Unscripted TV Skills Council

ScreenSkills' Unscripted TV Skills Council comprises senior TV industry figures who lead and advise us on our work in TV (excluding high-end TV and children's TV, which have their own skills councils).

Unscripted TV Skills Council
Image: Googlebox Celebrity Special © Channel 4 2017

Members

  • Andrew Eastel, Creative Director (Middlechild Productions)
  • Bella Lambourne (Council Deputy Chair),  Director of HR & Ops (Banijay)
  • Charlie Gauvain, MD (Eye Film) - Craft & Technical Working Group Chair
  • Colette Foster, Creative Director (Full Fat TV)
  • David Dehaney, Creatiive Director (Proper Content)
  • Duncan Gray, Founder (TwentySix03)
  • Faraz Osman, MD (Gold Wala) - Development Working Group Chair
  • Jane Muirhead (Council Chair), MD (Raise the Roof)
  • Kelda Crawford McCann, MD (Strident Productions)
  • Kevin McCormick,  Director of Production Operations, Scotland & NI (BBC Studios), Production Working Group Chair / Scotland representative
  • Llion Iwan, MD (Cwmni Da), Post Production Working Group Chair / Wales representative
  • Tim Ball, Head of Production (IMG)
  • Verity Sutton Barrow, Head of Production (Optomen), Industry & Business Skills Working Group Chair

Steering group

  • Annie Beeharry, Production Executive (UKTV)
  • Anne Davies, Director of Production (Hearst Networks EMEA)
  • Claire Fone, Head of Production Operations (Sky)
  • Colette Foster, CEO (Full Fat TV)
  • Esther Johnson, SVP, International Production Management (Discovery UK)
  • Helen Killeen, Director of Production Non Scripted UK (ITV Studios)
  • Iwan England, Head of Unscripted / Pennaeth Di-Sgript (S4C)
  • Jane Muirhead (Council Chair), MD (Raise the Roof)
  • Jason Emerton, Head of Business, Unscripted (BBC Content)
  • Kevin Blacoe (Steering Group Chair), Head of Partnerships & Skills (Channel 4)
  • Lauren Bacon, Principal, Physical Production, UK Unscripted, Amazon
  • Llion Iwan, Managing Director (Cwmni Da)
  • Nan Whittingham, Vice President, Production(Paramount)
  • Tanya Williams, Production Executive (Netflix)

Read more about the Unscripted TV Skills Fund to know about contributing partners, benefits, targets and contributions.