Our Team

The Mitre Studios creatives have developed and produced content for worldwide brands and entertainment franchises.

Our team have collectively worked for every major broadcaster and streaming service in the UK, across bafta, royal television society and national television award winning formats.

Anthony
McPartlin

Founder

Anthony
McPartlin

Founder

Ant & Dec founded Mitre Studios in 2011. The business was born out of their undeniable love of telly, and their shared passion to create and produce ambitious, feel-good TV and digital formats. Known for their unique brand of Entertainment on-screen, Ant & Dec uphold the same levels of heart, humour and joy in everything we do here at Mitre. They love making it as much as you love watching it.
With over 30 years in the business, we’ve got to admit they make great bosses… even if they do eat all the biscuits.

Declan
Donnelly

Founder

Declan
Donnelly

Founder

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Ed
Sleeman

Managing Director

Ed
Sleeman

Managing Director

Former Talkback MD and BBC Commissioning Editor Ed is the NTA and RTS award-winning creative and Executive Producer behind shows including Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Too Hot To Handle (Netflix), Through The Keyhole (ITV), Your Face Or Mine (Comedy Central) and Harry's Heroes (ITV).

Nadia
Afiari

Director of Production

Nadia
Afiari

Director of Production

With over 18 years experience in the TV industry, Nadia has been instrumental in the delivery of large entertainment formats such as Too Hot to Handle (Netflix), Don't Rock the Boat (ITV), Celebs go Dating (Channel 4), The Jump (Channel 4), All Together Now (BBC), Harry Heroes (ITV) and Mercedes F1 Launch across digital platforms. Nadia is across all commercial activities at Mitre Studios, including supporting all production activities across broadcast and digital teams.

Jack Shillaker

Creative Director, Television

Jack Shillaker

Creative Director, Television

BAFTA award winning Executive Producer Jack worked across a raft of shows including A League of Their Own and Alan Carr Chatty Man before joining Mitre Studios, and is the creator of Sky’s Rob & Romesh Vs.

Gemma Nightingale

Head of Entertainment

Gemma Nightingale

Head of Entertainment

Gemma is a BAFTA award winning Executive Producer and specialist in live broadcast and events. Gemma’s work covers some of the UK’s biggest entertainment brands, including Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Limitless Win and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Jules
McGill

Head of Digital & Social Content

Jules
McGill

Head of Digital & Social Content

Jules currently oversees the digital output for Mitre and Ant & Dec. Before joining Mitre, Jules had developed creative social, digital and video content and campaigns for the biggest brands, broadcasters and franchises in the world. These include the BBC, Sky, Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, James Bond, ITV, Channel 4, Netflix and Harry Potter.

Lianne May‑Kirkham

Operations Manager

Lianne May‑Kirkham

Operations Manager

Lianne began her television career at ITV where she worked for over a decade, before moving on to RDF Television. She joined Mitre Studios in 2022 as Business Manager, transitioning to the role of Operations Manager as the company evolved.

Holly
Davies

Head of Development

Holly
Davies

Head of Development

Holly has over 20 years experience leading development teams at a range of broadcasters and production companies. She specialises in creating big Factual Entertainment, Entertainment and Reality shows for streamers and broadcasters - like the long-running The Real Fully Monty for ITV and Netflix’s Snowflake Mountain.

Anne
Boden

Finance Director

Anne
Boden

Finance Director

As a Qualified Chartered Accountant, Anne is responsible for the company's finances and overseeing production finance.
Anne has over 14years experience within Television, working at Broadcasters (Channel 4 & Channel 5) and Production companies (Clapperboard, Great Scott Media, All3Media, betty, 7Wonder & Ten Alps), and has experience within Scripted, Entertainment, Reality, Documentaries and Factual Entertainment.

Georgie White

Head of Creative Services

Georgie White

Head of Creative Services

Georgie has been responsible for the digital output across ITV’s flagship entertainment franchises (incl. Love Island & I’m A Celebrity...), and led the YMU Entertainment team creating social strategies, original and branded content for clients including Ant & Dec, Clara Amfo, Davina McCall, Emma Willis, Tom Daley & Fearne Cotton.

Nick
Dear

Head of Publicity

Nick
Dear

Head of Publicity

Nick has over 30 years experience in the TV industry, starting at Channel 4 in the postroom. He has worked with some of the most iconic names in Entertainment and on some of UK's most popular TV shows, providing strategy, imaginative coverage and a calm ear in a crisis.

Fiona
Hayward

Senior Social Media Manager

Fiona
Hayward

Senior Social Media Manager

Before joining Mitre Studios to produce original social content with Ant & Dec, Fiona led the social content for Global’s flagship Capital Breakfast show and created content for brands such as Cosmopolitan UK.

Michael
Keane

Development Producer

Michael
Keane

Development Producer

Michael has helped develop a range of programmes spanning multiple genres – including reality show Make or Break, BAFTA-winning travelogue Cruising with Jane McDonald and Sky Arts’ Big Hay Weekend – throughout a career working across the indie sector and in-house at Viacom (Paramount).

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Our Team

The Mitre Studios creatives have developed and produced content for worldwide brands and entertainment franchises.

Our team have collectively worked for every major broadcaster and streaming service in the UK, across bafta, royal television society and national television award winning formats.

Anthony McPartlin

Anthony McPartlin

Declan Donnelly

Declan Donnelly

Ed Sleeman

Ed Sleeman

Nadia Afiari

Nadia Afiari

Jack Shillaker

Jack Shillaker

Gemma Nightingale

Gemma Nightingale

Jules McGill

Jules McGill

Lianne May‑Kirkham

Lianne May‑Kirkham

Holly Davies

Holly Davies

Anne Boden

Anne Boden

Georgie White

Georgie White

Nick Dear

Nick Dear

Fiona Hayward

Fiona Hayward

Michael Keane

Michael Keane

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Anthony
McPartlin

Anthony
McPartlin

Declan
Donnelly

Declan
Donnelly

Ed
Sleeman

Ed
Sleeman

Nadia
Afiari

Nadia
Afiari

Jules
McGill

Jules
McGill

Holly
Davies

Holly
Davies

Anne
Boden

Anne
Boden

Nick
Dear

Nick
Dear

Fiona
Hayward

Fiona
Hayward

Michael
Keane

Michael
Keane