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Nominated by: Samantha
Anstiss, creative director,
Wonderhood Studios
Suzy Gregg is a “highly skilled”
talent who “springs into action
every day, brimming with great
ideas”, according to Wonderhood
Studios’ Samantha Anstiss.
Gregg helps to build the
indie’s slate and has generated
several yet-to-be-announced
commissions. She straddles her
development responsibilities
with production duties, with the
“rare gift” of being able to move
“seamlessly between the two”,
says Anstiss.
Gregg has been at the firm for
almost a year, having previously
spent three years in a similar
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role at The Garden, where she
was casting producer on ITV’s
Planet Child.
“Suzy is television literate, has a
maturity beyond her years and is
fearless in her pursuit of a good
idea,” says Anstiss. “She is creative,
agile and generates innovative
ideas that she loves seeing through
to delivery. On top of that, she is
tenacious, dogged and strategic
when it comes to securing access.”
Suzy’s credits include Channel 4’s
A Summer To Save My Life and
BBC3’s Professor Green: Living In
Poverty. “She is a strong treatment
writer, able to distil an idea on paper
with total ease,” Anstiss adds. “This,
combined with her strong editorial
sensibilities, makes her a real asset.”Nominated by: Michelle Chappell,
creative director, Workerbee
Bolton-born Jamal Ritchie is a
force to be reckoned with. As an
assistant producer at Manchester’s
Workerbee, he generates original
concepts, confidently pitches his
ideas, shoots tasters and edits
them. He arrives at work every
day brimming with ideas.
An avid consumer of content and
passionate about TV, his ideas stand
out from the norm. Described by
Workerbee’s Michelle Chappell as
“distinctive” and “game-changing”,
all of his concepts take different
shapes and bring something new
to the table.
In his previous role at Shiver,
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made it to air, including Channel 4’s
My Embarrassing Pet, BBC’s Eric
& Ernie’s Home Movies and David
Jason: Places Trains And Auto
mobiles, which aired on ITV.
Currently, Jamal has a number
of commissions in the pipeline,
including Netflix and BBC projects
that have yet to be announced.
On his first day at Workerbee,
he was sitting in on pitch meetings
and within the week he had suc-
cessfully pitched two new ideas to
a BBC commissioner, who later
took his boss to one side and said:
“He’s going places.”
“We see Jamal becoming a head
of development in 10 years,” says
Chappell. “We are very excited to
be on this journey with him.”