Catherine Catton

Head of Commissioning, Popular Factual and Factual Entertainment

UKTV

With over ten years’ experience in TV, including brand development, running channels and commissioning, Catherine is currently Senior Commissioning Editor at UKTV.

In this role, she has been responsible for breakout hits across the UKTV network including returning formats such as David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities, My Flatpack Home andNick Knowles’ Original Features as well as food series such as The Roux Scholarship, Choccywoccydoodah and Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure. 

Catherine has also commissioned a number of films forYesterday focusing on the 1940s and 1960s, including WAGs of ’66, Cilla’s Unswung Sixties, and the award-winning Arctic Convoys.  In addition, she has commissioned a number of Advertiser Funded Programmes including two series of Find My Past, winner of a Broadcast Digital Award and the UK’s first Factual product placement deal.

After graduating from Cambridge University in 1997, Catherine worked in the art market before joining the BBC in Factual Brand Development.  Headhunted by UKTV in 2003, she launched two factual channels before becoming Channel Head for UKTV Style and UKTV Gardens.  While in this role she drove 16% growth for UKTV Style and made UKTV Gardens one of the most upmarket digital channels. 

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