Stephen Arnell

Consultant Producer

Withover 30 years experience in broadcasting, Stephen's career has included:

Research Specialist - BBC1 & ITV

Channel Creator & Controller - ITV3  & ITV

Programme Commissioner - ITV Channels

Director of New Digital Channels - ITV 

Co-Editorial Director  - BritBox (development)

ITN Editorial Consulting (creating channel propositions for the Middle East, 2008)

Channel Editorial Consultant - Trace, Cinemoi, Viewster & others

Acquisitions Consultant/Broker- Discovery, Paramount, Viewster, Sky History & others

The National School of Television Norway - consultant

The Universityof East Anglia - consultant

Visiting lecturer at The University of Westminster - lecturing in media issues/trends toforeign broadcasters

Working with production partners developing territory specific and worldwidefranchises/formats and projects in TV drama, film and factual/fact-entprogramming - this has resulted commissions from broadcasters in the UK,including the hit series AT HOME WITH THE NOONANS for CI (2012), MERCENARIESfor Discovery's Quest channel (2013), THE FRANK SINATRA STORY for Channel 5(2015), 50 YEARS LEGAL (Sky Arts, 2017), BLITZED: NAZIS ON DRUGS (History,2018), NICK KNOWLES IN JAPAN (Sky Pick, 2020) and others.

Wrote & produced the Sky Arts documentary BOB FOSSE: IT'S SHOWTIME! (2019) underhis Pan Productions banner.

Also a judge for various industry awards/competitions, and a regular commentator forBroadcast magazine, also The Spectator. Drama Quarterly, The Stage, TheIndependent, The Guardian, Digital Spy, The New Statesman, The Morning Star,The New European, Mediatel, Paranormal Daily News, and C21.

Commentator on media matters for BBC Radio.

Author of the novel THE GREAT ONE (Amazon, 2022)

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