Pat has 29 years experience working in News, Sport, Commissioning and Production across ITV, BBC and C4 and led a major American cable network, Travel Channel Media. He's now MD of Cardiff Productions, launched in 2020 with credits including The Talk (C4), Peter:The Human Cyborg(C4) and Am Dro (S4C).From 2010 Pat spent four years as Chief Creativ...
Read MorePat has 29 years experience working in News, Sport, Commissioning and Production across ITV, BBC and C4 and led a major American cable network, Travel Channel Media. He's now MD of Cardiff Productions, launched in 2020 with credits including The Talk (C4), Peter:The Human Cyborg(C4) and Am Dro (S4C).From 2010 Pat spent four years as Chief Creative Officer for BBC Production, with over £300m in revenues and 3,000 employees. His teams delivered some of the world’s biggest shows including Top Gear, Strictly Come Dancing, Dr Who, Frozen Planet, and Luther.Prior to that, Pat was President /General Manager of Travel Channel Media USA (2005-2009), leading its turn-around by introducing award winning and globally popular brands including Man v Food and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. His stewardship boosted ratings, revenues and launched significant digital initiatives, culminating in a successful JV transaction valuing Travel Channel Media at $1bn in 2009.At BBC Sport, Pat led the transformation of the 6 Nations rugby championship, including regular Sunday fixtures, prime-time kick-offs and a tournament climax day now known as Super Saturday. As a result ratings doubled and rugby union is now regularly broadcast in primetime. He has also been a commissioning editor at Channel 4, having started his career in news and current affairs at ITV and the BBC.Pat has three children, and enjoys sport, movies and Sudoku, is a fellow of the RTS and the RSA, and is slowly writing his debut screenplay.
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