Survive till ’25. That was the mantra of the TV industry in 2024, as budgets were squeezed, costs surged, and viewers changed habits. We’ve made it through 2024 – creating national moments with Mr Bates vs The Post Office, The Traitors and the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special. But what happens next?
There is an irony to Amelia Brown’s rise to the top of the TV tree. The Fremantle UK CEO says: “My mother was hilariously strict with my TV watching and would not let me watch much of it… So, I would rebel and watch it where and when I could... she was a bit of a TV snob.”
She and her mum subsequently saw the funny side when Brown found success working on ITV hits Pop Idol, The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent and reminded her mother: “You wouldn’t even let me watch ITV!”
