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Anna Mallett among Netflix redundancies in UK production team
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New details show that Netflix’s UK redundancies include Anna Mallett, its former vice-president of production for the UK and EMEA. The cuts affect around 2% to 3% of the company’s London office, and extend job losses announced globally a few weeks earlier.
Mallett joined Netflix just over five years ago and worked on television and film across the region, during a period that included hits such as *Baby Reindeer*, *Adolescence* and *Money Heist*. She previously led ITN and held senior roles at BBC Studios. Netflix said it would cut 1,000 roles, about 6% of its global workforce; product, technology, legal and HR teams were among those most affected.
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In short
- Netflix’s London redundancies include production executive Anna Mallett.
- The cuts affect about 2% to 3% of its London office.
- They follow a global plan to remove 1,000 roles.
How this story developed
- 19 minutes ago The latest account tied the redundancies to slower growth and viewership at Netflix, while reiterating that about 1,000 roles, or 6% of its global workforce, were being cut.
- 25 minutes ago Further details linked Mallett’s five-year tenure to regional hits including Baby Reindeer, Adolescence and Money Heist, and identified product, technology, legal and HR teams among the hardest hit globally.
- 1 hour ago Netflix laid off around 2% to 3% of staff at its London office, including former UK and EMEA production vice-president Anna Mallett, amid wider company cuts.
Full account
Netflix has cut a small number of roles at its London office, with Anna Mallett, the company’s production vice-president for the UK and EMEA, among those leaving. Reports put the reduction at about 2 to 3 per cent of an office employing several hundred people. Staff in communications, public relations and marketing were also affected, though accounts differ on which teams were involved.
The London changes follow Netflix’s decision in mid-October to remove around 1,000 jobs worldwide, or roughly 6 per cent of its workforce. That was described in one report as the company’s largest round of cuts since 2022. The global reductions included senior figures in the United States, among them content chief Bela Bajaria and film head Dan Lin. Peter Rice took over from Bajaria.
Mallett joined Netflix in November 2020 and oversaw physical production in the UK as well as local-language production across EMEA. Her tenure included work on series and films such as Baby Reindeer and Adolescence, and later seasons of Money Heist and its spin-off Berlin. Before Netflix, she led ITN, which produces news for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, and held senior operational and production posts at BBC Studios.
The reports place the UK redundancies against a wider backdrop of questions about Netflix’s growth and performance. Deadline points to slower growth and viewing alongside a falling share price. The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, includes co-chief executive Ted Sarandos’s recent assessment that the company’s international content is broadly performing well, while saying Netflix wants stronger execution in the US and more global hits from other territories. These accounts offer different emphases rather than a single stated explanation for the London cuts.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
Deadline says The Ankler first reported Mallett’s departure and describes her remit as VP Production in the UK and EMEA. The Hollywood Reporter says it confirmed a Broadcast report and specifies physical production in the UK and local-language production across EMEA.
The accounts describe affected teams differently: Deadline mentions public relations and marketing; The Hollywood Reporter refers to communications and other roles.
Deadline stresses slower growth, viewership and a declining stock, while The Hollywood Reporter includes Sarandos’s more qualified comments about content performance and execution, particularly in the US.
Explained simply
Netflix is a global streaming service that commissions and distributes television programmes and films. Its UK and Europe, Middle East and Africa production teams work with local studios and creative talent to make content for audiences in the region and abroad.
Anna Mallett was Netflix’s vice-president of production for the UK and EMEA, after senior roles at ITN and BBC Studios. Her departure is part of job cuts affecting staff at the company’s London office, including people in public relations and marketing.
The changes come after a period of success for Netflix productions in the region and alongside wider reductions in the company’s workforce. They matter to the people affected and may shape how Netflix organises its UK and regional operations.
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Originally published by Deadline as “Anna Mallett Exits Netflix Amid UK Layoffs”.