KATE MCGLADE

KATE MCGLADE

DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

Kate recently joined the Alleycats team as a Development Executive after 18 years in London working in development and production at some of the biggest indies in the UK (BBC Studios, Endemol Shine, Optomen, Renegade, Youngest Media). 

Kate has originated/co-originated a slate of Fact Ent formats and returning series including Mary Queen of Charity Shops (BBC2), Filth(RTL2), Bodyshockers(Channel4) and Your Home Made Perfect(BBC2) and most recently secured the first-ever original series to be commissioned by TikTok in the UK. Among her many programme making credits Kate has produced and directed on network series including The Apprentice(BBC1), Bodyshockers(C4), Secret Eaters(C4), Mary Portas Secret Shopper(C4) and Gok at the Races(C4). 

Now back home Kate’s goal is to develop returning series in the Factual Entertainment and Popular Factual space from Northern Ireland to be made in Northern Ireland.

When she’s not boring her friends with TV chat or running after her children Kate can be found in the forest, at the beach and sometimes on the football pitch.