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BBC Studios Entertainment Productions produces enthralling, genre-leading content for broad and diverse audiences across the globe.
Our team deliver shows across Entertainment, Events, Factual Entertainment, Topical and Music and the breadth of our award winning content is vast, from Strictly Come Dancing - the biggest entertainment show in the UK, to Glastonbury - the biggest music festival in the world. From much loved brands such as Countryfile and Antiques Roadshow to moments that unite the nation like our award winning coverage of Eurovision Song Contest, Royal events, and Remembrance weekend.
We have the expertise, skill and passion to find new and innovative content whilst constantly evolving our existing brands, evidenced by the global success of Strictly which continues to buck ratings trends across the world.
As well as entertaining, we are also committed to producing shows that deliver social responsibility. From raising millions for charity with Children In Need and Comic Relief to top and tailing the day with the issues that matter through Morning Live and The One Show. ...
KEY Titles - ENTERTAINMENT
KEY Titles - EVENTS
KEY Titles - FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
KEY Titles - MUSIC
OUR TEAM
Suzy Lamb
MANAGING DIRECTOR, ENTERTAINMENT
Suzy joined BBC Studios in April 2018. She is responsible for Entertainment productions. Prior to this, she was Head of Entertainment at Thames, launching huge, international brands including Take Me Out (ITV). An award-winning executive producer, Suzy has also worked in the U.S. as showrunner on multiple NBC commissions. ...
KATIE BREWER
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION, ENTERTAINMENT
Katie Brewer is the Director of Production for Entertainment and leads the production and business teams in developing, winning and producing commissions across all the BBC Studio Entertainment bases across the UK. She is responsible for helping define and deliver the commercial strategy to grow the business and has overall production management responsibility for the genres large slate of programmes. In addition, she leads on the department's expansion into AVOD and driving new business in international territories. ...
Karl Warner
Executive Vice President, Entertainment and Digital Development
With over 15 years of senior industry leadership experience Warner has held commissioning roles at the BBC and Channel 4 as well as founding his own production company, Electric Ray, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. He joined Channel 4 in 2018 as the new controller of E4, as well as overseeing Channel 4’s entertainment department, brokering deals for hit shows, Taskmaster, and I Literally Just Told You. He was behind the successful brand strategy of Married at First Sight UK, making it E4's highest rated show in the history of the channel and Channel 4's number one streaming brand of all time. He also extended the global hit franchise, First Dates with four seasons of Teen First Dates, a version of the format he helped devise. He previously held roles at NBC’s Monkey Kingdom and at Endemol where he was a Senior Producer on Big Brother – and he was also part of the BBC in-house team that helped develop Strictly Come Dancing’s first season. He was the BBC’s youngest ever commissioning editor, helping to create brands like Russell Howard’s Good News and Junior Doctors for BBC Three, as well as Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and John Bishop’s Britain for BBC One. ...
OUR CREATIVE TEAM
ALISON HOWE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, MUSIC, LONDON & CARDIFF
Experienced, well respected and award winning, Alison has been making music programming at the BBC for nearly 30 years and has worked with all the biggest artists in the world as well as being known for giving TV debuts to the likes of Adele, Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Arctic Monkeys and many more. ...
MEL BALAC
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, ENTERTAINMENT LONDON
Mel is Creative Director across Entertainment Productions in London. Recent success includes executive producing new titles Elton John: Uncensored, Children In Need: Got it Covered and Eurovision: Come Together. She was previously Executive Producer at Thames where her credits included Take Me Out, Bang On The Money, Let’s Get Gold, All Star Family Fortunes (ITV), The Price Is Right (Channel 4) and Over The Rainbow (BBC One). Mel also worked in the U.S. as Supervising Producer on NBC’s Clash Of The Choirs and Phenomenon. She is currently launching a dating/reality format which is a bold and exciting creative space for BBC Studios to enter. ...
PETE OGDEN
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, ENTERTAINMENT NORTH
Pete Ogden is the Creative Director for Entertainment North. He has produced some of Britain’s biggest shows including Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, In for a Penny, The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and I’m a Celebrity Get Me out of Here! He was also an editor of This Morning. ...
