Posted on 28th April 2022

Meet the Climate Commissioners – Event Recording

We had a smashing session with commissioning staff from the UK's biggest broadcasters

Recording of the event which took place on the 27th April 2022 – We were thrilled to be joined by commissioners from some of the signatories of the Climate Content Pledge who are now tasked with turning the pledge into action at their channels, and can help us understand what commissioning with the climate in mind means to them.

Our Panel:

Babita Sharma (Moderator) Broadcaster

Lara Akeju Commissioning Editor, Entertainment, Daytime, ITV

Manda Levin Senior Commissioning Editor, Drama, BBC

Thomas Pullen Digital Commissioning Executive – Channel 4

Paul Testar Drama Commissioning Executive, Channel 5 and Paramount+

Richard Watsham Director of Commissioning, UKTV

(The Climate Content Pledge signatories include: BBC, BBC Studios, Britbox International, Channel 4, Channel 5 / ViacomCBS, Discovery UK and Eire, ITV, RTE, S4C, Sky, STV, UKTV)

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