Our Judges

 Abigail is the Creative Director for Specialist Factual Productions. Her recent and ongoing projects include series for the BBC, National Geographic, Sky Documentaries, PBS and CNN and her back catalogue includes multi-award winning Inside our Autistic Minds (BBC), the critically praised Great Rhino Robbery (Sky Docs) and Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal for Nat Geo. Previously a Commissioning Editor for the BBC, her credits include award-winning projects The Yorkshire Ripper Files, Chris Packham: Asperger’s & Me, and factual drama When Barbara Met Alan. Prior to this, Abigail directed a range of factual programming from acclaimed documentaries including The Met and 24 Hours in A&E to popular returners including Back in Time and Hunted.

Alexander Gardiner is CEO of Rare Television, a company that makes popular documentaries for broadcasters in the US, UK and Ireland. Comfortable in all areas from modern aviation to true crime, key Rare TV titles include Ice Airport Alaska for the Smithsonian Channel, Digging for Britain for the BBC and a crime slate for six different channels. As well as heading a variety of production companies over the past 20 years, Alex has executive produced a wide range of programmes ranging from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! to the exposure of British TV legend Jimmy Savile as a sexual predator. 

Andrew Wilkie is an award-winning radio producer who has worked in prisons for almost 20 years. He is Deputy Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association, the charity that runs National Prison Radio, the world’s first national radio station for people in prison. He set up the radio station from scratch in 2007 and has overseen its development into a multi award-winning national broadcaster. His credits include dozens of documentaries for BBC Radio. He is the creator and producer of Behind the Crime, a returning series for BBC Radio 4, and he also produces The Secret Life of Prisons podcast. 

Charlotte Long is a senior producer at History Hit, which creates history documentaries, social posts and podcasts. She began her career in radio and entertainment journalism, where she interviewed celebrities like Danny DeVito, Judi Dench and Denzel Washington. At History Hit, she's developed and launched podcasts, Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society, American History Hit, and most recently, the award-winning After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal - a historical true crime podcast.

Ciara has worked in the publishing industry for over 15 years, working across Hachette, Penguin Random House and has spent the last 8 years working at Bonnier Books UK, the UK’s fastest growing book publisher. Bonnier adult imprints publish stories for every bookshelf – home to both emerging talent and iconic names and publishing bestselling non-fiction across every genre. As Publishing Director for John Blake, the No.1 true crime book publisher in the UK, Ciara is an advocate for building a representative list for all readers as well as nurturing their expert talent to maintain their reputation across the industry.

Clare Fitzsimons was a journalist for national newspapers and magazines for more than 25 years before moving into book publishing. She is currently Commissioning Editor for Mirror Books and Reach Sport. She works on non-fiction across several genres, including many true crime titles. She is passionate about helping people to tell their powerful and unique stories, whether as an investigator, victim, or family member. Mirror Books had success in the True Crime Awards in 2024 with A Million Ways To Stay On The Run, which won Best Audiobook, expertly produced by WFHowes.

Craig Strachan is the CEO of Novel, one of the UK’s largest independent podcast companies behind podcasts such as Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera, The Girlfriends (Best True Crime Podcast at the 2024 Ambies) and Kill List.  Prior to Novel Craig was Global Head of Podcast Industry at Amazon Music.

Danny Tipping is an award-winning producer with over 25 years’ experience in Specialist Factual television. Having spent time with broadcasters; Channel 4, Discovery and Sky, Tipping joined the independent sector before launching prod co Transistor Films in 2021. A leading producer of true-crime documentaries, Danny has overseen the development and production of over 150 hours of high-rating crime content for international broadcasters including Netflix, A&E, Discovery, Oxygen, Sky, Foxtel and ABC. Transistor produce the highly acclaimed Netflix Original series I Am A Killer, now in its 6th Season, and its ‘spin-off’ I Am A Stalker. In 2022, Pan McMillan published the I Am A Killer book, co-authored by Tipping and Transistor Exec Ned Parker.

