Bartlett switches to ITV

ITV Productions has hired BBC producer Kate Bartlett to run its merged London drama department. Ms Bartlett will join ITV Productions in the next couple of months as controller of drama in London.

She is taking over the merged drama departments formerly run by Michele Buck and Andy Harries, who are both leaving the broadcaster to join the independent production sector. The ITV Productions director, John Whiston, decided to merge the two departments after Ms Buck and Mr Harries announced that they were leaving.

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