Editing GamesMaster (section)

==Origins==
''GamesMaster'' began when Jane Hewland, formerly of [[London Weekend Television]], who had set up her own production company Hewland International, took an interest in her son's love of video games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/factual/computers.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514173117/http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/factual/computers.htm |archive-date=2008-05-14 |title=OFF THE TELLY: Factual/Stand by for a Data-Blast |access-date=2012-09-25}}</ref> She put together a pitch for a programme that would translate the excitement of games playing into watchable television. After some rejection, Hewland put together a video interviewing her son's friends about why they loved video games.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Jack|first=Malcolm|date=April 5, 2021|title='It had to be slightly weird': how we made GamesMaster|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/05/it-had-to-be-slghtly-weird-how-we-made-gamesmaster|access-date=April 15, 2021|work=The Guardian}}</ref> It was Channel 4 that became interested in the concept and approved the production, though they only provided an initial budget of £10,000 per episode for a 10 episode first season.<ref name=":0" />