David Prest has been an audio producer for over twenty years. He is the founder, and Managing Director, of leading audio indie producers Whistledown which makes programmes and podcasts for a range of clients. Recent credits include: White Smoke (Audible US), The Great Post Office Trial and Please Protect Abraham (Radio 4), Our Broken Planet (Natural History Museum) and The Search for MH370 (Audible Australia). He is also the series producer of Radio 4's The Reunion.

David Collins is one of the UK’s most respected investigative reporters. In 2011, he became the youngest journalist in the history of the British Press Awards to win News Reporter of the Year for helping police convict the serial killer Levi Bellfield for the murder of Milly Dowler. He joined The Sunday Times as an investigative reporter in 2015, joining the Insight team. In 2022 he won the Paul Foot award for investigative journalism for his work on the murder of Agnes Wanjiru by a British soldier, and the George Orwell Special Prize for the same story. He is currently northern editor for The Sunday Times based in Manchester.

David Harvey is Chief Executive of Peninsula Television, one of the most significant and prolific producers of True Crime in Britain and Ireland. He is a former television and radio presenter and award winning television producer who has interests in a number of media related companies. He has held a number of key managerial, production and board positions and has been chosen to bring these skills as a non-executive chairman and director to a range of other broadcast and non-broadcast related institutions and companies. He is a founder committee member of the Association of True Crime Producers and is currently a member of the Board of RTE, Ireland’s national broadcaster.

Dee is Managing Director at DARE, overseeing operations, finance, personnel, and business affairs while collaborating with the CEO and Executive Chair on business development, sales strategy, and IP growth. With over 23 years in TV production, she joined DARE from UK indie Honey Bee Media, where she was Co-Founder and COO, delivering productions like Shipwreck Treasure Hunter with Ross Kemp (Sky History) and Adele’s 30 Greatest Moments (Channel 5). Previously, as Head of Production at Uplands, she led acclaimed projects like The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files (BBC Two). Dee has also held senior roles at Viacom, ITV, BBC, and Fremantle.

Diana Carter is Commissioning Editor and Head of Talent across the Hearst Networks EMEA portfolio, focusing on the local commissioning of content and strategy. She was appointed to the role of Commissioning Editor in 2015, having joined the company the previous year as Executive Producer on a local version of Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, at that point, A+E Networks UK’s first localization of an A+E US franchise. The Head of Talent role was an expansion to the position in late 2015 after the vast majority of local content began to embrace the use of brand-relevant talent. Diana identified the opportunity to create a bespoke portfolio care and asset creation around talent, to maximise their association to the channels. Diana has ensured that talent representation of the portfolio has moved from a PR interview only level – to a full body of work and cross platform asset level, including iconic key art, terrestrial broadcast appearances, cross-portfolio trailers and affiliate events. Diana has consistently Executive Produced high rating local content for the portfolio including Murdertown, Britain’s Darkest Taboos, Crimes That Shook Britain and River Hunters as well as co-productions with Netflix, ‘I Am A Killer’ and the subsequent ‘I Am A Stalker’. Previously, Diana headed up the Production & Development team at MTV Networks Europe and International from 2006 – 2012. Whilst there, she was responsible for helping to commission consistently top rating local content - from Award Programming to local franchise extensions of US hit shows as well as Executive Producing the first MTV global commission of Super Sweet 16. Prior to MTV, Diana spent 10 years in the Indie sector, with the occasional hop across to Network, covering off multiple seasons of Big Brother live programming both for channel and Endemol, T4 regular and special programming, as well as Executive Producing live terrestrial prime time shows for all the major broadcasters. Diana started her career at MTV in its fledgling years in 1991 – 1997 as a Producer, covering a vast variety of content from Specials to live content centring around presenting and celebrity talent. Diana is a dedicated mum of three and before joining A+E Networks UK, she took a 3-year sabbatical and lived in LA, bringing up her children.

