{{Short description|English television director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
'''Thomas Michael Gillan Gutteridge''' (born 2 February 1952) is a British television director, producer and executive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/tom-gutteridge-transcript|title=Tony Edwards, Royal Television Society|website=Rts.org.uk|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408221549/http://www.rts.org.uk/tom-gutteridge-transcript|archive-date=8 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was formerly Chief Executive of FremantleMedia NA, having previously been founder and Chief Executive of Mentorn, from 1985 to 2001.<ref name="debretts1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/14087/Tom-Michael-Gillan-GUTTERIDGE |title=Prof Tom Gutteridge Authorised Biography | Debrett's People of Today |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140617131109/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/14087/Tom-Michael-Gillan-GUTTERIDGE |archive-date=17 June 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2016 he was appointed Executive Producer of the television series BattleBots,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/706432/Robot-Wars-acid-BattleBots-Tom-Gutteridge-Channel-5-Spike-BBC-Jeremy-Clarkson-Top-Gear|title=EXCLUSIVE: 'It's Robot Wars on acid' BattleBots producer Tom Gutteridge on rival US series|first=Andrew|last=Bullock|date=1 September 2016|website=Express.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> which, after two seasons on ABC, in 2018 moved to the Discovery and Science Channels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/battlebots-premiere-dates-discovery-science-channel-sneak-peek-video-1202366396/|title='BattleBots' Revival Gets May Premiere Dates On Discovery & Science Channel – Watch A Sneak Peek|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=17 April 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> He started his career as a BBC journalist.<ref name="debretts1"/>
== Early life == Gutteridge was born in London in 1952, the son of a food technologist, and moved to Tyneside when he was 5. He was educated at Priory School Tynemouth, Newcastle Royal Grammar School and the University of York, where he studied English and Philosophy.<ref name="debretts1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/tom-gutteridge-4464962|title=Tom Gutteridge|date=24 February 2010|website=Thejournal.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2018 |last1=Administrator |first1=Journallive }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2003/gutteridge/|title=Gutteridge is star for a night - News and events, The University of York|website=York.ac.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
== BBC career ==
Gutteridge joined the BBC as a News Trainee, and initially worked at Radio Derby, and in the Newcastle newsroom. He was later a producer and director on ''Nationwide'', ''Tonight'' and ''Panorama''.<ref name="debretts1"/> On 11 April 1978, he directed the first Budget Special programme to use live sound from the House of Commons.<ref>''Radio Times'', 11 April 1978, 'Nationwide Budget Special billing'</ref> In 1979 he became producer of the weekly ''Tonight in Town'', hosted by Valerie Singleton and Michael Billington.<ref>''Radio Times'', billing 9 March 1979</ref> In 1983 he was seconded from the BBC's Music & Arts department to direct the BBC's General Election coverage.<ref>''Radio Times'', 9 June 1983, Election 83 credits 10.40-4am</ref><ref>''Radio Times'', 10 June 1983, Election 83 credits</ref><ref>Daily Telegraph 6 June 1983 'Hot foot to the election special'</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482155/|title=Election 83|website=IMDb.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In 1980 Gutteridge moved to Music & Arts department as Executive Producer, where he was responsible for the twice-weekly Russell Harty chat shows. In 1982, he produced and directed the comedy sketch series ''A Kick Up the Eighties'', which discovered the talents of Rik Mayall (as Kevin Turvey) and Tracey Ullman, and which won a Scottish BAFTA.<ref>''The Journal'', 19 December 1986</ref> In 1983 and 1984, he produced and directed the BBC1 dance series ''The Hot Shoe Show'', starring Wayne Sleep and Bonnie Langford,<ref>''Radio Times'', 4–10 June 1983</ref> which in 1984 was nominated for a BAFTA as Best Light Entertainment Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/print/awards-database.html?year=1984&category=Television&award=Light+Entertainment|title=BAFTA Awards|website=Bafta.org|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
