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Michele Buck: Joint Development and Executive Producer
Michele Buck started producing at Thames Television moving on to Euston Films and finally working at Central Television and Central Films producing Crossroads, Boon, Gone To The Dogs, The Unknown Soldier and over 50 hours of Peak Practice.
Michele began as Controller of Drama at United in 1997 and has Executive Produced Oliver Twist, Turn of the Screw, In the Name of Love, Hearts and Bones for BBC, Innocents for C4, Without Motive, Where The Heart Is, Close and True and previous Emmy winner Hornblower, also nominated again this year.
Damien Timmer: Joint Development and Executive Producer
Damien graduated from Oxford University in 1991 and his first job in television was working in Australia on soap opera E Street. He joined Central Films as Development Executive in 1994, working on series including Inspector Morse, Peak Practice, The Unknown Soldier, Heat of the Sun, Thieftakers and Kavanagh QC.
After producing Peak Practice in 1997, he joined United Productions in 1998 as Executive Producer on series including Where The Heart Is, Touching Evil, Close and True and Hearts and Bones. In 2001 became Head of Drama, United Productions and LWT.
Peter Creegen: Series Executive Producer
Peter Cregeen has been producing and directing since 1964, and from 1989 –1993, he was Head of Drama Series at the BBC. After a brief spell working abroad, Peter returned to the UK and produced and directed several episodes of Midsomer Murders and then returned to his old stamping ground The Bill where he had previously worked as Executive Producer.
Between 1996-7, Peter was production director for Stoll Moss Theatres.
Peter has worked as Producer / Director on a number of shows that have become part of TV history, including Z Cars, The Onedin Line, Juliet Bravo and The Gentle Touch among many others.
Chris Le Grys: Producer
Chris Le Grys started his career directing theatre plays, before moving into television production with the BBC on Across the Lake with Anthony Hopkins.
Chris has worked on BBC productions as varied as Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, the House of Cards series and Casualty, as well as Peter Kosminsky’s The Dying of the Light for ITV, and Feature Film The Object of Beauty.
During the last three years he has been Production Executive on London’s Burning, Forgotten and Othello for LWT.
Caleb Ranson: Creator and Writer
Caleb spent 10 years working as an usher at Manchester’s Contact Theatre and selling Bet Lynch earrings on the Granada Studios Tour. But he always dreamed of someday writing for TV and film. In 1997 award winning writer and producer Paul Abbott (Clocking Off, Reckless) dusted off one of Caleb’s discarded scripts and bought the rights. Although this was never made, it did enable Caleb to acquire an agent and work on such series as Casualty and Dangerfield.
Caleb’s big break came in 1998 when LWT commissioned a three-part thriller from one of his original ideas. The thriller became Forgotten, starred Amanda Burton and Paul McGann and went on to become ITV’s highest rated new drama of 1999. That same year he co-created and wrote Daylight Robbery starring Michelle Collins. 2001 has seen him write the six part thriller Take Me, starring Robson Green, and 2002 will see a further collaboration with Mr. Green on the romantic comedy Me And Mrs. Jones.
As well as developing drama series for the BBC (Newtown) and Channel 4 (Another Friday Night), Caleb is also working on several movies, the first of which, a wartime romance Children Of The Flag, starts shooting spring 2002. Born in Bristol but raised in Manchester, Caleb is 33, married and has recently acquired a rabbit called Butch.
Note: Some parts of this article copyright Granada Media (c) 2001. All rights reserved.
Michele Buck started producing at Thames Television moving on to Euston Films and finally working at Central Television and Central Films producing Crossroads, Boon, Gone To The Dogs, The Unknown Soldier and over 50 hours of Peak Practice.
Michele began as Controller of Drama at United in 1997 and has Executive Produced Oliver Twist, Turn of the Screw, In the Name of Love, Hearts and Bones for BBC, Innocents for C4, Without Motive, Where The Heart Is, Close and True and previous Emmy winner Hornblower, also nominated again this year.
Damien Timmer: Joint Development and Executive Producer
Damien graduated from Oxford University in 1991 and his first job in television was working in Australia on soap opera E Street. He joined Central Films as Development Executive in 1994, working on series including Inspector Morse, Peak Practice, The Unknown Soldier, Heat of the Sun, Thieftakers and Kavanagh QC.
After producing Peak Practice in 1997, he joined United Productions in 1998 as Executive Producer on series including Where The Heart Is, Touching Evil, Close and True and Hearts and Bones. In 2001 became Head of Drama, United Productions and LWT.
Peter Creegen: Series Executive Producer
Peter Cregeen has been producing and directing since 1964, and from 1989 –1993, he was Head of Drama Series at the BBC. After a brief spell working abroad, Peter returned to the UK and produced and directed several episodes of Midsomer Murders and then returned to his old stamping ground The Bill where he had previously worked as Executive Producer.
Between 1996-7, Peter was production director for Stoll Moss Theatres.
Peter has worked as Producer / Director on a number of shows that have become part of TV history, including Z Cars, The Onedin Line, Juliet Bravo and The Gentle Touch among many others.
Chris Le Grys: Producer
Chris Le Grys started his career directing theatre plays, before moving into television production with the BBC on Across the Lake with Anthony Hopkins.
Chris has worked on BBC productions as varied as Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, the House of Cards series and Casualty, as well as Peter Kosminsky’s The Dying of the Light for ITV, and Feature Film The Object of Beauty.
During the last three years he has been Production Executive on London’s Burning, Forgotten and Othello for LWT.
Caleb Ranson: Creator and Writer
Caleb spent 10 years working as an usher at Manchester’s Contact Theatre and selling Bet Lynch earrings on the Granada Studios Tour. But he always dreamed of someday writing for TV and film. In 1997 award winning writer and producer Paul Abbott (Clocking Off, Reckless) dusted off one of Caleb’s discarded scripts and bought the rights. Although this was never made, it did enable Caleb to acquire an agent and work on such series as Casualty and Dangerfield.
Caleb’s big break came in 1998 when LWT commissioned a three-part thriller from one of his original ideas. The thriller became Forgotten, starred Amanda Burton and Paul McGann and went on to become ITV’s highest rated new drama of 1999. That same year he co-created and wrote Daylight Robbery starring Michelle Collins. 2001 has seen him write the six part thriller Take Me, starring Robson Green, and 2002 will see a further collaboration with Mr. Green on the romantic comedy Me And Mrs. Jones.
As well as developing drama series for the BBC (Newtown) and Channel 4 (Another Friday Night), Caleb is also working on several movies, the first of which, a wartime romance Children Of The Flag, starts shooting spring 2002. Born in Bristol but raised in Manchester, Caleb is 33, married and has recently acquired a rabbit called Butch.
Note: Some parts of this article copyright Granada Media (c) 2001. All rights reserved.
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