BBC Studios Aus appoints Development Exec, Unscripted.

Lexi Landsman has joined BBC Studios Productions Australia as Development Executive, Unscripted.

Formerly Head of Development, Unscripted, for Fremantle Australia, she joins Deb Spinocchia’s team developing formats and originals across factual, entertainment and reality.

She was previously a senior development producer at ITV Studios where she worked on Alone Australia, My Mum Your Dad, My Kitchen Rules and Inside Sydney Airport. She spent 10 years at the Seven Network in factual and reality production and development, where her credits include Border Security, Emergency Call, World’s Richest Dogs, Airways, Restaurant Revolution, Malcolm Naden: Australia’s Most Wanted and Con Girl which she co-created.

Kylie Washington, General Manager and Creative Director, BBC Studios Productions Australia, said: “Lexi is an accomplished and experienced television executive with an in-depth knowledge of the global unscripted marketplace and a proven track record of adapting and refreshing existing formats as well as developing original programmes, and I’m delighted that she is joining the team. Our unscripted business has gone from strength to strength under Deb’s leadership and now is the right time to further bolster the team to continue our growth.”

Lexi Landsman said: “I am thrilled to be joining the BBC Studios team, who have grown exponentially over the past five and a half years, with the creation of 600 hours of television. I look forward to working with Deb and Kylie, and continuing their expansion of the unscripted slate of innovative and bold ideas, spanning factual, reality and entertainment.”

BBC Studios Productions Australia recent credits include Mastermind, The 1% Club, The Great Australian Bake Off, The MatchMakers, while Top Gear Australia, Dancing With the Stars, and Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye screen soon/

Scripted series Death in Paradise and The Office Australia, co-produced with Bunya Entertainment, will screen later this year.

The company recently acquired Werner Film Productions which operates as an independent label.

As an author, Landsman has written two novels. Her second is in scripted development with another company for an adaptation into a psychological drama series.