== Freelance career ==
===TV and film=== In 1984 he took leave of absence from the BBC to direct and produce the film of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ''Song & Dance''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381606/reference|title=Song & Dance (TV Movie 1984)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>''Radio Times'', 25 August 1984, p. 4, Peter Silverton: Making a song and dance</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pre-cert.co.uk/display.php?vId=UK07156|title=Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song & Dance (1984) on RCA/Columbia Pictures|website=Pre-Certification Video|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In December 1985 he co-produced and directed the dance special ''Dash'', with Wayne Sleep.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b786833c9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809212914/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b786833c9|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2012|title=Wayne Sleep's "Dash" (1986)|website=Explore.bfi.org.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>The Stage and Television Today, 3 January 1986 'Ex-BBC producer records Sleep</ref><ref>''Broadcast'', 20 December 1985, 'Gutteridge hot-foots it back on film'</ref>
On 21 October 1985 he directed ''Blue Suede Shoes, a Rockabilly Special'' with Carl Perkins, which starred Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and George Harrison,<ref>{{cite book|author=Inglis, Ian|title=The Beatles in Hamburg|page=171|publisher=Reaktion Books|date=15 June 2012|isbn= 978-1861899156}}</ref> Dave Edmunds, Rosanne Cash, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/60973/Blue-Suede-Shoes-A-Rockabilly-Session-with-Carl-Perkins-and-Friends/cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305202424/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/60973/Blue-Suede-Shoes-A-Rockabilly-Session-with-Carl-Perkins-and-Friends/cast|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2016|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|title=Movie Reviews|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482173/reference|title=Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session with Carl Perkins and Friends (1985)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In December 1985 he directed the ITV documentary ''Sixty Tiny Fingers'' about the Walton sextuplets.<ref>''Broadcast'', 6 December 1985, 'Sextuplets switch channels'</ref>
In 1986 Gutteridge wrote and directed the ice ballet ''Fire and Ice'', starring Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean for ITV,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torvillanddean.com/history.html |title=Torvill & Dean - Timeline |access-date=2013-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020234658/http://www.torvillanddean.com/history.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> which won the Bronze Rose at Montreux,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=the+war+of+the+worlds&p=2&item=B:15491|title=The Paley Center for Media|website=The Paley Center for Media|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>''Stage and Television Today'', 2 April 1987, Montreux 'Fire & Ice'</ref> and also Best Director at the International Monitor Awards.<ref name="debretts1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/29/arts/dance-view-on-ice-skates-sleeping-beauty-wobbles.html|title=DANCE VIEW; On Ice Skates, 'Sleeping Beauty' Wobbles|first=Anna|last=Kisselgoff|newspaper=The New York Times|date=29 November 1987|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>Isaacs, David, ''The Journal'', 19 December 1986, 'Jewel in the ITV Crown'</ref><ref>Lawson, Mark, ''The Independent'', 24 December 1986, 'Fire men do, ice girls don't"</ref> It was broadcast on ITV on Boxing Day 1986.
