Alison Sharman

Alison Sharman (born in Manchester) is the Creative Director of Thoroughly Modern Media the independent that produced Heston's Dinner in Space and Inside Heston’s World for SBS Australia. On her appointment, Sharman said "I am privileged to have been a commissioner for the BBC, ITV and SBS Australia, and for some time now I’ve been wanting to try something new and exciting in a more hands on creative role."

Prior to this Sharman was the Head of Commissioning for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), based in Sydney, Australia from 2013 to 2016. During this time Sharman commissioned a range of scripted and non-scripted content including Logie winning drama The Principal, comedy drama The Family Law, drama documentary Deep Water, documentary series First Contact and a range of food related content including Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne and Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca. Sharman's passion for food ensured she was included in the Sydney Morning Herald Kitchen Spy feature.

Sharman has held a number of senior roles in Broadcasting including ITV’s Director of Factual and Daytime from 2006 to 2013. Here, she led the transformation of the daytime schedule and restored ITV's factual reputation by attracting some of the best filmmakers and producers in the UK to the channel. Sharman commissioned a range of award-winning content, fronted by well-known personalities such as Billy Connolly and Joanna Lumley, brought to the channel popular formats such as For the Love of Dogs and Long Lost Family as well as the landmark documentaries 9/11: The Day That Changed the World, Strangeways and Our Queen. Furthermore she began the Trevor McDonald hard-hitting documentary franchise with Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald. Her ITV daytime credits include The Chase, Tipping Point and Dickinson’s Real Deal.

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