MUMBAI: Jennifer Harrington has been appointed the formats head for Granada International. Based in London, Harrington, who sued to be the sales director at Twentieth Century Fox International Television, will head up all international format activity worldwide for Granada International. She will be responsible for the sale of Granada International formats and unscripted material, from both ITV Productions and independent producers.

In addition, she will lead the push to acquire formats from external sources to complement the range of hit formats Granada International distributes from its in-house production companies, particularly focusing on the US market.

She will report to Granada International sales director Tim Mutimer and will also work alongside the director of acquisitions and co-productions Emmanuelle Namiech on securing new formats from the worldwide independent production sector.

Granada International's formats cover a wide range of shows, from I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and Saturday Night Takeaway to Hell's Kitchen, Nanny 911, Dancing on Ice, Soapstar Superstar and ITV1's fly-on-the-wall docusoap format, Airline. Granada International also has a portfolio of classic game shows such as Chance of A Lifetime, Alphabet Game and All New Catchphrase.