Blink Films and Outline Productions owner, Tin Roof Media, has appointed former Warner Bros. International Television Production UK’s Charisma Jones as its first Head of Legal and Business Affairs.

The newly created role “reflects ongoing growth across both companies”, with a slate of both new and returning series in production including Blink Films’ Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (Channel 4), Tut’s Toxic Tomb (National Geographic, Science Channel and Channel 4), Secrets of the Oligarch Wives (CBS/Paramount+), Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes (Discovery+); together with Outline Productions’ Sarah Beeny’s New Life in the Country (Channel 4), and Michel Roux’s French Country Cooking (Food Network).

Working to Tin Roof Media’s Group Director of Operations, Ulla Streib, Jones will be responsible for all legal and business affairs for Blink and Outline across the group’s production bases in London and Chepstow.

Jones joins Tin Roof Media from her role as Senior Legal Counsel for Warner Bros. International Television Production UK, where she oversaw legal and business affairs on high profile series including First Dates, A House Through Time, Five Star Chef, Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild, and Our Yorkshire Farm. She was previously at Lime Pictures, working on shows including TOWIE and Celebs Go Dating and she has also held Legal and Business Affairs roles at UKTV and Channel 5.

Ulla Streib, Group Director of Operations, Tin Roof Media said: “As the volume and complexity of our work for UK and US networks and streamers increases, we are bolstering our group team with this newly created role. I’m delighted to have Charisma joining us: she combines high quality experience with the ability to grow with the group as it expands.”

Charisma Jones said: “I am really excited to join Tin Roof Media at such a pivotal time for the business due to the growth of the group and ever-expanding slate of diverse projects across both its labels. Funding and producing content is becoming increasingly complex, and I look forward to setting up their legal infrastructure as their first in-house business affairs support to provide the team with all the tools they need to continue making great shows!”

Tin Roof Media chairman Rod Henwood added: “Tin Roof Media’s growth is currently accelerating, as its two companies expand both the number of shows in production and their roster of clients – as well as putting together an increasing number of international coproductions. I’m very pleased to have Charisma on board as we continue to build the business.”

Blink’s recent credits include Chernobyl: The New Evidence (Channel 4), Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (Channel 4), Tut’s Toxic Tomb(National Geographic, Science Channel and Channel 4), Secrets of the Oligarch Wives (CBS/Paramount+), Ten Steps to Disaster (Smithsonian/Channel 5), Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes (Discovery+), Fred and Rose West: Reopened (ITV), The Diana Interview: The Truth Behind The Scandal (Channel 4), Best of Britain by the Sea (Channel 4), Extraordinary Twins (ITV), Saved By A Stranger (BBC 2), and Tom Kerridge Barbecues (Food Network).

Outline is currently in production on new returning series including Sarah Beeny’s New Life in the Country (Channel 4), Michel Roux’s French Country Cooking (Food Network), Sarah Beeny: New Lives in the Country (Channel 4), with recent commissions including Rochelle Humes: Interior Designer in the Making (W).

Jon Creamer

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