Honor Doro Townshend is a presenter, researcher and lecturer in all thing’s true crime and Criminology. Her recent research projects have looked into illicit substance use, gender identities and crime, the darkweb, and deviant subcultures, but she has a background in the study of all elements of Criminology, from theory to criminal justice. She has multiple papers and book chapters published across a variety of topic areas, and has worked as an expert Criminologist for programmes across Channel 4, Vice World News, BBC3, and Amazon Prime.

Dr Sohom Das (MBChB, BSc, MSc, MRCPsych) is an NHS doctor, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, YouTuber, presenter and author from London. He has trained in a wide variety of mental health specialties. His current specialty involves the crossroads of offending and severe mental illness. In his role, Sohom assesses and rehabilitates mentally disordered offenders in prisons, courts and in special secure psychiatric units, such as Broadmoor Hospital, that are reserved for the most dangerous and violent mentally ill patients. He is an experienced expert witness, who regularly provides evidence on defendants in Criminal Court, including the Old Bailey.

Emily-Jayne Wilde is Head of Programme Strategy for Sky Documentaries, Sky Crime and Sky Nature, working across the channels’ long-term planning strategy and content selection.  Since the launch of Sky Crime in 2019, Emily has worked across a number of true crime series including Forensics: Catching The Killer, Britain’s Most Evil Killers and The Real Manhunter. Her exec credits include, the BAFTA winning Libby, Are You Home Yet? and David Fuller: Monster in the Morgue.

Helen Parker is Managing Director and Business Affairs of Chalk and Blade Podcast Agency. Chalk and Blade makes podcasts for commissioners, brands and organisations and Helen works to make sure the commercial goals are met through the creative. Helen moved from a career in eCommerce to Podcasting as an avid listener, after seeing an exciting boom in a hugely growing industry that would continue to attract listeners. Helen loves that audio work provides a mix of business, creative, science and law, and the industry is still evolving, meaning the rules and trends are still being written. 

Executive Producer Playboy Bunny Murders ITV and Creator of In The Footsteps of Killers " , awaiting whether work this into previous BIO. Ian Lamarra is the Chief Creative Officer and Founder of Soho Studios Entertainment.Previously founder of Alaska TV and creative director at Tiger Aspect and Avalon, Ian created the Award nominated ‘in the footsteps of killers’ series for channel 4 starring Emilia Fox and Professor David Wilson. He created and launched ‘If It Bleeds It Leads’ podcast with Emilia and David. Other true crime titles he devised and produced include Damian Lewis : Spy Wars and Return to Dunblane with Lorraine Kelly. He also initiated and chaired the recent True Crime round table with Broadcast to discuss the duty of care guidelines around true crime content.

Ian Rumsey is the MD of ITN Productions, one of Britain's most respected production companies, making a vast range of programmes for broadcasters and streaming platforms in the UK and America. He is a BAFTA and RTS-winning programme maker with a TV career spanning more than 25 years in news, documentaries and live programmes. Under Ian's leadership, ITN Productions has become one of the world's leading producers of true crime - making documentaries for Amazon, Netflix, ITV, Channel 4, Peacock, Channel 5, Discovery and the BBC.

Ilona Deka is a digital marketing manager with over 10 years of experience in entertainment and influencer marketing, primarily within the broadcast industry. Currently at AMC Networks International, she focuses on developing and executing promotional strategies for documentary and true crime productions, leveraging her passion for the genre. A dedicated fan of true crime podcasts, Ilona applies her knowledge to help increase audience engagement and visibility for the TRUE CRIME channel and its original productions across United Kingdom and EMEA region.

Isla Traquair is a journalist, writer, producer, editor, speaker and presenter. From newspapers, radio and podcasts to international TV networks including the Oprah Winfrey Network, AMC, BBC, ITV, Channel Five and more, Isla’s stories, TV and radio shows, documentaries and podcast series have been read, watched and listened to by millions worldwide during her career spanning 27 years. She’s best known for her work in true crime having reported on countless murders and diving deep for documentaries and her self-produced Number 1 true crime podcast series The Storyteller: Naked Villainy, which made history broadcasting the first UK murder trial. She’s currently a regular on ITV’s This Morning where she was brought in to report on the death of Queen Elizabeth II as well as commentating on daily news round ups and recently filmed a series of crime features.

