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It has today been announced that Mentorn Media has appointed Emily Jones as Head of Factual for the award-winning producer.

Emily joins the team at Mentorn Media from Channel 4 where she was Commissioning Editor, Education & Documentaries for five years.  During her tenure at Channel 4, Emily's commissions included series such as Born Famous, Gogglesprogs, How The Other Kids Live, Born in the Wrong Body, Rich Kids of Instagram, Class of Mum and Dad and Home free, as well as singles:  Revenge Porn, Steph and Dom: Can Cannabis Save Our Son, The Women Who Kill Lions and Britain’s Billionaire Immigrants.

Prior to her tenure at Channel 4, Emily's 20-year career has included credits across some of the staples of television including the very first Secret Millionaire and Undercover Boss, as well as Coppers, Jamie's Ministry of Food, Wife Swap and Faking It.  More recently, Emily has worked as a development exec for top UK producers including Blast Films, and Dragonfly TV and also as development producer for Tinopolis Group's own Firecracker Films. 

As Head of Factual for Mentorn Media, Emily will look to develop the company's heritage in successful factual productions, most recently including both Children of the Cult for Discovery+ as well as Secrets of an ISIS Smartphone for the BBC.

MD Mentorn Media & Tinopolis Director of Content, Chris Brogden, commented; We are thrilled to be welcoming Emily to the team at Mentorn.  She has both outstanding industry credentials as well as extensive experience in developing ground-breaking programmes and we are excited she chose to join us for this next step in her career.

Emily Jones added; This is an incredibly exciting time to re-entering the production sector, and I feel very lucky to be joining Mentorn which has been responsible for so many much-loved programmes over the years.  I can’t wait to see what we do next.

This appointment follows the departure of Bernie Kay earlier in 2022.

Channel 5 has commissioned a powerful new documentary series with the working title Crash Investigators. The 3 x 60-minute series will be produced by Mentorn Media and will follow the delicate work of the crash investigations teams in North Yorkshire, one of the most dangerous driving counties in the UK. The news was announced today by Channel 5 Commissioning Editor, Adrian Padmore, at Content London.

With unique and unprecedented access, each episode will offer new insight into the county’s road policing teams and crash investigators, providing comprehensive coverage of entire investigations, from the life-saving attempts at the crash scene to the final court cases and ultimate conclusion. With each incident, viewers will follow investigators as they work meticulously to find out what happened, gradually piecing together all the information and providing answers for the families involved. 

Padmore commented “At Channel 5 we’re always looking for new access on familiar topics to keep our schedules fresh and exciting. We know that our viewers enjoy watching the emergency services at work and this series will provide them with a new angle, enabling them to dive much deeper into crash investigations from start to finish, and gain rare insight into the painstaking work that goes on behind the scenes.”

Crash Investigators has been commissioned for Channel 5 by Padmore and will be executive produced by Tayte Simpson for Mentorn Media, part of the Tinopolis group.