=== Opera and ballet === The following year, Gutteridge wrote and directed the ITV ice ballet ''Sleeping Beauty'', with Robin Cousins,<ref>''Stage and Television Today'', 2 April 1987, Production News</ref><ref>Brewer, Stacey, ''Yorkshire Evening Press'', 19 February 1987, TV Talk: 'Ice One, Robin'</ref> which also won Best Director at the International Monitor Awards. Also in 1987 he directed a film of the Ravel opera 'L'Enfant et Les Sortileges' at Glyndebourne, conducted by Simon Rattle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Ravel_operas_50-51865-4314-2-8.htm|title=RAVEL Operas from Glyndebourne50-51865-4314-2-8 [DM]: Classical Music Reviews - March 2010 MusicWeb-International|website=Musicweb-international.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7952628b|archive-url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140827100625/https://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7952628b|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 August 2014|title=L' Enfant Et Les Sortileges (1987)|website=Explore.bfi.org.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In 1990, he directed the full-length David Bintley ballet ''Hobson's Choice'' with the Birmingham Royal Ballet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-23-ca-1489-story.html|title=TV REVIEWS : Bintley's Ballet of 'Hobson's Choice' a Study in Recycled Classicism|first=LEWIS|last=SEGAL|date=23 January 1993|website=Articles.latimes.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nypl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/15338450052907_hobsons_choice|title=Encore -- Hobson's choice [videorecording] / presented by Portobello Productions in association with BBC TV; directed by Tom Gutteridge; produced by Eric Abraham; choreography by David Bintley; music by Paul Reade; [scenario] based on the play by Harold Brighouse.|website=Nypl.bibliocommons.com|year=1990|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In 1991 Gutteridge directed an hour-long comedy special for ITV ''Lenny Go Home'' with Lenny Henry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/205966/Lenny-Henry-Show-Lenny-Go-Home/details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306144305/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/205966/Lenny-Henry-Show-Lenny-Go-Home/details|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|title=Movie Reviews|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242595/reference|title=Lenny Henry: Lenny Go Home (1991)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
== Mentorn == In 1985 Gutteridge founded the production company Mentorn (originally called Mentorn Films), and his early productions included the BBC1 documentary The Golden Gong (1987). In 1988 he produced and directed the ITV documentary about the animator Richard Williams, ''I Drew Roger Rabbit'', which won an International Emmy nomination for Best Arts Documentary in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482220/|title=I Drew Roger Rabbit|website=IMDb.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
From 1987, the firm produced a number of weekly arts magazine series for ITV regional companies, including ''01-for London'' for Thames TV,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/01-for-london/|title=01 for London|date=22 April 2011|website=Londonhistorians.wordpress.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> which was hosted by Richard Jobson, Neil Mullarkey, Mark Webster and Paula Yates, ''First Night'' for Central, ''Wideangle'' for Anglia, as well as the daily ''Box Office'' for Channel 4. It also produced the ITV weekly magazine ''Hollywood Report''. By 1991, Mentorn had become Britain's largest independent television production company.<ref>''Television Week'', 21–27 September 1992, Britain's Top 100</ref>
From 1989 to 1995 Mentorn produced and directed the entertainment series ''Challenge Anneka'' for BBC1, with Anneka Rice, which won the Bronze Rose at Montreux in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/challenge-anneka/|title=Challenge Anneka|website=TV.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Challenge_Anneka|title=Challenge Anneka |website=Ukgameshows.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> The first series was broadcast from 8 September 1989 on Friday evenings on BBC1,<ref>McGeoghan, Maria, ''Liverpool Echo'' 8th Sept 1989 'It's that woman Anneka again!'</ref> and in 1990 the series moved to Saturday nights and ratings rose to 10 million viewers and was the second most popular show on BBC1.<ref>''Television Week'' 12–18 December 1990, BBC1 ratings</ref>
In 2001 Gutteridge produced and directed a US version of the show for ABC called ''Challenge America'', starring Erin Brockovitch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c21media.net/mentorns-challenge-anneka-crosses-the-pond/|title=Waller, Ed, C21 Media, 12 December 2001|website=C21media.net|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In 1991 Mentorn teamed up with Polygram, Working Title and Palace Pictures to form a consortium, London Independent Broadcasting, to bid against LWT for the London weekend ITV franchise.<ref>Rawsthorn, Alice, Financial Times 10 January 1991 'PolyGram seeks TV franchise'</ref><ref>Rankine, Kate, Daily Telegraph 10 January 1991, 'Polygram to bid for TV franchise'</ref> The bid was unsuccessful.
