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Ben Stephenson was appointed Controller, Drama Commissioning in September 2008. Recent output includes Occupation, Freefall, Torchwood, Criminal Justice, Micro Men, The Street, Small Island, Women We Loved season, Turn of the Screw and Paradox. Recent commissions include Simon Donald's The Deep, Dominic Savage and Simon Stephens' Dive, Neil Cross' Luther, Hugo Blick’s The Shadow Line and Fiona Seres' The Silence.

From 2004 to 2009 Camilla worked as Senior Commissioning Editor at Channel 4, working on such series as Teachers, Sugar Rush, No Angels, Hollyoaks, Shameless, Skins and Cast Offs. 

Charles Sturridge has worked in the theatre, television and film.  He made his film debut as an actor in Lindsay Anderson's If… (1968). 

Dan Hon is CEO of Six to Start, an award winning entertainment production company founded with his brother, Adrian, in September 2007.

Deborah Sathe started her career at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre as Director of Aurat. After directing at many theatres across the UK she became Producer at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Elaine Pyke is the Commissioning Editor for Sky1 Drama. Elaine joined Sky in 2004 and has since commissioned a variety of stand-out programmes including the two-time BAFTA award-winning drama Terry Pratchett's The Hogfather and Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic.

Gub is an award-winning producer, formerly Head of Drama at Channel 4 and before that Controller of Drama at Granada. There he co-created Cracker and won an Emmy for Prime Suspect.

Jane Featherstone is the Creative Director of Kudos Film and Television.After graduating from Leeds University, and following a stint as Paul Gascoigne’s PA, Jane joined Hat Trick productions where she worked on landmark comedy shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Have I Got News For You and Drop the Dead Donkey.

Jonathan has worked in media businesses for over 17 years, starting his career at Video Arts before joining BBC Worldwide. He went on to establish a consultancy for independent producers seeking to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the new terms of trade, advising on and negotiating co-production and distribution deals.  In December 2006 Jonathan joined Impossible Pictures full time as Managing Director.