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Remarkable announces new senior entertainment and factual hire

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London – Patrick Furlong takes up the newly established role as Head of Factual, where he will be tasked with strengthening and delivering an original slate of factual programming. Furlong was previously at Optomen, having first joined in 2004 and has been Executive Producer on numerous series, with credits including Employable Me (BBC Two, BBC Three), Kevin McCloud’s Escape to the Wild (Channel 4), and Heston’s Feasts (Channel 4).

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Richard Hague

Richard Hague, one of Remarkable’s in-house Executive Producers has been promoted to the new role of Head of Entertainment, overseeing original and returning entertainment programming. Hague first joined Endemol Shine UK in 2005 and during this time has been behind many of the company’s award-winning hit entertainment series. His recent and forthcoming credits include The Big Spell for Sky 1, Deal or No Deal on Tour for Channel 4 as well as BBC One’s game show hit Pointless and its Saturday night offering Pointless Celebrities. Both will report into Joint Managing Directors James Fox and Kitty Walshe.

 

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Patrick Furlong

They comment; “As we look to further diversify our portfolio, we are hugely excited to have Richard and Patrick in these new roles.  Richard is a first-class producer and has played a significant role in Remarkable’s success, while Patrick has a proven track record in quality factual formats for the major broadcasters. Together they will make a great complementary team.”

 

Remarkable, part of Endemol Shine Group has a portfolio of groundbreaking game shows, entertainment, factual and features programming. This includes BBC One hit Pointless and its prime time Saturday night offering Pointless Celebrities, The House that £100K Built for BBC Two and Animal Park Summer Special, which returned to BBC One this summer for a week of special programming to celebrate Longleat’s 50th anniversary. Remarkable are also producing The Big Spell, a spectacular new family entertainment series for Sky 1 that will uncover the nation’s best young speller and is presented by Sue Perkins, Joe Lycett and Moira Stuart.