Darren Childs's guest appearances

Darren Childs

Media Masters

Killed to Death

The Vine Resources Podcast Show

The Culture Builders

Dolly Alderton

Dave Lee

Chris Mason

Trevor Noah

Mike Williams

David Starkey

Tim Harford

Joshua Foer

Matthew McConaughey

Douglas Murray

Amanda Knox

Emily Wilson

Tina Brown

Joanne Lipman

Sam Hancock

OwlTail

Darren Childs is chief executive of UKTV. Appointed in 2010, he previously held senior positions at BBC Worldwide, Sony Pictures and Star TV. Starting life in 1992 as a single channel, UKTV is now one of the UK’s largest television companies with more than 100 original shows in production and a 10% share of the commercial TV audience.  In this in-depth interview, recorded days before his resignation, Darren discusses the “creative arms race” created by the rise in streaming services, outlines how he has addressed the challenge of staying relevant to younger audiences as they turn their backs on scheduled viewing – and describes why “best mate” channel Dave is such a success.

Darren Childs is chief executive of UKTV. Appointed in 2010, he previously held senior positions at BBC Worldwide, Sony Pictures and Star TV. Starting life in 1992 as a single channel, UKTV is now one of the UK’s largest television companies with more than 100 original shows in production and a 10% share of the commercial TV audience.  In this in-depth interview, recorded days before his resignation, Darren discusses the “creative arms race” created by the rise in streaming services, outlines how he has addressed the challenge of staying relevant to younger audiences as they turn their backs on scheduled viewing – and describes why “best mate” channel Dave is such a success.

Media Masters - Darren Childs

Jane Sparrow asks Darren Childs how he manages and builds his own energy to ensure he is match fit to take on the challenges of the CEO role - exploring the need to plan for the long term and recognise that the most challenging roles often come when our energy starts to dip.

Jane Sparrow asks Darren Childs how he manages and builds his own energy to ensure he is match fit to take on the challenges of the CEO role - exploring the need to plan for the long term and recognise that the most challenging roles often come when our energy starts to dip.

The Culture Builders Burst - How to Maintain Energy for the Long Run - Talking With Darren Childs, CEO, UKTV

John Richardson

A man is found dead on a cruise ship, and the cruise-ship-Santa Sandy Claws (Winter Tekenos-Levy) tells the guys of her Barthelona cruise, and pickpocketing lapdance scheme.Joining them as cohost is the real Santa Claus (John Richardson), and he's as fed up with the boys antics as ever.Later, Sandy's weak, spindly boyfriend Darren Childs shows up, as does perennial favourite Krampus.Does this sound like too much stuff going on at once? Merry Christmas!

A man is found dead on a cruise ship, and the cruise-ship-Santa Sandy Claws (Winter Tekenos-Levy) tells the guys of her Barthelona cruise, and pickpocketing lapdance scheme. Joining them as cohost is the real Santa Claus (John Richardson), and he's as fed up with the boys antics as ever. Later, Sandy's weak, spindly boyfriend Darren Childs shows up, as does perennial favourite Krampus. Does this sound like too much stuff going on at once? Merry Christmas!

74 Winter Tekenos-Levy, John Richardson, and Darren Childs