Barney Newman,Executive Producer

Barney Newman

Executive Producer, Series Producer

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About Barney Newman

I am a versatile and experienced senior creative, working across unscripted factual entertainment and popular factual TV with recent credits as executive producer, series producer and development executive. I also have experience leading on innovative 'TV-style' branded entertainment projects.

I am a big believer that TV still holds such a magnificent and unparellelled power and have had the opportunity to produce some large-scale

I am a versatile and experienced senior creative, working across unscripted factual entertainment and popular factual TV with recent credits as executive producer, series producer and development executive. I also have experience leading on innovative 'TV-style' branded entertainment projects.

I am a big believer that TV still holds such a magnificent and unparellelled power and have had the opportunity to produce some large-scale and memorable live TV moments of the last few years (e.g. The Coronation Concert: Light Up The Nation). Big event TV and daily live studio shows (e.g. Children In Need, The One Show) were my bread and butter but also for the last 10 years I have diversified to make many first series - European-wide competition series on amateur beer brewing (Amazon), access-driven science series (Curiosity Stream) as well as documentaries (YouTube Originals), podcasts, product videos, motion graphic packages and world-first TikTok live events.

Given the industry slowdown I am pleased to have diversified into digital/branded/social content and have managed and exec produced some big and exciting projects (recently for Google Ads and Google Cloud). I have also recently worked as a creative lead across brand socials (e.g. Deliveroo, Merlin, Meta)

I have gained vast experience by taking on a wide range of ambitious and complex briefs, hiring and leading teams, crews, motion graphic designers and editors efficiently. I am always learning new skills, improving myself and my leadership capabilities.

Whether it be TV, digital or branded I have proved myself as a resilient and creative leader, team player as well as a strong communicator and negotiator having managed deals between multiple stakeholders and clients.

I have also worked at many production companies in development over the years and am a strong ideas person, format devisor and writer with great commissioner contacts. I produced/directed the taster for dating show, 'Sexy Beasts' commissioned by BBC Three many years ago.

Please take a look at my testimonials and get in touch if you have a project or just want a speculative chat.

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100 Perceptions: Raw Materials

(Jan 2025 - Apr 2025)

Big Circus Media

Executive Producer

A Year In AI - Google Cloud

(Dec 2024 - Jan 2025)

Parable

Executive Producer

Google's Summits On Air

(Aug 2024 - Nov 2024)

Parable

Executive Producer

Funded Development (part-time) - Entertainment

(Jan 2024 - Mar 2024)

Red Sky Productions and Phil McIntyre TV

Development Executive

Funded Development (Unscripted) - part time

(July 2023 - Jan 2024)

Raydar Media

Development Executive

Fact ent development

(Oct 2023 - Dec 2023)

Hello Halo

Development Executive

Funded Development (Unscripted)

(Jun 2023 - July 2023)

The Garden Productions

Development Executive

The Coronation Concert - Light Up the Nation

(Jan 2023 - May 2023)

BBC Studios

Series Producer

Science For Evil Geniuses (US Streamer)

(Dec 2021 - Nov 2022)

Impossible Factual

Series Producer

Sunday Brunch / Lidl contextual ads

(Oct 2021 - Dec 2021)

Remarkable

Series Producer

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Employment History

I am a freelancer senior creative with executive producer, series producer and development/execproducer credits and 20 years' experience making large-scale, ambitious programmes and content.
Adept in formatting and leading first series, big live event TV, filming in UK and around the world, scripting and creative writing, running multiple edits, managing stakeholders and running diverse/happy teams. I am passionate about producing

I am a freelancer senior creative with executive producer, series producer and development/execproducer credits and 20 years' experience making large-scale, ambitious programmes and content.
Adept in formatting and leading first series, big live event TV, filming in UK and around the world, scripting and creative writing, running multiple edits, managing stakeholders and running diverse/happy teams. I am passionate about producing and developing entertainment with purpose and my goal is to become a creative director overseeing multiple projects.

Over the years I have worked on many award winning live and pre-recorded shows and ambitious brand-funded projects for high profile clients. I have developed, formatted and ran productions from treatment to delivery, always ensuring creativity, ambition and strong storytelling is translated on screen whilst logistics and budgets are well managed off it. I have also worked as a development producer for BBC Studios/Factual and ITN winning commissions/business for both and also produced the taster for Sexy Beasts on BBC Three. I pride myself on being calm, confident, nurturing, flexible and positive.

I have produced 250+ hours of programming for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. I mainly work in factual entertainment but have also worked across in specialist factual, consumer, entertainment, reality and sports programming.

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Commercial, Corporate, Current Affairs, Daytime, Documentary, Entertainment, Events, Factual, Factual Entertainment, Food, Hidden Camera, Investigative, Leisure, Live Multi-cam OB, Live TV, Magazine, Outside Broadcast, Science, Sport, Studio Debate, Youth