Episode 5: Richard Watsham, Director of Commissioning at UKTV

In Episode 5, UKTV’s Richard Watsham reveals his commissioning wishlist. Ahead of his Edinburgh Festival virtual Meet the Controller session Richard Watsham discusses his commissioning needs for UKTV, including comedy entertainment and eating (but not cooking) formats for Dave, archive for Gold and crime drama for Alibi and much more. Watsham also discusses how for UKTV there is less of a need for fast-turnaround Coronavirus programming on his channels.Subscribe to the Commissioner Index here.

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