| Andrew Newman | |
| Birth Name: | Andrew William Newman |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Plymouth, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Organization: | Formerly BAFTA |
| Occupation: | CEO, Spelthorne Community Television |
Andrew Newman (born 4 November 1969) is a British television executive and producer.[1]
Newman was Head of Comedy and Entertainment at Channel 4,[2] [3] he was appointed Chief Executive of Objective Productions in 2009,[4] [5] and was Chairman of BAFTA's Television Committee.[6] He is now CEO of Spelthorne Community Television.
Newman began his TV career on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast. He was an assistant producer on The Word and developed a strand entitled The Hopefuls that The Guardian called "infamous".
He had production roles on Brass Eye, The Sunday Show, The 11 O'Clock Show and Da Ali G Show.
Newman joined Channel 4 as Commissioned Editor, Entertainment, in 1998. He later became Head of Programmes for digital channel E4[7] and became Head of Entertainment at Channel 4 after a period as Controller of Entertainment at Channel Five. He was later appointed Head of Comedy and Entertainment at Channel 4.
During his time at Channel 4 Newman commissioned and oversaw Peep Show, Derren Brown, Balls of Steel, The Friday Night Project, Star Stories, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The IT Crowd, Fonejacker, and The Inbetweeners.
In 2009 Newman left Channel 4 to become Chief Executive of Objective Productions.
He is now CEO of Spelthorne Community Television a production company he formed with Sacha Baron Cohen in 2015.[8] [9]
Newman was an Executive Producer of Who Is America? Sacha Baron Cohen's 2018 Showtime series.