On January 21st 2026, we hosted our first Commissioner Event of the year with Netflix’s Manager of Unscripted Series Luke Mcfarlane.
With a commissioning slate ranging from Love Is Blind, Celebrity Bear Hunt, Cheat: Unfinished Business, At Home With The Furys and Blue Therapy, the Commissioners highlighted Netflix’s areas of interest for commissioning, their ethos and choices in recommissioning. The session was then followed by audience questions and a series of one-to-ones with indies.
Luke Mcfarlane
Manager Unscripted Series, Netflix
Luke Mcfarlane began his TV career over 25 years ago starting off in Light Entertainment working on shows such as Stars in Their Eyes, You’ve Been Framed, Des O’Connor Tonight, Popstars: The Rivals and The Paul O’ Grady Show. Moving into the Reality and Factual Entertainment genres – he has been a series and executive producer on shows such as Britain’s Next Top Model, The Only Way Is Essex, Life on Marbs, Sexpod, Celebs Go Dating as well as bringing much loved formats MTV Cribs and the multi- award winning The Big Breakfast back to the screen as part of Channel 4’s Black To Front project. He made the move to commissioning in 2022 working in the Factual Entertainment department at Channel 4 overseeing Married At First Sight, Celebrity Cooking School and Josh Must Win amongst others. Luke has been a Manager in the Unscripted Series team at Netflix since late 2023 and has been working across Love Is Blind, Celebrity Bear Hunt, Cheat: Unfinished Business, At Home With The Furys, Blue Therapy as well as several projects in development for the UK and US.
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