Sarah Lazenby to join Channel 4's newly structured Entertainment team

Channel 4 today confirmed the appointment of Sarah Lazenby to the post of Entertainment Editor.
 
Sarah joins from CPL where she most recently executive produced the Game of Thrones HBO World Premiere and live entertainment chat show Thronecast for Sky Atlantic.
 
Previous credits as Executive Producer at NERD include entertainment programming in both the UK and US including Find My First Love for American network A&E.
 
Sarah has series produced an extensive slate of primetime UK programming, including Keith Lemon’s LemonAid (Talkback/ITV), Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (Optomen/Channel 4), Jamie’s Christmas Lock in (Fresh One/Channel 4) and Staying In With Greg & Russell (Talkback/BBC Three). She cut her teeth working on Channel 4 Entertainment shows such as Banzai, Make My Day and The BIG Breakfast.

Sarah will join Commissioning Editor Syeda Irtizaali and recently appointed Head of Entertainment Ben Caudell who is soon to join Channel 4 from Objective Productions.
 
This is the final position to be confirmed in the newly restructured combined Entertainment and Factual Entertainment team headed by Head of Factual Entertainment Liam Humphreys.
 
Liam Humphreys, Head of Factual Entertainment, said; “Sarah is a rare talent. She’s a fiercely intelligent, forensic and mischievous thinker and I’m delighted she will help create the next chapter of Channel 4 Entertainment.”
 
Ben Caudell added “Sarah brings with her a huge breadth of experience across a wide range of entertainment programmes and we couldn't be more delighted to have her joining a strong and revitalised team at a very exciting time. Her intelligence, energy and verve will be a key part of the channel's new wave of entertainment shows.”

Sarah Lazenby said “I’m so excited about joining this creative and talented team and am looking forward to being involved in making some funny and original shows with some great talent.”