Bethan Arwel-Lewis
Commissioning Editor, Factual, SBS
Bethan joined SBS as Commissioning Editor, Factual, in January 2023.
Having worked in the TV industry for 20 years, Bethan has been responsible for multiple award-winning documentary series and factual formats, both in Australia and in the United Kingdom. She has worked extensively with major international networks making a wide variety of programs including large fixed-camera productions, authored documentaries, formatted and factual entertainment shows.
As the speaker of a minority language, Welsh, Bethan started her career making programs for the Welsh language broadcaster S4C and has gone on to have a strong track record for making distinctive and thought-provoking documentaries. This has been recognised with her recent accolades, having won an AACTA award for ‘Best Factual Program’ for the past three years running - in 2020 for the documentary series Murder in the Outback for Seven/Channel 4 UK, in 2021 for ABC series Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds, and in 2022 for Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked for the ABC.