of Thrones), and is set in Old Testament times and based on a story in the Book of Genesis. The story follows […]

UKTV makes a date with Handsome Devils

UK digital channels group UKTV has prebought Handsome Devils, a ten-part doc series about murderers who use their good looks and charm commit their crimes. The series is produced by UK indie BriteSpark Films and will go out on UKTV’s Really channel. UKTV has also picked up Did He Do It?, a six-part docudrama about […]

Dave wins Storage Hunters UK auction

British entertainment channel Dave has commissioned a local version of truTV high-octane auction format Storage Hunters. All3Media-owned North One Television will produce the local version of the show, which T Group Productions produces for the Turner Broadcasting System channel in the US. UKTV-owned Dave’s version will be 10x30mins, and air on the digital channel late […]