MICHELE BUCK

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

At Mammoth Screen, the newly formed indie with Damien Timmer, Michele Buck is overseeing a number of commissioned projects including the new series of Wuthering Heights for ITV1. Other new projects include The Prisoner – upcoming six hour reinvention of the iconic series for AMC in America and ITV, starring Sir Ian McKellan and Jim Caviezel.

As Controller of Drama, Granada, Michele Buck has overseen dramas for ITV including: Housewife 49 (BAFTA winner), Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Agatha Christie’s Marple (Emmy nominated), Lewis, Walk Away and I Stumble, The Brief, Jericho, William and Mary, The Last Detective and Where The Heart Is.

Michele executive produced the BAFTA & Prix Italia winning Sex Traffic for Channel 4, Dracula and Ballet Shoes for BBC One and Russell T Davies’s Casanova for BBC One and BBC Three.

As Controller of Drama at United Productions, Michele executive produced Alan Bleasdale’s Oliver Twist, The Turn of The Screw, In the Name of Love, Without Motive, Close and True and Night and Day for ITV; Hearts and Bones for BBC One and the Peter Kosminsky film Innocents for Channel 4.

Michele also won an Emmy for the first series of Hornblower, and received Emmy nominations for the second and third series.

Michele started producing at Thames Television, moving to Euston Films, and then on to Central Films, producing Boon, Gone to the Dogs and Peak Practice.

DAMIEN TIMMER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Damien Timmer set up new drama indie Mammoth Screen with Michele Buck. Upcoming projects include Wuthering Heights for ITV1 and The Prisoner – upcoming six hour reinvention of the iconic series for AMC in America and ITV, starring Sir Ian McKellan and Jim Caviezel

In 2007 Damien executive produced Class Apart for BBC One.

As Head of Drama, Granada, Damien has overseen dramas for ITV including: Housewife 49 (BAFTA winner), Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Agatha Christie’s Marple (Emmy nominated), the Inspector Morse spin off series Lewis, The History of Mr Polly, Walk Away and I Stumble, Whatever Love Means, The Brief, Jericho, Fallen, Daddy’s Girl, London’s Burning and Where The Heart Is.

Damien also executive produced Dracula and Ballet Shoes for BBC One and Russell T Davies’s Casanova for BBC One and BBC Three.

As Executive Producer at United Productions, Damien oversaw Touching Evil, Close and True, Where the Heart Is and Night and Day for ITV, and Hearts and Bones for BBC One.

Damien started his career at Central Films, working as Script Executive on Peak Practice, Inspector Morse, Thieftakers, Kavanagh QC, Cadfael, The Unknown Soldier, Heat Off The Sun, and Frenchman’s Creek. Damien has also produced one thirteen episode series of Peak Practice.

GUY ANDREWS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & WRITER

Guy Andrews began his writing career with Tales of Sherwood Forest for Central Television. He then became the lead writer of the drama series Chancer, also made for Central Television. Following its success he wrote five episodes of the second series. Later that year he wrote an original three-part television serial called All Or Nothing At All for Carnival Films/London Weekend Television starring Hugh Laurie.

In 1996 Guy wrote the US Emmy award winning Prime Suspect V for Granada Television, starring Helen Mirren.

Over the last ten years Guy has written or contributed substantially to television projects that include both series of Absolute Power; Poirot: The Mystery of the Blue Train; Poirot: Taken at the Flood; and Lewis: Expiation. For HBO: The Infiltrator starring Oliver Platt and Deadly Voyage, both directed by John Mackenzie. Features that Guy has worked on include: When the Sky Falls and The Lost Son. He has recently written and curated a touring exhibition about architecture.

KATE MCKERRELL

PRODUCER

Prior to producing Lost in Austen, Kate co-produced the pilot and the first series of the Inspector Morse spin off Lewis for ITV1, starring Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox.

Previously she was a script editor at ITV Productions working on Agatha Christie’s Marple; Jericho; William & Mary and The Last Detective.

DAN ZEFF

DIRECTOR

Dan Zeff is a Bafta-award winning director and writer, whose recent credits include Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel (guest-starring Francesca Annis, Martine McCutcheon & Peter Davison) and Doctor Who; Love and Monsters (guest starring Marc Warren and Peter Kay).

In Television Comedy, he has directed the first series of both The Worst Week of My Life and Ideal as well as episodes of Linda Green, At Home with the Braithwaites and Fat Friends.

He started out directing for Childrens Television, winning two Bafta Awards (Coping with Christmas, English Express) and a further nomination (Out of the Ashes)

His writer-director credits include the short films sweetnightgoodheart starring David Tennant, That Sunday starring Alan Cumming and Minnie Driver and Dual Balls. The latter two were nominated for a Bafta Film Award. He is also developing a feature film Project Mustard with Tribeca in New York.

He is currently directing a 90minute drama for the BBC :Consuming Passions inspired by this year’s 100^th anniversary of publishers Mills and Boon.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MICHELE BUCK

DAMIEN TIMMER

WRITER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GUY ANDREWS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR SCREEN YORKSHIRE HUGO HEPPELL

PRODUCER KATE MCKERRELL

DIRECTOR DAN ZEFF

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, MAMMOTH SCREEN REBECCA KEANE

HEAD OF PRODUCTION JON WILLIAMS

LINE PRODUCER BRETT WILSON

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID HIGGS

PRODUCTION DESIGNER MICHAEL PICKWOAD

COMPOSER CHRISTIAN HENSON

EDITOR – EPISODE 1 PAUL GARRICK

EDITOR – EPISODE 2 & 3 LOIS E BYGRAVE

EDITOR – EPISODE 4 JOHN RICHARDS

HAIR & MAKE UP DESIGNER EMMA SCOTT

COSTUME DESIGNER EMMA ROSENTHAL

CASTING DIRECTOR MAGGIE LUNN

SCRIPT EDITOR LUKE FRANKLIN

CHOREOGRAPHER PAUL HARRIS

SOUND RECORDIST JOHN PEARSON

LOCATIONS MANAGER CHARLIE THOMPSON

ART DIRECTOR ANDY HOLDEN-STOKES

FIRST A.D JONATHAN ECKERSLEY

SECOND A.D’S BEN SWEET

ELAINE MACKENZIE THIRD A.D’S MIKE GALLIVAN

RICHARD HARRIS

PHILL REEVES

COSTUME SUPERVISOR BECKY DAVIES

COSTUME ASSISTANTS LYNDSAY DAVIDSON

DANIELLA PEARMAN

ASSISTANT HAIR DESIGNER PETA DUNSTALL

MAKE UP ARTIST CARLI MATHER

DEBBIE HUDSON

MAIRI MORRISON

SHARON O’BRIEN PRODUCTION COORDINATOR MICHAEL NOBLE

ADDITIONAL MUSIC SIMON WHITESIDE

HISTORICAL ADVISOR JENNY UGLOW

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR JEMIMA THOMAS

CASTING ASSISTANT CAMILLA EVANS

EDIT ASSISTANT JASON RAYTON

SERKAN NIHAT

PROP MASTER BOB ORR

HEAD OF PROGRAMME PUBLICITY JANICE TROUP

ASSISTANT PUBLICIST NATASHA BAYFORD

PICTURE EDITOR DAWN COMBER

PHOTOGRAPHERS RACHEL JOSEPH

HELEN TURTON