Andrew Newman (born 4 November 1969) is a British television executive and producer.
Newman was Head of Comedy and Entertainment at
Channel 4,
he was appointed Chief Executive of
Objective Productions in 2009, and was Chairman of
BAFTA's Television Committee. He is now CEO of
Spelthorne Community Television.
Career
Newman began his TV career on Channel 4's
The Big Breakfast. He was an assistant producer on
The Word and developed a strand entitled The Hopefuls that The Guardian called "infamous".
He had production roles on
Brass Eye,
The Sunday Show,
The 11 O'Clock Show and
Da Ali G Show.
Newman joined
Channel 4 as Commissioned Editor, Entertainment, in 1998. He later became Head of Programmes for
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channel
E4 and became Head of Entertainment at
Channel 4 after a period as Controller of Entertainment at
Channel Five. He was later appointed Head of Comedy and Entertainment at
Channel 4.
During his time at Channel 4 Newman commissioned and oversaw ''
Peep Show'',
Derren Brown, ''
Balls of Steel'', ''
The Friday Night Project
''The Sunday Night Project'' is a British comedy-variety show by Princess Productions that first aired on Channel 4 in February 2005 under the title ''The Friday Night Project''. Originally broadcast on Friday nights, the show moved to Sunday n ...
'', ''
Star Stories'', ''
8 Out of 10 Cats'', ''
The IT Crowd
''The IT Crowd'' is a British sitcom originally broadcast by Channel 4, written and directed by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry. Set in the offices of the fict ...
'', ''
Fonejacker
''Fonejacker'' is a British comedy programme broadcast on E4 featuring a series of prank calls involving a number of different characters performed by British Iranian television actor Kayvan Novak. It first appeared in May 2006 and became a fu ...
'', and ''
The Inbetweeners
''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 until 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager ...
''.
In 2009 Newman left Channel 4 to become Chief Executive of
Objective Productions.
He is now
CEO
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of
Spelthorne Community Television a production company he formed with
Sacha Baron Cohen in 2015.
Newman was an Executive Producer of
Who Is America?
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Sacha Baron Cohen's 2018
Showtime
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series.
References
External links
*
"British Television:My View by Andrew Newman"at
BAFTA
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Living people
Channel 4 people
English television producers
1969 births
British television people
English television people