Isla Traquair is a journalist, writer, producer, editor, speaker and presenter. From newspapers, radio and podcasts to international TV networks including the Oprah Winfrey Network, AMC, BBC, ITV, Channel Five and more, Isla’s stories, TV and radio shows, documentaries and podcast series have been read, watched and listened to by millions worldwide during her career spanning 27 years. She’s best known for her work in true crime having reported on countless murders and diving deep for documentaries and her self-produced Number 1 true crime podcast series The Storyteller: Naked Villainy, which made history broadcasting the first UK murder trial. She’s currently a regular on ITV’s This Morning where she was brought in to report on the death of Queen Elizabeth II as well as commentating on daily news round ups and recently filmed a series of crime features.

Jess Rampling has worked for TRUE CRIME for seven and a half years, has worked on nearly 500 different cases, and is now the Commissioning Editor for AMCNI. After studying Psychology at University, a deep and enduring fascination with why people think the way they do emerged, which means that her fascination with consuming crime content spans across TV, podcast and books. 

As ITV Factual Controller Jo's commissions include: BAFTA award winning Long Lost Family/Born Without Trace; Diana Our Mother; Queen's Green Planet; 56 & 63 Up; Crime and Punishment series including an Hour to Catch a Killer with Trevor McDonald ;Joanna Lumley's Silk Road and major single docs e.g Kate Garraway Finding Derek; Kevin McDonald’s Story of Us. At the BBC, Jo was Head of Independent Commissioning and commissioned Masterchef and Hairy Bikers amongst many other shows. Jo Series Directed & Produced BBC One's 7 part award winning documentary series 'Making Babies' and 6 parter - 'The Shop' about Selfridges, plus many single docs for award winning strand 40 Minutes and Inside Story. Cut (long) teeth on Newsnight, Crimewatch etc

John Sweeney is a writer and a reporter, now reporting from Ukraine. He worked at The Observer for 12 years, then the BBC where he made films for Panorama and Newsnight. He’s door-stepped Vladimir Putin, challenged Donald Trump about his connections to the mob, reported undercover from Zimbabwe and North Korea and lost his temper with the Church of Scientology. He’s won lots of prizes including the first Paul Foot Award for helping clear the names of three innocent mothers wrongly imprisoned for killing their children.

Some of his most memorable moments on the BBC included Scientology and Me, Fake Sheikh Exposed and Trump, The Kremlin Candidate? He’s written 14 books, the latest the best-sellers Killer In The Kremlin and Hunting Ghislaine, inspired by his podcast for Global of the same name which has had six million downloads.

Jonathan is a BAFTA nominated documentary filmmaker, a Sunday Times top 10 best selling true crime non fiction author and Managing Director of Content Kings, an international production company with offices in London and Dubai.  Previous TV roles include Head of Arts and Popular Culture at ITV, Executive Producer of The South Bank Show, Creative Director of Blue Ant Studios and Executive Producer, Warner Bros UK. Factual dramas include Hatton Garden for ITV with Oscar nominated writer and producer Jeff Pope and numerous true crime films and Police series for itv, channel 5 and the streamers. Books include Inside Broadmoor, Inside Wakefield and the forthcoming Inside Belmarsh, all published by Bonnier. 

After my studies, I worked for over 10 years in a film production as a producer and director scout. Since the beginning of 2021, I have switched to the podcast industry as part of the content team at Podimo Germany and now finally get to work even closer on content and help create new formats. I have two children, still very much enjoy listening to many podcasts in my private life and sing in a choir in my free time.

Juliette has over 30 years of experience in the Media Industry, including TV production, Music Publishing and Production and TV Content Distribution. She started her career as a Production Assistant at ITV, followed by freelance Production Management roles in the Indie Sector for over 10 years. She went on to lead music library Audio Network from a small startup in 2002 to an established global music brand which was sold to Eone Entertainment in 2019. Juliette Squair co-founded The Nerve in January 2020, a cutting edge new music resource for the Content Production industry. She was also an Advisor and Deputy CEO of TRX, an online rights trading platform from 2016-2019.

