BACK2BACK PRODUCTIONS - Key Persons
Andy joined back2back in March 2020. He is a CIMA part-qualified accountant with a background in film and TV, having spent 10 years working in post-production sound for Warner Bros before switching to accounting in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Development Assistant
- Producer
- Development Producer
Born and raised in the North West, Ash relocated to the South Coast for University over a decade ago, where he's since moved to Brighton to pursue his TV career. Starting in practical roles on location until mid-2019, Ash is a core member of the back2back development team and the office's resident northerner.
Job Titles:
- Development Assistant
- Producer
Ben has overseen many successful series at Back2Back, including Help! My House is Haunted series 4 and the much awaited second series of Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted
Brett joined Back2Back as Series Producer in 2022. An experienced BAFTA and multiple NTA award winning producer with over 15 years' experience producing some of the UKs biggest TV shows, across factual entertainment, entertainment, and daytime; from Gogglebox to Good Morning Britain, This Morning, TOWIE, I'm a Celeb, Lorraine, Big Brother and more.
Caroline joined in October 2021, bringing to Back2back extensive experience of a wide range of programmes and a proven track record with large scale series. She has worked on many fixed-rig shows and managed Productions filming all around the globe with high profile talent.
Caroline now heads up our team responsible for our highly successful Help My House Is Haunted strand.
When not working Caroline can be found galloping on her horse.
Charlie joined Back2back in 2021 having worked in various Production Management roles since 2008. In that time Charlie has worked across hundreds of hours of programming for major broadcasters within various genres of non-scripted TV, including Fact Ent, Obs Docs, Consumer Affairs, Cookery, Dating & Clip shows.
Having worked on location across the UK, Spain, France, Italy and the US, there's still nowhere quite like Brighton! Charlie has a passion for Post Production and enjoys managing the company's Post facility and Tech team.
Job Titles:
- PM, Line
- Senior Production Executive
Prior to joining back2back Claire has worked as a PM, Line Producer and Head of Production at many well respected indies working across a wide range of award winning productions, including arts, history, specialist factual and documentaries at KEO Films, October Films, Blast Films, Raw TV, Fresh One and Raw Cut TV. Claire has location managed across the world, specialising in managing productions in some of the world's toughest environments.
As an established Producer/Director David put down the camera in 2009 to concentrate on building back2back. As well as MD, David is also Executive Producer on much of the company's factual and fact-ent output both in the UK and internationally. In recent years David, along with his long-serving core back2back team, has shifted the company's focus from the UK and set about establishing returning international series and building programme franchises. With numerous series now returning for a fourth and fifth run the hard work is paying off and the company continues to grow year on year.
Holly joined back2back in November 2014. As Head of Development, she is responsible for overseeing the slate for the UK and US. Prior to joining back2back, Holly worked as Head of Development at Electric Sky Productions where she was responsible for the development and commission of numerous factual series and documentaries for the UK and US markets. Early in her career, Holly worked at Cactus TV as a news producer for Channel 4's long running flagship series Richard and Judy. Her credits also include This Morning (ITV), Sky News and MTV. Holly trained as a journalist at City University, London.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Head of Finance
Ian is a chartered accountant who has worked in television for over 20 years, primarily in programme production. Having held roles at Yorkshire Television and Granada Productions he was then Director of Finance for ITV Productions with a remit across all programme genres and five production sites which produced around half of ITV's programme slate as well as many shows for other UK and overseas broadcasters.
Job Titles:
- Production Executive
- Ricochet As a Production Assistant
After starting her television career as a runner at Back2back in 2008, Kate's TV journey has returned her to Backback as a Production Executive.
Following University, Kate joined Ricochet as a production assistant on Cowboy Builders. After six busy years there, she freelanced in production management roles for major broadcasters across a range of genres: factual entertainment, reality, documentary and clip shows.
She has enjoyed working on some of Back2back's well-loved formats including Help! My House is Haunted and Scrap Kings.
Job Titles:
- Editor
- Editor / Senior Edit Assistant
- Senior Edit Assistant
Before joining back2back in 2016, Liam worked as a freelance camera operator and editor, creating high-quality corporate, commercial and branded content. Since joining the team, Liam has further developed and employed an extensive technical and creative skillset; conforming, QC'ing and delivering hundreds of hours of content to channel, as well as cutting development promos, and more recently, working in offline editing.
Job Titles:
- Head of Production
- Production Manager
Mitzi David joined back2back as a Production Manager in 2016, working on some of back2back's biggest obs doc formats including Mega Shippers and Scrap Kings, moving up to Production Executive on series including The Royals Revealed & Help! My House Is Haunted. Recently she has taken the reins on new True Crime series, Killers: Caught On Camera.
Prior to joining the company, Mitzi worked as a freelance Production Manager on series including Don't Tell The Bride, The Paul O'Grady Show, Miss World & The 2012 Olympics. She worked in Australia for both Fremantle and Shine, before relocating to Brighton.
Job Titles:
- Senior Production Co - Ordinator
Before joining back2back in 2017, Rachael worked as a Location Assistant and an Edit Assistant on an array of productions for many well respected indies. Her responsibilities at back2back include ingest, conforms, QCs and deliveries for a vast range of productions. Rachael studied a Master's degree in Journalism and Documentary Practice at the University of Sussex.
Rebecca joined the company in 2009 and is responsible for financial management, human resources, and all operational matters.
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Post Operations Supervisor
Job Titles:
- Head of Creative Post Production
Sharman brings with him over fifteen years' experience within the industry and oversees the creative arm of Back2Back's post production department.
With a wealth of colourist, offline and online experience in multiple genres including fact-ent, observational documentaries, music, sport and current affairs, Sharman has established himself as a trusted hand for the ever-evolving creative needs of our productions.