Peter Weil
Chief Executive Officer
Over the last 30 years in broadcasting, Peter has launched an Indie (Barraclough Carey North), a BBC department, (BBC Youth), several significant broadcast series including Open Air (BBC1) and the People’s Parliament (C4); edited primetime shows including Wogan, That’s Life and Children In Need; run channels for Discovery including Animal Planet International; and produced programmes for Panorama and Newsnight.
Peter began his broadcast career at Granada as a researcher on World In Action, University Challenge and Granada Report for ITV, followed by a stint at the BBC producing and directing programmes for Panorama, Newsnight and Nationwide. In 1984 Peter returned to his native Belfast where he both set up the BBC's first youth department and became the acting head of BBC Radio Ulster.
Between 1986 and 1992 Peter launched the BBC's first daytime programme, Open Air, a daily live interactive programme from Manchester where viewers could challenge programme makers, edited Wogan for BBC1 and ran Topical Features where he was responsible for That's Life!, Watchdog, Video Diaries and Children In Need.
Peter moved into the Indie Sector in 1992, joining Barraclough Carey, and a year later set up Barraclough Carey North in Manchester where he introduced Channel Four's People's Parliament, BBC-2's Pound for Pound and Radio Four's Times Past..Times Future with Jeremy Paxman.
In 1998, Peter joined Discovery as Vice President, Programming and Production for the UK and Europe and ran a succession of channels for Discovery . He was promoted to Discovery's corporate headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA four years later as General Manager, Animal Planet International. In 2005 Peter he became Senior Vice President, Content for Discovery Latin America's nine networks.
Peter returned to the UK in 2007 and brought his passion for broadcasting into the 3rd sector, joining the Media Trust charity with responsibility for both the Community Channel and all Media Trust productions. In May 2009, Peter took up the reins as CEO for CTVC.
tel: 020 7940 8480
email peter.weil@ctvc.co.uk
