As a Creative Director, I bring ideas to life and get them greenlit, and have taken many to recommission. As a BAFTA-nominated Executive Producer and team leader I’ve overseen many successful shows, often making the impossible shoot happen: on time and on budget. As a Commissioning Executive, I look after some of the BBC ’s bigges...
Read MoreAs a Creative Director, I bring ideas to life and get them greenlit, and have taken many to recommission. As a BAFTA-nominated Executive Producer and team leader I’ve overseen many successful shows, often making the impossible shoot happen: on time and on budget. As a Commissioning Executive, I look after some of the BBC ’s biggest heritage brands. In a nutshell I’m hugely versatile cross-genre programme maker with thirty years experience in the industry. I’m astute, super-efficient, a cool head in fast-changing situations and adept at handling talent both on screen and off. I come with strong references at a senior level in television production and commissioning.
Key Skills:
● Hugely versatile, cross-genre programme maker
● Talent & Team Leadership (including large-scale productions & overseas shoots)
● Winning commissions and taking first series to recommission
● Refreshing/reinventing long-running formats
● Delivering shows on time & on budget
Senior roles:
Commissioning Editor, BBC Factual Entertainment & Events
July 2025 - present day
Commissioning Editor for Antiques Roadshow and Countryfile, two of our most cherished and long-running brands. More recently I oversaw Joe Swash: Forgotten Young Dads for BBC3/BBC1. My larger role as a Comm Ed involves understanding audience needs, nurturing idea development with productioncompanies and providing editorial feedback throughout a project's lifecycle, from initial idea to broadcast and beyond.
Creative Director, ITV Studios (MultiStory Media)
Sep 2018 - May 2025
MultiStory Media makes content across a broad range of genres: Current Affairs, Entertainment, Factual
Entertainment and Documentaries. As a business-winning Creative Director in Salford, I executive produce, oversee funded development, and lead the creative strategy for MultiStory’s northern base.
Key factual entertainment credits include:
Dubai Hustle (BBC3) (two series)
Kate Garraway’s Life Stories (ITV1) (two series)
For the Love of Dogs with Alison Hammond (ITV1) (two series)
Absolutely India: Mancs In Mumbai (ITV1)
You Are What You Wear (BBC One),
Drawers Off: The Big Naked Painting Channel (Channel 4) (two series)
Key factual & documentary credits include:
63 Up (ITV1)
Revenge Porn: Georgia Vs Bear (ITV2),
Georgia Harrison: Porn, Power, Profit (ITV2)
Hitched at Home: Our Lockdown Wedding (Channel 4)
Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera (ITV1)
Head of Unscripted UK, Pulse Films
March 2017 - July 2018
Pulse Films is an award-winning global content studio. As well as Exec Producing its non-scripted content, I oversaw funded development projects for UK broadcasters while assisting the Global President in expanding our focus into director-driven series’ and feature documentaries in the international market.
Key documentary credits include:
The People vs The NHS: Who Gets The Drugs (BBC2)
Billion Dollar Deals & How They Changed Your World (BBC2)
Executive Producer, BBC Entertainment
January 2012 - February 2017
Key credits include:
Junior Doctors (BBC 3)
Junior Paramedics (BBC 3)
Dragons' Den (four seasons)
Head of Development, BBC Religion & Ethics
Jan 2010 - Jan 2012
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