Kate Ansell is a Commissioning Editor for Channel 5 and Paramount +. She joined Paramount in February 2022, and is responsible for a range of factual series and single films, including Casualty 24/7, Secrets of the Forest and Depp vs Heard: The Winners and Losers. Her slate includes a number of true crime films.

Kerry Daynes is the UK’s best-known and most trusted Forensic Psychologist. With nearly 30 years spent as one of the most sought-after professionals in the business, her work has taken her from police interview rooms and the witness box to the cells of maximum-security prisons and wards of secure hospitals. She is also the go-to psychology expert for true crime audiences around the globe. Kerry is perhaps most recognised as 'The Profiler' on the UK and USA Discovery channels but appears and presents regularly on British and international television networks. Not only does she bring knowledge and experience gained throughout a truly remarkable frontline career, but she also has a passion for telling sensitive, nuanced, scientifically accurate yet accessible real-life stories. Her best-selling memoirs, ‘The Dark Side Of The Mind’ and the Golden Dagger nominated ‘What Lies Buried’ received widespread acclaim, are currently being adapted for TV drama and have inspired a brand new generation of aspiring forensic psychologists.

Kevin created the CrimeCon brand in 2016 and has helped grow the U.S. installment into the largest true crime event in the world. In addition to the U.S. and UK events, CrimeCon has also expanded to include an annual CrimeCruise, a digital community called crimeHQ, the CLUE Awards, and a variety of smaller events.

Lisa Howells is the Deputy Editor of Crime Monthly, one of the most respected crime magazines in the country, which focuses on news, investigations, campaigns for change and survivors’ stories. She recently co-created, wrote and executive-produced innovative new true-crime podcast Crime Monthly Presents: Evil Uncovered. Lisa is a crime fiction author, a regular chair and judge at industry events, and the co-host of CrimeCon UK’s Book Club.

Louise is a Sony Award winning journalist, TV & radio presenter, documentary maker and author - specialising in crime and investigations. In 2020 Louise published her first book, Stolen Lives, which is an investigation into human trafficking in the UK. Her work has seen her report on unlicensed minicabs, girl gangs, organised crime, modern slavery, female bouncers, HIV in young people and has more than a decade of experience in news, current affairs, radio and TV production, and documentaries.

Louise currently hosts a breakfast show on BBC regional radio, and TV credits include BBC One’s The One Show, Watchdog, Watchdog Daily, Inside Out, ITV London News, ITN, and Channel 5’s Celebrity Trolls: We’re Coming to Get You.

Louise has worked with Woodcut Media many times, voicing their acclaimed series Killer in My Family, and producing The Krays: The Prison Years. Louise also worked with the team for her investigative crime documentaries for London Live.

Miles is a multi-award-winning TV Executive. For more than 20 years, he’s created and exec’d crime programmes including single documentaries, returning series and live daily programmes.  Since setting up Phoenix in 2017 the company has created nearly 100 episodes of crime programmes across six different series for a range of broadcasters as well as two one-off documentaries. Phoenix crime programmes have reached number 2 in the Netflix Top Ten with 9 million views and won awards too - the BBC feature documentary “Murder in Soho: Who Killed Freddie Mills?” won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Documentary.

Mitzi David is Head of Production at Brighton-based indie back2back productions, an award-winning producer renowned for dynamic and diverse unscripted content. Mitzi joined back2back with a wealth of experience on iconic series including Don’t Tell The Bride, The Paul O’Grady Show, Miss World, and the 2012 Olympics, working with both Fremantle and Shine in Australia, Mitzi has been instrumental in the success of popular back2back formats, including Help! My House Is Haunted and the gripping true crime series Killers: Caught on Camera. She leads production teams with passion, efficiency, and expertise, fostering a collaborative, supportive, and ever-evolving environment.

