Salmon explains how ESG’s budding factual entertainment catalogue – including series such as The Island with Bear Grylls, Hunted and upcoming Australian cooking competition show Family Food Fight – are taking the firm beyond “format pillars” Big Brother and MasterChef.
The exec also discusses a growing scripted slate, featuring new Sky Alantic thriller Tin Star, upcoming Kit Harrington BBC drama Gunpowder, and weighs the shifting dynamics between broadcast and OTT, with ESG’s interests also spanning season three of Black Mirror for Netflix and the latter’s first German original.