Gutteridge was Executive Producer of the BBC1 comedy film ''The Bullion Boys'', starring David Jason and Brenda Blethyn, for which he won the 1994 International Emmy Award for Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iemmys.tv/awards_previous.aspx|title=Awards - Previous Winners - International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|website=Iemmys.tv|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
Other Mentorn productions Gutteridge created and produced included the talent show ''Star for a Night'', with Jane McDonald, which in 2001 discovered the singer Joss Stone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8657cb86|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208094813/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8657cb86|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 December 2015|title=Junior Star for a Night (2001)|website=Explore.bfo.org.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> Gutteridge also produced the BBC1 debate series ''You Decide'' with Jeremy Paxman<ref>Bignell, Jonathan, ''Media Semiotics: An Introduction'' pp. 150/151</ref> and the daily BBC2 news quiz ''Today's the Day'' with Martyn Lewis, which ran from 1992 to 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482145/fullcredits|title=Today's the Day (TV Series 1992–1999)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> Gutteridge was also Executive Producer of the BBC entertainment series ''Before They Were Famous''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0349712/|title=Tom Gutteridge|website=IMDb.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
Gutteridge also produced the first entertainment programme for the new ITV franchise Carlton Television, ''Surprise Party'', broadcast on 1 January 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/1993/jan/02/broadcasting.comment|title=TV review|first=Nancy|last=Banks-Smith|date=2 January 1993|website=The Guardian|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In 1996 Gutteridge was Executive Producer of the 24-part Gerry Anderson sci-fi drama series ''Space Precinct''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/dt_portfolio/space-precinct/|title=Space Precinct|website=Gerryanderson.co.uk|date=19 January 2013 |access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In 1995 he created the cult television series ''Robot Wars'' for BBC2 and a number of international broadcasters from 1998 until 2002 (a further series was made for Channel Five in 2003), and for which Gutteridge was nominated for a Best Entertainment Programme BAFTA in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/print/awards-database.html?year=1999&category=Television&award=Entertainment+Programme+Or+Series|title=BAFTA Awards|website=Bafta.org|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> Robot Wars first broadcast on BBC2 in February 1998, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson and Philippa Forrester, and a further 5 series were made for BBC2 with Craig Charles, reaching ratings in excess of 4 million viewers. A seventh series was produced for Channel Five. In the United States, a series was produced for the United States (but shot by Mentorn in London) called ''Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors'', hosted by the wrestler Mick Foley. It aired on TNN. A subsequent US series was made for Nickelodeon.
Other key long-running Mentorn productions included ''Question Time'', ''Traffic Cops'' and ''Britain's Worst Driver''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mentorn.tv/about/what-we-do.aspx |title=What we do | Mentorn Media |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104043414/http://www.mentorn.tv/about/what-we-do.aspx |archive-date=4 November 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
== The Television Corporation == From 1996 Mentorn had acquired other production companies, including the documentary producers Barraclough Carey,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/merger-creates-tv-giant-1282283.html|title=Merger creates TV giant|website=Independent.co.uk|date=9 January 1997|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> and in February 2000 Gutteridge sold the expanded Mentorn Group to The Television Corporation plc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/ten21272.htm |title=Television Corporation |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330013106/http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/ten21272.htm |archive-date=30 March 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Gutteridge became Group Director of Content and Marketing<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/mentorn-brings-top-tv-production-north-as-it-opens-glasgow-offices-1.165168|title=Mentorn brings top TV production north as it opens Glasgow offices|website=HeraldScotland.com|date=10 December 2001 |access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> of the merged group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news-analysis-charter-for-change/1165993.article|title=News analysis - Charter for change.