Nathanael Wiseman is a BAFTA long-listed actor and filmmaker. He is the founder and Co-CEO of award-winning production company REDEEMING FEATURES. In 2018, he wrote and directed the true crime thriller Hard Tide, which is currently available on Amazon Prime. He has since been commissioned to write several feature films and television scripts including A Gentleman’s War, for Golden Globe, BAFTA and two time Academy Award-nominated director Scott Hicks.

Nate has recently written and directed the true crime series The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston for Sky, which looked at historical potential miscarriages of justice. His feature-length sports and mental health documentary The Good Fight with Dwayne Johnson goes on global release next year about ex-premiership footballer Leon McKenzie’s incredible comeback as a professional boxer after he attempted to take his own life. The film features exclusive interviews with athletes such as Dame Kelly Holmes, Frank Bruno, Jamie Redknapp, Alan Shearer and many many more. Nate is currently directing his new true crime series for Sky Original Gangsters with Sean Bean which takes a look at the truth behind some of the most iconic criminals in history.

Nick Mavroidakis is an executive producer at Woodcut Media. His first foray into true crime was back in 2016 when he came up with the format for Britain’s Most Evil Killers (Sky Crime), nine series later he now oversees the popular production. His other credits include the multi-award nominated Confessions of a Psycho Killer (Prime Video), Surviving a Serial Killer (Channel 4) and Jo Frost on Britain’s Killer Kids (C&I). Nick has a background in producing a variety of formats, including history series like Britain’s Forgotten Wars and entertainment shows like Animal Antics. His prior experience includes working on popular shows like Big Brother Australia and Rude Tube.

Nick has over twenty years senior management experience in the television industry co-founding Flicker in 2016 Flicker Productions have a stellar track record of producing over 170 hours of prime time factual and true crime television series for major broadcasters including the A&E, Amazon, HBO MAX, BBC, AMC+, Sundance, Discovery, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.  The company has amassed considerable experience filming globally and are recognised for tackling sensitive and difficult subjects with compassion and humanity which has resulted in some of the highest rating documentaries seen on British television in recent years. The company is a True Crime award winner, a BAFTA award winner and three-time National Television Award winning production company. 

Paul Woolf - Head of Unscripted Development and Executive Editor for Documentary, Nature & Scripted Channels – Little Dot Studios Paul Woolf has 25 years’ experience in factual TV in the US and UK. He was an Executive Producer on the Emmy-nominated documentary Growing Up Down’s, co-created the BAFTA-winning BBC series Operation Ouch, and has developed series for Netflix, Discovery, ITV, Sky and Channel 4. He was an Executive Producer on Oxygen’s digital series Searching For…, which brought attention to three suspicious missing-person cases. He is currently EP’ing Endurance a major new documentary for National Geographic / Disney+.

After a stint in TV advertising, Robbie helped establish Dentsu entertainment business The Story Lab in 2014. Robbie went on to broker an innovative partnership with Global to co-produce podcasts and his first credit as executive producer was the number one hit Hunting Ghislaine with John Sweeney. Robbie joined the production company Free Turn Entertainment in January 2023 and is responsible for its audio slate..He is a long-suffering Evertonian and resides in East London with his cockney better half. Robbie has fully converted to a diet of pie, mash and liquor; his order is an infamous "4 & 2”.

Ruth Barnes is the founder of Chalk + Blade, an award winning podcast production company founded in 2016 and the first podcast specialist production company in the UK. Ruth leads a team of award winning ex-BBC producers, making shows ranging from investigative true crime narratives to some of the BBC's best loved entertainment formats. Hunting Ghislaine with John Sweeney for Global, was a breakout hit topping the charts in the UK and garnering critical acclaim across the broadsheets - a film version has been optioned by Eleventh Hour Films. In 2024 C+B produced two of Audible's leading true crime Originals, Coatbridge and The Madman's Hotel. 

