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Claudia Rosencrantz
Claudia Emma Rosencrantz FRTS (born 23 June 1959) is a British television executive and journalist. She was formerly the Controller of Entertainment for ITV, for over ten years. She was also Director of Television for Virgin Media for five years and worked with Jamie Oliver, including as CEO of the Jamie Oliver Media Group.
Series she commissioned for ITV included Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Pop Idol, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Hell's Kitchen, The X Factor, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Love Island and Britain's Got Talent. In the official UK top ten most watched TV shows of the 2000s decade, four of the entries are Rosencrantz's commissions.
In April 2020, Rosencrantz was portrayed by Aisling Bea in the television adaptation of the West End play Quiz, commissioned by ITV.
Rosencrantz began her career in Fleet Street in 1979, where she worked first as a picture editor and then as a journalist on various publications, including The Daily Telegraph Sunday magazine and Elle, before opting to become a television producer in 1986.
Her production credits include executive producer of Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, working with Elton John to produce Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras and the drama Prisoners in Time (starring John Hurt, based on Eric Lomax's book The Railway Man) for the BBC.
Rosencrantz also produced Barry Humphries Dame Edna Everage's shows for ten years, including winning the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1991. She was one of the first UK producers to produce the Dame Edna Everage specials for the networks in the United States. In 2019 she produced Barry’s final Dame Edna tv show Dame Edna Rules The Waves for the BBC
Rosencrantz joined ITV in 1995 with responsibility for commissioning around 500 hours of prime-time entertainment programming a year, encompassing variety and talk shows, music specials and game shows. Her first major breakthroughs were Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Popstars and Pop Idol, which "changed the fortunes" not only of ITV but of two of the biggest US networks, ABC and Fox. Her next generation of entertainment events, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Hell's Kitchen, The X Factor and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway remain some of ITV's highest rated shows. She is credited with shifting presenters Ant & Dec from children's television to an entertainment double act for a general audience, and for putting Simon Cowell on television.
She was also responsible for running ITV's entertainment talent roster – a list that included Cowell, Ant & Dec, Chris Tarrant, Michael Parkinson, Sharon Osbourne, Paul O'Grady, Gordon Ramsay, Davina McCall, and Harry Hill. Before her departure at the end of 2005, she had also commissioned Soapstar Superstar, Dancing on Ice, Love Island, Harry Hill's TV Burp and Britain's Got Talent which have all proved successful for ITV.
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Claudia Rosencrantz
Claudia Emma Rosencrantz FRTS (born 23 June 1959) is a British television executive and journalist. She was formerly the Controller of Entertainment for ITV, for over ten years. She was also Director of Television for Virgin Media for five years and worked with Jamie Oliver, including as CEO of the Jamie Oliver Media Group.
Series she commissioned for ITV included Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Pop Idol, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Hell's Kitchen, The X Factor, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Love Island and Britain's Got Talent. In the official UK top ten most watched TV shows of the 2000s decade, four of the entries are Rosencrantz's commissions.
In April 2020, Rosencrantz was portrayed by Aisling Bea in the television adaptation of the West End play Quiz, commissioned by ITV.
Rosencrantz began her career in Fleet Street in 1979, where she worked first as a picture editor and then as a journalist on various publications, including The Daily Telegraph Sunday magazine and Elle, before opting to become a television producer in 1986.
Her production credits include executive producer of Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, working with Elton John to produce Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras and the drama Prisoners in Time (starring John Hurt, based on Eric Lomax's book The Railway Man) for the BBC.
Rosencrantz also produced Barry Humphries Dame Edna Everage's shows for ten years, including winning the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1991. She was one of the first UK producers to produce the Dame Edna Everage specials for the networks in the United States. In 2019 she produced Barry’s final Dame Edna tv show Dame Edna Rules The Waves for the BBC
Rosencrantz joined ITV in 1995 with responsibility for commissioning around 500 hours of prime-time entertainment programming a year, encompassing variety and talk shows, music specials and game shows. Her first major breakthroughs were Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Popstars and Pop Idol, which "changed the fortunes" not only of ITV but of two of the biggest US networks, ABC and Fox. Her next generation of entertainment events, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Hell's Kitchen, The X Factor and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway remain some of ITV's highest rated shows. She is credited with shifting presenters Ant & Dec from children's television to an entertainment double act for a general audience, and for putting Simon Cowell on television.
She was also responsible for running ITV's entertainment talent roster – a list that included Cowell, Ant & Dec, Chris Tarrant, Michael Parkinson, Sharon Osbourne, Paul O'Grady, Gordon Ramsay, Davina McCall, and Harry Hill. Before her departure at the end of 2005, she had also commissioned Soapstar Superstar, Dancing on Ice, Love Island, Harry Hill's TV Burp and Britain's Got Talent which have all proved successful for ITV.