Kit Morey

Kit began their role as a Commissioning Editor for Channel 5 in March 2019 and is responsible for commissioning fresh, exciting content in the Popular Factual space that reflects the Channel 5 brand whilst capturing viewers and creating returnable formats.

Since joining Channel 5, they have commissioned over 200 hours of prime time shows which include over a dozen new Talent led series such as Barts: Our Hospital Through Time with Prof. Alice Robert, Wonders of The Human Body with Micheal Moseley, Motorhoming with Merton & Webster, Lost Dogs with Clare Balding, Tom Read-Wilson’s Grand Tour, Ben Fogle’s Make a New Life in The Country, Britain by Book with Gyles Brandreth, The Dog Hospital with Graeme Hall and Sally Lindsay’s Posh Sleepover.

With regards to high volume, lower cos returnable formats, they’ve commissioned Million Pound Motorhomes, Dirty House Rescue, 999: Emergency Call Out and Ambulance Code Red, which is 5Star’s highest rated factual series, along with overseeing popular returners such as Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly, Rich House Poor House, Springtime on The Farm and The Hotel Inspector.

They’ve also commissioned brand new access obs docs such as The Hospital: Life on The Line, Inside The Hilton, Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors, Platoon, Billionaire Resorts, The Secret Life of Bees, Megaport alomng with Blowing LA and Hot Yachts: Miami for P+ and poppy one offs like Britain’s Poshest Farm Shop, Britain Best Service Station, Inside Gails: Britain Poshest Bakery, The Big Bedbug Invasion, World’s Most Luxurious Retirement Home, Is Your Smartphone Spying on You, Does my Kid Have ADHD? and the nostalgic brand ‘Loved & Lost’…not to mention RTS Winning Best Features series for Air Fryers!

Before beginning the role at Channel 5, Morey was at Spun Gold as the Executive Producer on ITV’s Real Full Monty and prior to that was Head of Popular Factual at Rise Films where they developed Channel 4’s prime time social experience series, Meat The family. They’ve also held Executive Producer roles at betty, Shine, Lambent and twenty twenty overseeing brands such as Channel 4 prime time series One Born Every Minute, Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners and the first series of First Dates. Morey also series produced Famous, Rich and Jobless, Babies in the Office and Would Like to Meet for BBC3, BBC1 and BBC2 respectively.