|website=Broadcastnow.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://webhost.salford.ac.uk/narm/conference/speakers/2012/tom_gutteridge.html |title=Nations & Regions Media Conference |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140617131109/http://webhost.salford.ac.uk/narm/conference/speakers/2012/tom_gutteridge.html |archive-date=17 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2003 Gutteridge moved to the United States, where he co-created and produced the Fox network series Paradise Hotel and Forever Eden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/print.php?sid=1105|title=FOX's new 'Paradise Hotel' "viewer interactive" reality series to premiere on June 16th|website=Realityworld.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
== FremantleMedia North America == In 2003, Gutteridge quit Mentorn<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/nov/25/broadcasting Deans, Jason, ''The Guardian'' 25 Nov 2003, 'Mentorn founder Gutteridge quits']</ref> and was headhunted by FremantleMedia to become its chief executive officer in North America,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040128006038/en/Tom-Gutteridge-Appointed-CEO-FremantleMedia-North-America#.U5i6uC_iqaE|title=Tom Gutteridge Appointed CEO, FremantleMedia North America|website=Businesswire.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/news/fremantle-taps-ceo-1117899182/|title=Fremantle taps CEO|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=29 January 2004|website=Variety.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> where he was responsible for the company's operations in the US and Canada, which included the productions ''American Idol'' and ''The Price Is Right''. He resigned from the company in March 2005 for personal reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/news/exec-plans-idol-time-1117920000/|title=Exec plans 'Idol' time|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=23 March 2005|website=Variety.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/gutteridge-quits-fremantle-us/1021889.article|title=Gutteridge quits Fremantle US|website=Broadcastnow.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
== Return to the UK == In 2007, Gutteridge returned to the UK and moved with his partner Joanna to Northumberland, where he founded the production company Standing Stone, which has produced a number of entertainment formats, including the quiz show Hot Seat, sold to Debmar Mercury,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debmarmercury.com/release-hotSeat.html|title=Jim Benson, Debmar-Mercury 14 Aug 2008|website=Debmarmercury.com|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129080212/http://www.debmarmercury.com/release-hotSeat.html|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the dating show ''Loveland'', sold to Sky, Fox, and a number of other networks in 2008. After commissioning and announcing the series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/837126/Cilla-Black-returns-boost-Sky-1s-autumn-line/?HAYILC=RELATED|title=Cilla Black returns to boost Sky 1's autumn line up|website=Brandrepublic.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> which was to have been hosted by Cilla Black, Sky cancelled it in 2009.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
In 2009, Gutteridge co-wrote with Nigel Dacre the application for the Trinity Mirror and Press Association regional news consortium News 3, which in 2010 won the bid for the regional news pilot for the north east of England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/nigel-dacre-tom-gutteridge-join-4463662|title=Nigel Dacre and Tom Gutteridge join The Journal's TV bid|date=3 February 2010|website=Thejournal.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/dacre-and-gutteridge-join-north-east-news-bid/5010372.article|title=Dacre and Gutteridge join North East news bid|website=Broadcastnow.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/25/itv-regional-news-pilots|title=Johnston Press, Newsquest and Trinity Mirror win ITV regional news bids|first=Mark|last=Sweney|date=25 March 2010|website=The Guardian|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> The news pilots were cancelled by the incoming coalition government later in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2010/06/08/jeremy-hunt-confirms-ifnc-pilot-scheme-scrapped|title=Jeremy Hunt confirms IFNC pilot scheme scrapped|website=Thedrum.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
In 2013, Standing Stone signed a development deal with the Fox network in the United States for a new entertainment format, The Ideas Factory.
