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04/02/2009

Raw Cut TV Expands Development Team With Ward Appointment

Raw Cut TV has announced the appointment of Phil Ward to spearhead the company's expansion in to factual and popular factual programming.
Ward will be charged with adding to Raw Cut's existing portfolio of 'blue-light' returning formats as well as pushing the company into other areas of factual programming.
An accomplished producer and director, Phil Ward has worked across factual and entertainment show for ITV, C4, C5 and Sky One, including directing 'Natural Born Racers' for Five and 'Mums on Strike' for ITV 1.
More recently, he series produced 'Hot Pursuit' for Tru TV and 'How It Works' for National Geographic.
Ward's appointment follows Raw Cut TV's recent expansion of its post production provision, bringing the majority of editing and finishing work in-house with additional Avid suites.
The company is well-known for 'Police Interceptors' (Five) and six series of popular show 'Road Wars' (Sky One). A second series of 'Police Interceptors Special Edition' fronted by Natalie Pinkham has also been recently commissioned for Five, following a successful run with the first series on sister station Fiver.
Steve Warr, Managing Director, Raw Cut TV, commented: "Phil Ward's appointment comes at a time when we are looking to expand upon our existing factual repertoire of Blue light documentaries. Phil's experience will play a vital part in driving the company forward, helping us to give commissioners a more diverse offering of factual programming."
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