ITV Studios has named Tim Carter, currently CEO of ITV Studios’ MultiStory Media and Twofour, as managing director of Unscripted, U.K. He will replace Angela Jain, who has joined Disney+ as head of content, Europe, Middle East and Africa, in the summer.
Carter will assume responsibility for all of ITV Studios’ unscripted business in the UK, which houses 11 labels, reporting directly to Julian Bellamy, MD, ITV Studios and sitting on the UK Management Team.
Between them, the labels are responsible for the creation and production of some of the studio’s most successful global formats, including Love Island, The Chase, I’m A Celebrity…..Get Me Out Of Here! and Come Dine with Me, as well as upcoming shows including The Neighbourhood, Celebrity Sabotage and Sharks! Celebrity Infested Waters!
Carter takes on the overall P&L responsibility for the UK unscripted group, with the MDs of the unscripted UK labels reporting directly to him. He will work with each label as well as the wider Studios leadership team to support the continued growth and development of the UK unscripted business.
In the new role he will oversee some of the UK’s most successful unscripted labels including Potato (Bulls Eye with Freddie Flintoff and Beat The Chasers), Rollercoaster Television (You Bet! and You Bet! On Tour), Boom (Y Llais – a Welsh language version of the global, multi award-winning hit TV series The Voice); MultiStory Media (7 Up and Brianna: A Mother’s Story), Twofour (I Kissed a Boy / Girl and The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy), The Garden (Squid Game:The Challenge and 24 Hours in A&E), So Television (The Graham Norton Show), Lifted Entertainment (Love Island: All Stars and The Voice), Plimsoll (Extreme Planet Earth and A Real Bug’s Life) and Oxford Scientific Films (Magical Land of Oz and Secrets of the Elephants).
ITV Studios MD Bellamy said: “Angela has been a fantastic leader in ITV Studios for eight years, with a remit that’s spanned some of the UK’s biggest and best factual and entertainment shows including I’m a Celebrity, Love Island, The Chase, The Voice, 24 Hours in A&E, Squid Games: The Challenge and many, many others.
Angela’s sure footed editorial judgement, creative eye and commitment has played a key role in the success of ITV Studios. We’ll all miss her hugely, but really look forward to working with her at Disney.”
“Tim’s success during his tenure at MultiStory and TwoFour speaks for itself. His wealth of experience and knowledge in the unscripted market made him the natural successor to Angela. I’ve no doubt that ITV Studios’ UK unscripted business will go from strength to strength under his leadership”
Carter added: “What an honour! The ITV Studios’ non-scripted slate reads like a roll-call of the nation’s favourite shows and the breadth and depth of creative and production talent across the group is staggering. I look forward to building on our reputation as the natural home for the brightest and the best as we forge the entertainment of the future.”
Before joining ITV Studios, Carter was CEO of Warner Bros label Twenty Twenty, doubling the size of the company and building hit shows such as First Dates (C4) and The Choir (BBC) into global brands. He also pushed Twenty Twenty into scripted, executive producing Garrow’s Law (BBC), Privates (BBC) and Traitors (C4).
He joined ITV Studios in 2017, as managing director of MultiStory Media, where he led on the rebrand of the company from Shiver, before becoming CEO of MultiStory and sister label Twofour.
His Multistory successes there include Come Dine With Me; Pride of Britain; Kate Garraway’s Life Stories; the recent moving documentary Brianna: A Mother’s Story and the legendary 7 Up series as well as long-running current affairs series Peston and The Martin Lewis Money Show.
At Twofour, the company has transformed its portfolio securing returning commissions under his leadership including: Three series of the multi-award-winning travel series The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy, for Apple TV+; award-winning, genre defining I Kissed A Boy for BBC Three and iPlayer; the upcoming Destination X for the BBC and NBC and the return of Educating Yorkshire for Channel 4.