CLAIRE POPPLEWELL CVO
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, EVENTS
Claire is responsible for running the Events department at BBC Studios Productions, leading the planning and execution of all royal, ceremonial, and commemorative programming. A multi-award winning creative, Claire has delivered global events including the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the funeral of Nelson Mandela, the international broadcast of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, and most recently the Coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla, and the Coronation Concert. ...
EMMA MORRIS
EXECUTIVE EDITOR, THE ONE SHOW & MORNING LIVE
Emma joined BBC Studios in March 2020, initially at The One Show, before launching Morning Live in October 2020. After a successful run of series in London, Emma has overseen the move to Manchester and will continue to be responsible for the day to day running of the show, alongside working on talent development opportunities for BBC Studios. Credits include 5 News, where she worked as a script writer and Programme Editor, before taking on leadership roles at ITV’s This Morning and Loose Women. ...
ADELINE RAMAGE ROONEY
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, ENTERTAINMENT, SCOTLAND
Adeline is the Creative Director for Factual Entertainment and Events based in Scotland. Her career spans over a decade each in London and Los Angeles where she created or consulted and served as executive producer on multiple global smash hit formats including MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, Emergency Call, Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell. ...
JULIET RICE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, BRISTOL AND CARDIFF
Our Bristol unit is a format powerhouse delivering some of the most popular shows on British television including Countryfile, DIYSOS, Fake or Fortune, Antiques Roadshow, Gardeners’ World and RHS Flower Shows which engage big audiences. The unit is run by Juliet Rice who joined BBC Studios in 2021 from Spun Gold. As a founding member she launched Katie Price and Peter Andre as reality stars as well as making a wide range of popular documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. ...
OUR PRODUCTION TEAM
HARRIET DORMER
HEAD OF PRODUCTION (LONDON)
Harriet joined BBC Studios in October 2020 from her previous role as Head of Production for Little Gem Media. She has worked across a large number of shows at various companies both in the UK and the US. Credits include Friday Night Project (Channel 4), Celebs Go Dating (E4) and The Singles Project (Bravo) among others. ...
GEMMA THOMAS
DEPUTY HEAD OF PRODUCTION, EVENTS
Gemma previously lead the Events production management team and has overseen production and broadcast of events such as the Coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the Coronation Concert, the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, the Platinum Jubilee and The Earthshot Prize Awards. Gemma re-joined BBC Studios in 2020 as Production Executive after working at The Garden Productions and Sandpaper Films. In her previous years at the BBC, she line produced shows such as Top Gear, Invictus Games, Watchdog & Rogue traders as well as numerous Ceremonial Events. ...
MARK HANNELL
HEAD OF PRODUCTION, LONDON & NORTH
With over 20 years of experience in television production, Mark has worked across live and pre-recorded entertainment shows, outside broadcasts, factual entertainment and reality television. After working at ITV and in the independent sector for many years, Mark joined the BBC as a Production Manager in 2002 based in Manchester and since 2005 has been managing teams there and in London as a Production Executive and Head of Production. Mark has developed and overseen an extensive and diverse range of series and programmes such as Dragons' Den, The Restaurant, Junior Doctors, A Question of Sport, Eurovision, Comic Relief and Children in Need. ...
STAN MATTHEWS
HEAD OF PRODUCTION (LONDON & CARDIFF)
Stan looks after production across titles such as Strictly Come Dancing, Later with Jools, Glastonbury, BBC Young Dancer and BBC Young Musician. He works across big event Entertainment and Music programming as well as Documentaries and online output, working with very creative colleagues to help deliver amazing and uplifting content. Stan's background has been in Entertainment and comedy production as a Production Manager at the BBC. ...
SANDY ROBERSTON
HEAD OF PRODUCTION (GLASGOW)
Sandy is responsible for leading production management teams across a range of Factual Entertainment output in Glasgow, which produces some of BBC Studios’ biggest brands and new exciting formats, including Dragon’s Den, Amazing Hotels, Point of View and Lost Dogs Live. Sandy previously worked at Raise the Roof productions where she oversaw the development and delivery of numerous productions and high-end content for a range of genres and broadcasters. Some of her previous titles include Holiday Homes in the Sun, Kirstie & Phil’s Love it or List It, A Country Life for Half the Price, Escape to the Farm with Kate Humble, and Phil Spencer’s Britain in 100 Homes. ...
