Keith Cotton,Series Editor

Keith Cotton

Series Editor, Series Producer

About Keith Cotton

SERIES EDITOR / SERIES PRODUCER / DEVELOPMENT / EXEC PRODUCER - AV' NOW

Happy to take a project from pitch document to delivery - with everything in-between!

Creative, ideas driven and have Series Edited/Produced on a host of ents/comedy ents/game and quiz show series and pilots for BBCOne & Two, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky and Dave. Plus Branded, SVOD and US market content.

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SERIES EDITOR / SERIES PRODUCER / DEVELOPMENT / EXEC PRODUCER - AV' NOW

Happy to take a project from pitch document to delivery - with everything in-between!

Creative, ideas driven and have Series Edited/Produced on a host of ents/comedy ents/game and quiz show series and pilots for BBCOne & Two, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky and Dave. Plus Branded, SVOD and US market content.

Well versed at putting together / crewing teams from the get-go, then initial ideas through to successful studio presentation and edit delivery. Have produced, running ordered and script written on several prime-time shows. Lots of live gallery, edit and floor producing.

Highlights from previous 2 years has seen Development stint on Lego Masters in Billund, Denmark, Series producing Operation Ouch! and Ant and Dec's Limitless Win. Celebrity Lingo with RuPaul and working with The Slow Mo Guys and Fulwell, delivering their first ever broadcast series for Sky. SVOD Daily World Cup show, overseeing the edit and producing daily vt content for stitch of the show in Qatar, producing VTs for 31 show run.
Prior to this Exec Producing 5 hours of content on Fact Ent Ch5 series - 'Greatest Toys'. Senioring on the return of the Million Pound Cube and Supervising Producer on The Cube US. Fitting in a University Challenge Children in Need special and series Producing BBC Primetime comedy gameshow First & Last.
Plus a corporate job for a huge tech giant.

Assorted shows below;

GAMESHOW / QUIZ - Ant & Dec's Limitless Win, Celebrity Lingo, The Cube, The Million pound Cube, The Cube US, First & Last, University Challenge specials - Comic Relief and CIN, Beat the Internet with John Robins, The Generation Game, Bigheads, That Puppet Game show, Escape from Scorpion Island, Globo Loco, Keep your enemies close, Big Red Box, Only in Japan.
TASK - Celebrity Big Brother.
COMEDY/CHAT - Royal wedding live with Cord & Tish! Fantastic beasts CIN, Star Wars CIN, Harry Hill CIN, BBBOTS, Paul O'Grady Live, Inbetweeners; Fwends Reunited, Surprise Surprise.
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT - Strictly, Tumble, The Voice, Children in Need, Splash!, Your face sounds familiar, Ministry of Mayhem, Only Fools on Horses, All star talent show.
CHARITY MARATHONS/EVENTS - Comic Relief 2019, Children in Need 2013-16 & 18, 24 Hr Panel people, Strictly Arena tour, One Direction day.
AWARDS SHOW - National Lottery Stars
DEVELOPMENT - Super Saturday; A Question of Sport. (Commissioned)
ART SHOWS - Art Attack, Finger Tips.
ARCHIVE / LIST SHOW - The Greatest toys of the 70s,80s, 90s and Christmas.
CHILDREN'S - Operation Ouch! Slow Mo Guy's Big Adventures, Escape from Scorpion Island. Art Attack!

Credits

Operation Ouch!

( Apr 2024 - Nov 2024 )

OMG Scotalnd

Series Producer

Ant n Dec's Limitless Win series 3 & 4

( Jun 2023 - Feb 2024 )

Hello Dolly / Mitre / ITV1

Series Producer

Various

( Apr 2023 - Apr 2023 )

Founder Creative Ltd

Development Producer

FIFA World Cup Daily by Hisense

( Nov 2022 - Dec 2022 )

Aurora Media

Senior Edit Producer

Lego Masters Development

( Nov 2022 - Nov 2022 )

The Lego Group

Development Executive

Celebrity Lingo

( Aug 2022 - Sep 2022 )

Triple Brew (OMG)

Series Producer

The Slow Mo Guys' Big Adventures

( Sep 2021 - Jun 2022 )

Fulwell 73

Series Producer

The Cube

( Feb 2021 - Aug 2021 )

OMG / Triple Brew media

Series Producer

The Cube US

( Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 )

OMG

Supervising Producer

The Cube

( July 2020 - Sep 2020 )

OMG / Wildcard media

Senior Producer

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Equipment

Additional Information

Industries

Corporate, Online, TV

Programme Types

Arts, Childrens, Comedy, Comedy (Children's), Daytime, Entertainment, Game Show, Live Multi-cam OB, Live TV, Magazine, Music, Reality TV, Science, Sport, Youth

Specialisms

Art, Celebrity, Children's, Comedy, Football, Music, Outside Broadcast, Popular Culture, Programme Development, Programme Formatting, Puppetry, Science, Sport, Technology, Writing, Youth Culture

Employment History

Only In Japan; Series Producer. Rumpus Media March 16
-Leading team to create new Channel 4 Noel Fielding comedy gameshow with celebrity teams.

Big Red Box (ITV Pilot); Series Producer. Electric Ray Nov 15
-Leading team to create ambitious new real-world challenge comedy gameshow.
-Casting comedy talent and overseeing smooth running of location shoot.

National Lottery Stars 2015; Series Producer. BBC

Only In Japan; Series Producer. Rumpus Media March 16
-Leading team to create new Channel 4 Noel Fielding comedy gameshow with celebrity teams.

