Bradley Down follows Tanya Qureshi to Margot Robbie outfit’s international division

The BBC’s head of development for drama Bradley Down is to leave the business to join LuckyChap’s newly fashioned international division, headed up by former Netflix and BBC drama chiefs Mona and Tanya Qureshi.

Down will become head of development, TV & film at LuckyChap International, which launched in January this year after Margot Robbie’s US-based film and TV indie LuckyChap partnered with Mediawan Group.

The Qureshi sisters serve as co-managing directors of international at the nascent division, which has yet to announce any projects but aims to leverage the “unique voices working in the UK and Europe”.

Down stepped up as head of development for drama at the BBC in October last year, having acted up in the role for six months prior. When in post he worked on Open Water from Mam Tor and B-Side Productions and Honey from Sid Gentle.

Since joining the BBC in 2024, he served as a commissioning executive on shows including EastEnders, Cheaters, Just Act Normal and Babies.

Previously, he was senior development executive at Complete Fiction Pictures for five years, with credits including Netflix’s Lockwood & Co.

LuckyChap International is majority-owned and controlled by LuckyChap, which is a co-producer on dramas including Netflix miniseries Maid, Hulu comedy Dollface and Mike Tyson series Mike, and Netflix’s Sirens.