Sky’s Roach reaches Drama Summit

CONTENT LONDON: Cameron Roach, commissioning editor for drama at Sky, has joined the line-up for the International Drama Summit, part of C21’s Content London, between November 29 and December 1.

Cameron Roach

Roach will join Anne Mensah, head of drama at Sky, in a controller session at the event to discuss drama strategy and commissioning at the network, whose forthcoming titles include Britannia, Tin Star, Riviera and Jamestown.

He joined Sky drama as commissioning editor in 2013 and had a spell as acting head of drama while Anne Mensah was on sabbatical. He now works with Mensah across the satcaster’s slate.

Roach’s previous roles include executive producer on Shed Productions’ Waterloo Road, of which he oversaw 50 episodes, and producer on Kudos series Life on Mars. He has also worked in development at Tiger Aspect Productions, Shed Productions and BBC Productions.

The commissioner began his TV career in script and series editing on long-running series such as Casualty, before landing his first producing job on season six of the hit prison drama Bad Girls for Shed Productions. He went on to produce two series of Footballers’ Wives and also developed and exec produced ITV2’s first ever drama, the spin-off Footballers’ Wives: Extra Time, which ran for two series.

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You can find other speakers announced for the 2016 International Drama summit here.

The summit takes place at Picturehouse Central in London’s West End, with the venue opening for registration and the opening-night party on November 28. You can find out more about the event and register online by clicking here.

The three-day event features an unrivalled conference agenda, drama premieres, screenings programme, coproduction marketplace, networking lounges, drama series case studies, broadcaster briefings, writers room strand, craft workshops, coproduction and finance sessions, kids’ content futures and much more.