The CBC announced that Sally Catto will return from Australia to head up the broadcaster’s English-language drama programming. Catto was a CBC employee from 2001 to 2005, and as such oversaw dramatic production at the public broadcaster. Her roles included development, licensing and production initiatives for drama, working as a story editor on projects in development, evaluating and selecting submitted ideas for productions, and supervising the production and delivery of programming for the CBC’s prime time television schedule. She rejoins the corporation from SBS Independent, an arm of Australian public brodcaster Special Broadcasting Service. Prior to her first stint with the CBC, Catto worked as a production and development exec with Toronto’s Accent Entertainment, as well as an agent with Harrison Artist Management and Westwood Creative Artists.

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