Julie Gardner in at BBC Worldwide America

March 03, 2009 LONDON -- "Doctor Who" and "Life on Mars" executive Julie Gardner is reuniting with Jane Tranter, signing on as an executive producer under exclusive contract to BBC Worldwide America, it was announced Tuesday. Gardner, a highly regarded executive who headed up the revival of sci-fi series "Doctor Who" and a string of other drama hits, will be responsible for scripted projects and seek to work with top-level U.S. writers as well as U.K. creative talent including Russell T. Davies, Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharaoh. On her arrival in L.A., Gardner will be working alongside development executive, Angie Stephenson and senior vp programming and production, Ian Moffitt, who also serves as exec producer on the U.S. pilot of "Absolutely Fabulous."

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