Harriet Finney appointed as BFI Deputy CEO
Finney will lead on the successor to the BFIâs five-year strategy BFI2022, to steer the organisation and wider industry into its next chapter.
17 May 2021
Harriet Finney
Harriet Finney has been appointed BFI Deputy CEO and Executive Director of the newly formed Corporate and Industry Affairs team. Working closely alongside BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts, Harriet will be focused on strategic leadership of the BFIâs work with stakeholders from the cultural sector, industry and government to advance the UKâs position as a global leader in screen.
In this role Harriet will lead on the successor to the BFIâs five-year strategy BFI2022, to steer the organisation and wider industry into its next chapter. New appointments within Harrietâs team include Neil Peplow, Director of Industry and International Affairs, and Rishi Coupland as Head of Research and Insight.
Latest projects supported through Young Audiences Content Fund announced
Breadth of commissions, including 12 new productions, demonstrate the importance of Public Service Broadcasting in childrenâs sector.
10 May 2021
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The BFI has unveiled the latest slate from the government funded Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF), revealing 12 brand-new and distinctive commissions, a recommission and five new development awards from across the UK.Â
This new slate lands following the recent success of YACF backed content such as the hugely popular Teen First Dates (E4), and as pre-school series Milo launches on Channel 5âs Milkshake! today.Â
Addressing a deficit of new distinctive childrenâs content that inspires and reflects the lives of young people in the UK, the YACF is designed to contribute up to 50% of the production costs for projects that have secured a broadcast commitment from a free-to-access, Ofcom regulated platform, and supports prod
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BFI Reveals New Slate from Young Audiences Content Fund
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The BFI has unveiled the latest slate from the government-funded Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF), with 12 brand-new commissions, a recommission and five development awards from across the U.K.
Channel 5’s Milkshake!, CITV, Channel 4, S4C and BBC ALBA all have new commissions within the portfolio, including a recommission of Milkshake!’s
Go Green With the Grimwades and Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby commissioned for Channel 4 as this year’s animated Christmas Special.
MG ALBA announced one of the largest investments in children’s content since BBC ALBA’s inception, with the Scottish Gaelic live-action kids’ comedy
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Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby Being Animated for C4
The Abominable Snow Baby.
Produced by Eagle Eye Drama, in association with Narrativia, Pratchett’s independent production company, the animated Christmas special is based on a short story from his best-selling book of Christmas tales,
Father Christmas’ Fake Beard. It tells the story of a quintessentially English town that is thrown into disarray by a huge snowfall and the dramatic appearance of a 14-foot tall Abominable Snow Baby.
The program is supported by a grant from the BFI’s Young Audiences Content Fund.
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Channel 4’s head of drama, Caroline Hollick, said: “Terry Pratchett’s
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