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Dom Bird
Channel 4
Head of Formats, Music & Education
Dom oversees a broad range of young-skewing content across both C4 and E4. Dom’s commissions include ‘Hunted’, ‘Lookalikes’ and the upcoming competition format ‘Masters of Lego’. Dom and his team also commission E4’s most successful non-scripted shows including ‘Tattoo Fixers’, ‘Celebs Go Dating’, ‘Stage School’ and BAFTA-winning ‘Made In Chelsea’.
Dom also oversees Education, aiming programmes at young audiences with a focus on life skills. Singles and series include ‘Revenge Porn’, ‘Underage & Gay’, ‘Britain’s Billionaire Immigrants’, ‘My Millionaire Dads and Me’ and the recent transgender season, ‘Born in the Wrong Body’. This output is complimented by the online hub ‘Am I Normal’, aimed at teens featuring online shorts series including ‘Me and My Teen Self’, a scripted comedy series from brand new Transgender writing talent.
Before joining Channel 4, Dom was Creative Director for BBC Entertainment, and Editor for BBC Factual Entertainment.
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