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Nominated by Richard Bond,
creative director, Dragonfly
Peter Wallis-Tayler has risen
through the ranks of prolific
documentary producer Dragonfly
to become the “beating heart of
Ambulance”, the indie’s most-
important returning show,
according to Richard Bond.
Having cut his teeth on a
whole range of returning doc
series, Peter is now in a position
where he can handle every
stage of the production process
on BBC1 ob-doc Ambulance,
from casting to story telling to
handling complex legal and
compliance issues.
Part of a “new wave of factual
programme-makers”, according
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SERIES PRODUCER, DRAGONFLY FILM AND TV
to Bond, he has a hefty list of
credits already amassed, having
worked with best-in-class indies
such as Twenty Twenty on The
Choir, The Garden on 24 Hours In
Police Custody and Wall To Wall on
Births, Deaths & Marriages.
“Peter’s strengths lie in a
brilliant combination of organisa-
tional skills, a deep empathy for
our documentary subjects, a real
understanding of the needs of
the broadcaster and a prodigious
appetite for work,” says Bond.
“He’s risen up the Ambulance
ranks not because he’s ruthlessly
ambitious – he’s far too humble
and keen to learn from others for
that – but because he has excelled
at every step.”Nominated by: Damian Pitman,
director of development, Boundless
Gama Gbio is credited by Bound-
less’ Damian Pitman with having
a “mind-bogglingly bizarre array
of interests”. This serves her
well in development meetings
at a time when commissioners
are desperate to cover new fact-
ent ground, he says.
“Gama is an incredible caster,
a brilliant developer and she
always has something original
and informed to add to every
topic,” adds Pitman.
“She’s a one-stop-shop –
casting, editing, design, ideas
generation and talent spotting.
Gama’s brilliant at them all –
and she’s hilarious.”GAMA GBIO 29
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT PRODUCER
Gama first linked up with Pitman
last summer and has since set about
putting to use the experience gained
during a three-year tenure at Studio
Lambert, where one of her ideas
was pitched to BBC popular
factual chief David Brindley. This
became BBC2’s Race Across The
World – one of the channel’s
biggest hits of the past year.
She also honed her casting skills
on Channel 4’s The Circle and E4’s
Vlogglebox, for which she was also
a development researcher and
talent assistant.
Pitman has high hopes for
Gama’s future: “In 10 years’ time,
she will be running a development
team and hoovering up commis-
sions from SVoDs.”