Executives

Melanie Eriksen Executive Producer Melanie has worked in television for almost 30 years, starting at Southern Television before directing at Thames Television where she gained her first commission with a six part children's outside broadcast series Megamania.... Read more

Bill Locke Head of History and Special Projects Bill Locke's work for Lion covers a variety of programming but he specialises in history shows. Recently he has worked on The Four Minute Mile for the BBC, Weapons That Made Britain... Read more

Hilary Rosen Executive Producer Hilary Rosen has worked on a great range of Lion's programmes - from the popular factual series on BBC1 To Catch a Thief, to a revealing Channel 4 exclusive, More Unequal than Ever... Read more

Richard Shaw Executive Producer Richard Shaw worked in the performing arts for 15 years. In addition to working for The National Theatre and the Arts Council of Great Britain he was the Deputy Chief Executive of English National Ballet for 8 years... Read more

David Upshal Executive Producer David is best known for the BAFTA-nominated series The Hip Hop Years for Channel 4, which he series produced, directed and narrated, and the BBC Windrush series, winner of the Royal Television Society Award... Read more

Simon Welton Entertainment Executive Simon joined Lion as Entertainment Executive in 2008, following on from his role as Series Producer of All Or Nothing, a big Saturday Night Entertainment pilot for ITV1....Read more