By Peter White Television Editor EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is continuing its push for UK-originated entertainment formats after hiring The Circle exec producer Daisy Lilley in its non-fiction team.
Lilley has joined the streamer as a manager in its London-based division, reporting to Sean Hancock, its U.S-based director of unscripted originals.
She will work closely with former ITV commissioner Ben Kelly, who Deadline revealed last year had joined in a similar role. She will be responsible for ordering global entertainment formats out of the UK.
The hire comes as its latest UK-developed entertainment show, Too Hot To Handle, a reality dating competition produced by Fremantle’s Talkback, launched on the service last month.
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