Big Red Box (ITV Pilot); Series Producer. Electric Ray Nov 15
-Leading team to create ambitious new real-world challenge comedy gameshow.
-Casting comedy talent and overseeing smooth running of location shoot.

National Lottery Stars 2015; Series Producer. BBC July 15
-Leading studio team, edit and PDs to deliver annual awards, gallery producing John Barrowman.

Big Brother's Bit on the side; Series Producer. Initial April 15
-Leading 3 day teams to create fast turnaround content reacting to events in the BB house.
-Live/as live gallery producing half of the 46 show run.

1D (One Direction) Day; Series Producer. Fulwell 73 Sep 13
-Leading team of Producers, APs and Researchers to create 7 hours of live content.
-Aside from original ideas, managing creative content offers from over 35 countries.

Escape from Scorpion Island; series 4, Series Producer. RDF Jan 10
-Managing large team in Australia to deliver reality/game content across 13 BBC one hour shows.
-5 month Edit & story producing, delivering series & 26 ABC cut down shows.

Entertainment, Development Producer. Yalli Productions March 16
-Working up talent led ITV Saturday night format.

Children in Need 2015, Senior Comedy Producer. BBC Oct 15
-Producing showpiece comedy items, Star Wars sketch and Harry Hill's History of Tv.
Taster, Development Producer. BBC North Nov 14
-Working up pitch document and taster tape for brand new BBC 2 challenge show concept.

Children in Need 2014, Senior Script Producer. BBC Oct 14
-Writing and managing 7hr script and running order Presenter and autocue producing.

Tumble, Senior Producer. BBC Feb 14
-Managing Live team of APs and Researchers, creating ideas and forming the identity of the show.
-Writing script and running orders for 6 Live shows, producing Alex Jones, reacting to content.

Super Saturday: A Question of Sport, Development Producer. BBC North Nov 13
-Creation of fresh concept / treatment and final pitch document for the iconic show's transfer to a primetime Saturday night slot. After commission ideas bible passed onto production.

Children in Need 2013, Script Producer. BBC Oct 13
-Writing and managing 7hr script and running order. Plus floor and autocue producing live.

National Lottery Stars 2013, Senior Producer. BBC Aug 13
-Working closely with Exec to refresh existing BBC1 awards show.
-Managing team of PDs to deliver celebrity led VTs. Gallery Producing John Barrowman.

Your Face Sounds Familiar, Live Producer. Initial June 13
-Overseeing all contingencies and live vote results of prime time ITV1 Saturday show.

That Puppet Game Show, Games Producer. BBC Feb 13
-Working closely with Brian Henson leading games team.
-Creation of games ideas bible, comedy script patter, development and thorough games testing.

Splash (ITV Pilot), Live Producer. Two Four Nov 12
-Brought on board to floor produce talent and ensure smooth running of 'as live' pilot show/script.

Surprise Surprise, Senior Producer. ITV June 12
-Managing large team of APs and researchers to develop multi layered surprises for 6 studio shows. Leading ideas brainstorms, scripting, running orders and floor producing presenter.

The Voice, Senior Live Producer. Wall to Wall March 12
-Scripting, running orders and floor producing presenter. Leading team of APs & researchers.

Strictly Come Dancing Live Arena Tour 2012, Show Producer Jan 12
-Sole Producer across artist integrity for the hugely popular 41 date arena tour.
-Gallery producing Kate Thornton and overseeing live show voting results, script and VTs.

Strictly Come Dancing; series 9, Senior Live Producer. BBC Aug 11
-Creation of fresh concepts, scripting and running orders. Floor producing presenter.

Paul O' Grady Live; series 2, Producer. Olga TV March 11
-Leading 2 teams of APs and researchers to create live chat show content. Autocue producing.

Comic Relief's 24 Hour Panel People, Live Stream Producer. BBC Feb 11
-Creating in 2 weeks from a standing start all content, show style and set from scratch and producing 24 hour live stream reacting to David Walliams marathon panel show stint.

Strictly Come Dancing; series 8, Producer. BBC Sep 10
-Producing presenter, scripting, running orders and managing team of Aps & Researchers.

Keep your Enemies Close, Producer. BBC May 09
-Overall format and creating stylised look of original large scale BBC2 gameshow. Gallery
Producing, making 3 shows a day across an intensive 3 week filming block. Edit Producing.

Escape from Scorpion Island 1 & 2, Games Producer, Day Producer RDF/Freehand Aus'.

Development Producer, RDF. Basil Brush's Swap Shop 1 & 2, Producer, RDF.

Assistant Producer credits (including Task and Self Shooting roles):
CR Fame Academy, Celeb Big Brother 5, Only Fools on Horses, The All Star Talent Show, MOM.

Researcher credits:
Ministry of Mayhem (MOM), Art Attack series 14, Let's Roll with Roland Butter, Brilliant Creatures
series 5/6, Globo Loco series 1/2, Finger Tips series 1-3, EurekaTv series 2/ 3.

Writer credits (Children's Comedy drama):
Scoop, BBC. 'Foul Play' ('10). Planet Ajay, RDF. 'Hiccup hooray'('09).

Additional Information

Industries

Corporate, Online, TV

Programme Types

Arts, Childrens, Comedy, Comedy (Children's), Daytime, Entertainment, Game Show, Live Multi-cam OB, Live TV, Magazine, Music, Reality TV, Science, Sport, Youth

Specialisms

Art, Celebrity, Children's, Comedy, Football, Music, Outside Broadcast, Popular Culture, Programme Development, Programme Formatting, Puppetry, Science, Sport, Technology, Writing, Youth Culture