The Amazon Prime Video UK unscripted exec who has worked on the likes of Clarkson’s Farm and 007: Road to a Million has been appointed Edinburgh TV Festival Advisory Chair for this year.
Harjeet Chhokar will shape the festival’s program and general themes with new Creative Director Rowan Woods. His post is a rotating annual role that was held last year by Channel 4’s Kiran Nataraja.
Chhokar is an Unscripted Executive at Prime Video where he has worked across the likes of Clarkson’s Farm, Bond gameshow 007: Road to a Million and All or Nothing: Arsenal. Prior to Amazon he worked at Channel 4, delivering shows including Murder Island, 999: On the Frontline and Sex Actually with Alice Levine.
“Television is the most powerful cultural force in the world,” said Chhokar. “You only have to see its impact in the first few weeks of the year so far to...
Harjeet Chhokar will shape the festival’s program and general themes with new Creative Director Rowan Woods. His post is a rotating annual role that was held last year by Channel 4’s Kiran Nataraja.
Chhokar is an Unscripted Executive at Prime Video where he has worked across the likes of Clarkson’s Farm, Bond gameshow 007: Road to a Million and All or Nothing: Arsenal. Prior to Amazon he worked at Channel 4, delivering shows including Murder Island, 999: On the Frontline and Sex Actually with Alice Levine.
“Television is the most powerful cultural force in the world,” said Chhokar. “You only have to see its impact in the first few weeks of the year so far to...
- 2/6/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A two-part Netflix documentary from Louis Theroux’s production biz will tell the story of the victims of a prolific UK cyberstalker and how they ultimately helped bring him to justice.
Dropping on Netflix globally on February 21, Can I Tell You A Secret? will tell the harrowing real-life story of the victims of serial cyberstalker Matthew Hardy. Told using testimony from the women, it will detail the terrifying and sustained online harassment they endured and how his crimes tore lives apart.
In January 2022, Hardy was jailed for nine years, the longest sentence ever doled out in the UK for online stalking. The court heard how he would create fake social media accounts before contacting people with the beguiling message, ‘Can I tell you a secret?’ He went on to send messages to victims and their friends and family that sowed discord and created heartache, frequently with horrible consequences.
The...
Dropping on Netflix globally on February 21, Can I Tell You A Secret? will tell the harrowing real-life story of the victims of serial cyberstalker Matthew Hardy. Told using testimony from the women, it will detail the terrifying and sustained online harassment they endured and how his crimes tore lives apart.
In January 2022, Hardy was jailed for nine years, the longest sentence ever doled out in the UK for online stalking. The court heard how he would create fake social media accounts before contacting people with the beguiling message, ‘Can I tell you a secret?’ He went on to send messages to victims and their friends and family that sowed discord and created heartache, frequently with horrible consequences.
The...
- 1/24/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
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