Sam is a content producer for BBC Radio 5 Live’s digital commissioning team, where she has developed the digital strategy for several multi-award-winning true crime podcasts, including I Am Not A Monster: The Shamima Begum Story, Gangster, Blood on the Dance Floor, and Sport’s Strangest Crimes. Her passion for true crime extends beyond her professional work; during lockdown, she completed a master’s degree in media psychology with a specialism in true crime podcasts, achieving a distinction. With over a decade of experience at the BBC as a journalist and online editor, Sam brings a wealth of expertise in storytelling, digital media, and audience engagement.

Siân Price is Creative Director at Yeti – a Welsh indie based in Cardiff – and exec produces most of their output. Yeti programmes have won multiple awards including four RTS, two Baftas, a Celtic Media Award, a New York Gold and an AIB Award – along with a Grierson nomination. In 2023, Yeti was named Broadcast’s Multi-Channel Production Company of the Year with recent programmes including The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge with Sandi Toksvig (More4), 48 Hours to Victory (Channel 4), Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive (Sky Arts), The Truth About My Murder (True Crime), Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor King (Channel 4) and Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen (ITV1). 

Yeti are currently producing a premium true-crime doc for Amazon and a brand-new series for True Crime. Prior to Yeti, Siân was an award-winning programme maker and showrunner on landmark series including Coast (BBC2), The Great Guide (BBC2) The People Remember (BBC1) and Time Team (Channel 4). Described as a factual programming powerhouse, she’s led teams of 5 through to 60 on a range of output. Siân is also a multi-award-winning radio producer and author of the best-selling book ‘If You’re Reading This’ – a history of soldier’s farewell letters. 

Before establishing What’s The Story Sounds, Sophie worked in factual television production for 15 years. In telly-land, she developed and produced programmes for the majority of major broadcasters including C4, the BBC, Discovery and Sky, covering a broad range of topics, from criminal law to acid attacks, preventable illnesses in children, and the first all-Muslim girls cricket team. Sophie is also a writer and freelance journalist; her articles have featured in publications including The Guardian, The Independent, Psychologies, and The Sunday Times. Sophie is passionate about true crime from an ethical point of view, and has worked with victims of crimes from murder to fraud to make their stories known. 

Detective Inspector Steve Keogh’s decorated 30-year career in the Metropolitan Police started in 1991- he spent most of it as a detective before finishing as a Senior Investigating Officer. He joined New Scotland Yard’s elite Anti-Terrorist Branch in 2002 and in 2005 he received a commendation from the then Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, for the work he carried out on the London 7/7 Bombings. In 2009 he joined New Scotland Yard’s Murder Investigation Team where he remained for 12 years, building up a vast knowledge of what it takes to catch killers and bring them to justice. Steve has recently founded TV Detectives, the world's first agency dedicated to connecting experts to the TV and Film industries as well as presenting his own TV series, Secrets of a Murder Detective, which is on TRUE CRIME and ITVx. 

Stuart is an Executive Producer at Arrow Media, one of the largest true crime producers in television. From crafting talent led singles, to producing true crime podcasts and creating successful returning series, Stuart has worked with major broadcasters in both the UK and US and has extensive experience across the true crime genre.

Tracy Williams is Commissioning Executive, Factual Storytelling at BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, playing a key role in overseeing the narrative factual slate. Her recent work includes To Catch A Scorpion (Prix Europa and Prix Italia winner), Thief at the British Museum, Worse Than Murder and The Brighton Bomb. Previously she worked as a senior editor in BBC News for more than 20 years.

Trevor Drane, partner in BAFTA nominated Revelation Films who is also writer/executive producer/director of The Real Manhunter, Bellfield Confesses and West End Girls. Trevor Drane joined Tony Carne at Revelation Films in 1996 having previously been an executive board member at major UK independent film company, First Independent Films. 

Wendy became interested in true crime following her Aunts murder in 2007, and now uses her podcast to help other families and victims who need a voice. She is passionate about discovering the truth and giving closure to those that need it. Wendy started her journey in the true crime genre at the first ever CrimeCon in the USA, where she became friends with Shane, who then asked her to cohost his podcast, Foul Play. They have created over 20 seasons together and won the best indie true crime podcast at last years inaugural true crime awards.