At the BBC’s Christmas drinks earlier this month, I gatecrashed an animated conversation between two senior figures from the UK production sector. After a sheepish glance at each other, they …
. They are far from alone. Sit down with producers, commissioners, or current and former Channel 4 employees and you can play a game I call the Katz countdown: how long does it take before his name is mentioned?
In public, Mahon was heralding Katz as an “inspirational leader” with “fantastic instincts and intelligence.” Behind closed doors, she had to defend her decision to a room full of angry Channel 4 commissioners who could not fathom how he had landed the job. “She was told that it was a loony decision,” said one onlooker at the meeting. Jaws were also on the floor in the production community, with oneReflecting on that early response to his appointment, Katz brushed off the criticism.
Those who have worked with him described his lack of scheduling strategy, saying he has committed to breathing new life into certain slots and then abandoned his plans, and has floated unusual ideas such as airing comedies followed by one-hour news debates. “The heart of C4 is always the relationship between scheduling and sales. These two organs of the business are in serious panic because they don’t see the strategy,” one source said.
Katz also reeled off other shows that were conceived and delivered entirely under his leadership, includingcontestant Jade Goody — and border crossing series. He is also proud of breathing fresh life into waning brands, such as parachuting in female contestants onTreasure Island With Bear Grylls
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