Standing Stone also had a digital division, which developed a revolutionary interactive voting and information app for Channel Four's Dispatches series in 2012, of which Gutteridge was Executive Producer of 20 episodes. The app was nominated for Innovation of the Year in the British Journalism Awards 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/british-journalism-awards-2012-finalists-revealed|title=The British Journalism Awards 2012: Finalists revealed - Press Gazette|date=2 November 2012|website=Pressgazette.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
== Return to US == In 2015 Gutteridge returned to the US to work as a Broadcast Consultant and Executive Producer. He was contracted by BattleBots Inc to be in charge of the international rollout of the hit robot combat show on ABC ''BattleBots'', as Executive Producer, International.<ref>C21, 27 April 2016, 'Gutteridge Does Battle For ABC'</ref> From 2016 he has been Executive Producer of the 3rd, 4th and 5th seasons of BattleBots for Discovery Channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/discovery-channel-sets-battlebots-return-exclusive|title = Discovery Channel Sets 'BattleBots' Return (Exclusive)|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 12 November 2020}}</ref> He also produced and directed a live BattleBots 3-hour event, which was streamed live on Twitch, for Amazon's re:MARS conference in Las Vegas <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation/live-from-las-vegas-its-re-mars-2019|title = Live from Las Vegas, it's re:MARS 2019|date = 2 June 2019}}</ref>
== BattleBots (ABC) == In April 2016, Gutteridge launched the international sales rollout of ''BattleBots'' by appointing Sky Vision as distributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://realscreen.com/2016/07/19/battlebots-storm-the-uk/|title="BattleBots" storm the UK|website=Realscreen.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> They immediately sold the series to a number of international broadcasters, including Spike and Channel 5 in the UK, and Discovery Germany.<ref name="battlebots.com">{{cite web|url=http://battlebots.com/local/|title=Where to find BattleBots worldwide – BattleBots|website=Battlebots.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> By October 2016 the series was on air in 150 territories.<ref name="battlebots.com"/>
== Other work == Gutteridge was elected Chair of the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT) in 1993,<ref name="debretts1"/> and over the next two years successfully campaigned for a quota for independent regional production, and also started a campaign for tax breaks for the British film industry (which eventually succeeded in 1997).
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Television Society in 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/sites/default/files/FELLOWS_updated_Aug2012.pdf|title=ALPHABETICAL LIST OF FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY|website=Rts.org.uk|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> and in 1995 gave the 50th anniversary RTS Fleming Memorial Lecture at the Royal Institution on the subject 50 Channels and Nothing On: The Future of British Production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rts.org.uk/annual-lectures|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419162432/http://rts.org.uk/annual-lectures|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2014|title=Annual Lectures - Royal Television Society|date=19 April 2014|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> He became Deputy Chair of the Royal Television Society in 1998. He was Chair of Skillset's Northern Media Skills Panel from 2008 to 2012<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://creativeskillset.org/assets/0000/0257/Annual_Report_2010-11.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223033121/http://creativeskillset.org/assets/0000/0257/Annual_Report_2010-11.pdf |archive-date=23 December 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and in December 2014 became chair of the regional screen agency Northern Film & Media. In 2015 he helped launch the NFM Academy, a training initiative to help North East production personnel get experience of working on high-end drama productions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://northernmedia.org/news/northern-film-media-launches-new-academy-to-promote-tv-drama-skills-training-in-the-north-east |title=Northern Film & Media Launches New Academy to Promote TV Drama Skills Training in the North East ‹ Homepage |access-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628061342/http://northernmedia.org/news/northern-film-media-launches-new-academy-to-promote-tv-drama-skills-training-in-the-north-east |archive-date=28 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
== Teesside University == In 2008, Gutteridge became visiting professor at Teesside University, where he regularly gives masterclasses and lectures to students in the School of Arts and Media.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tees.ac.uk/schools/sam/media.cfm |title=Teesside University - School of Arts & Media - Media & Journalism |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801103843/http://www.tees.ac.uk/schools/sam/media.cfm |archive-date=1 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tees.ac.uk/schools/sam/newsletter_story.cfm?story_id=2992 |title = Teesside University - School of Arts & Media - News |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140617131102/http://www.tees.ac.uk/schools/sam/newsletter_story.cfm?story_id=2992 |archive-date=17 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 2007 he has also written a weekly column in ''The Journal'', the daily newspaper covering the Northeast, published by Trinity Mirror.
== Personal life == He has 5 children. Gutteridge also has a son with Anneka Rice, born in 1997 following a short relationship.<ref>{{cite news|author=Cassandra Jardine|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3346364/Everybodys-need-but-mine.html|title='Everybody's need but mine'|website=Telegraph.co.uk|date=26 December 2006|access-date=7 August 2009|location=London, UK}}</ref>
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