19 Facts About Claudia Rosencrantz

Claudia Emma Rosencrantz FRTS was born on 23 June 1959 and is a British television executive and journalist.

Claudia Rosencrantz was formerly the Controller of Entertainment for ITV, for over ten years.

Claudia Rosencrantz was Director of Television for Virgin Media for five years and worked with Jamie Oliver, including as CEO of the Jamie Oliver Media Group.

Claudia Rosencrantz began her career in Fleet Street in 1979, where she worked first as a picture editor and then as a journalist on various publications, including The Daily Telegraph Sunday magazine and Elle, before opting to become a television producer in 1986.

Claudia Rosencrantz produced Barry Humphries Dame Edna Everage's shows for ten years, including winning the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1991.

Claudia Rosencrantz was one of the first UK producers to produce the Dame Edna Everage specials for the networks in the United States.

Claudia Rosencrantz joined ITV in 1995 with responsibility for commissioning around 500 hours of prime-time entertainment programming a year, encompassing variety and talk shows, music specials and game shows.

Claudia Rosencrantz launched Virgin 1 in October 2007 and re-positioned Bravo in 2009.

Claudia Rosencrantz became part of the management team that ran the company.

When Claudia Rosencrantz joined Living TV, the channel had already broadcast Jade's Salon, featuring Jade Goody, a contestant in the third series of Big Brother, and was in production with a second series, Just Jade, following Goody as she launched a perfume range.

Claudia Rosencrantz was responsible for commissioning Living's first original drama, Bedlam starring Will Young and Theo James, which was taken into a second series.

Journalist Maggie Brown of The Guardian broke the story that Claudia Rosencrantz had decided to leave post-integration of the channels as she felt there was no suitable role for her in the new structure at Sky.

Claudia Rosencrantz has the courage and critical eye to back an original idea, combined with the clarity and drive to create real commercial success.

Claudia Rosencrantz has transformed the channels, and has done so with her trademark package of unerring grace and wicked wit.

In October 2012, Claudia Rosencrantz joined the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver as Director of Programmes of Fresh One Productions and CCO of the Jamie Oliver Media Group.

Claudia Rosencrantz is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and a trustee of JW3.

Claudia Rosencrantz is known to watch entertainment shows as a pleasurable activity.

Claudia Rosencrantz was profoundly deaf for nearly 30 years after contracting meningitis on holiday.

Claudia Rosencrantz is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society, having previously been chairman of its programme awards committee.