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Simon Levy
Simon is an experienced Story Producer across production and development, with broadcast credits for the BBC, Netflix, Paramount Plus, YouTube Premium and Channel 4. He is currently working at Sir Lenny Henry and Jon Sen's production company Esmerelda as Development Producer.

Daran Little
Daran is a passionate advocate for queer story telling. He is a hugely experienced BAFTA and Royal Television Society award-winning TV drama writer and producer.

Lisa McGee
Lisa's original comedy series DERRY GIRLS (Hat Trick/Channel 4) has been C4's biggest comedy launch since 2004 and has earned Lisa Emmy, BAFTA, IFTAs and RTS awards. The show ran for three series, concluding with an hour-long special episode in spring 2022.

Ciaran won Best Supporting Actor at the 2013 British Independent Film Festival for his role in Saving The Titanic.
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (BA Acting) 1998 Kenneth Branagh Renaissance Award - June 1997 Winner of Gold Medal RSAMD 1998

Sian McWilliams
Sian is Creative Director at Left Bank Pictures, after working as Head of Development at Wild Mercury, Derek Wax’s label within Endemol. Prior to that she worked with Derek on the second series of the hit Kudos/C4 series HUMANS, which she script edited.

Natalie Mitchell
Natalie writes for television, theatre and radio. She strives to create work which centers around women and working-class communities, and her writing is often influenced by her lived experience with chronic illness and OCD.

Mark O'Sullivan
Mark’s most recent project was the successful Channel 4 documentary-sitcom MY SEXUAL ABUSE: THE SITCOM about his experience of sexual abuse produced by Swan Films, which received praise and positive responses for its ‘powerful’ and ‘moving’ nature and which won an RTS Award

Maya Sondhi
Maya is an actress and writer. Her original TV show for Hat Trick Mercurio, DI RAY, was commissioned by Polly Hill at ITV and won an RTS Midlands Award for Best Scripted Programme and run for two series. Maya has recently written one episode of GRANTCHESTER series ten and o

Talitha Stevenson
Talitha Stevenson is a writer-director working across film and television. She adapted THE RADLEYS by Matt Haig as a feature film, produced by Genesius Pictures, directed by Euros Lyn, and starring Damian Lewis and Kelly Macdonald.

Toby Walton
Toby has been nominated for the RTS Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama, and several times for the Writers’ Guild Awards for Best Long Running TV Series. Toby won the Best Long Running TV Series WGGB Awards in 2023 for his DOCTORS episode 'HELLO?'.