Samuel Simon

Series Producer | Seven Year Switch (UK Series 1)
November 2016 - September 2017
7 Wonder Productions | 6 X 60 SERIES | TX tbc 2018 Channel 4
FORMATS: Four couples in crisis head to Thailand to switch partners and put their shared lives to the test in a bid to save their failing relationships. Executive Producer; Duncan Coates (7 Wonder) Commissioning Editors: Lee McMurray & Dominic Bird.

Series Editor | Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls (Series 1)
November 2015 - September 2016
SHINE TV | 4 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 OCT 2016 Channel 4
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: 10 celebrities are dropped on a remote, uninhabited Pacific island for two weeks. Executive Producer: Shine TV, Ben Mitchell. Commissioning Editor: Liam Humphreys.

Executive Post Producer | The Island with Bear Grylls (Series 3)
March 2015 - May 2016
SHINE TV / 6 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 APRIL 2015 Channel 4
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: Bear Grylls drops 16 men and women on a remote, uninhabited Pacific island for four weeks. Executive Producers: Alfie Lawie & Tim Whitwell (Shine TV). Commissioning Editor: Liam Humphreys.

Series Producer | Davina's Acts of Kindness (Pilot)
June 2015 - November 2015
WALL TO WALL | 1 X 60 SERIES |Pilot ITV
FACTUAL SERIES: Broadcast pilot commissioned into full series. Davina McCall celebrates the lives and work of those who go above and beyond. Executive Producer: Mark Saben (Wall to Wall) Commissioning Editor: Jo Clinton-Davis.

Series Producer | The Island with Bear Grylls: Men (Series 2)
July 2014 - May 2015
SHINE TV | 6 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 MAY 2015 Channel 4
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: Bear Grylls drops 14 men on a remote, uninhabited Pacific island for six weeks. Executive Producers: Shine TV, Ben Mitchell & Tim Whitwell. Commissioning Editor: Liam Humphreys.
Broadcast Awards 2016 shortlisted Best Popular Factual Programme.

Series Producer | Child Genius (Series 2) November - July 2014
WALL TO WALL | 4 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 JULY 2014 Channel 4
DOCUMENTARY/ FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: This series follows the lives of some of the country's cleverest children and their families. Executive Producer Mark Saben (Wall to Wall) Commissioning Editor: Lucy Leveugle.
Broadcast Awards 2015 Finalist Best Popular Factual Programme

Series Producer | Ashley Banjo's Big Town Dance (Series 1)
April - October 2013
SHINE TV | 6 X 60 SERIES | TX 20:00 JAN 2014 SKY1 HD
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: Ashley Banjo steps up to face his biggest ever challenge as he attempts to unite the whole town of Stockton-On-Tees by dancing together. Executive Producer: Tim Whitwell (Shine TV) Commissioning Editors: Colm Martin & Lorraine Charker-Phillips.

Series Producer | Food Glorious Food (Series 1)
October 2012 - April 2013
OPTOMEN / SYCO ENTERTAINMENT | 9 X 60 SERIES | TX 20:00 FEB 2013 ITV
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: A competition series that scours the country in search of a very special dish that every viewer in Britain will be able to taste for themselves as the winning dish hits the shelves of M&S. Executive Producers Becky Clarke & Sue Murphy (Optomen), Michael Jochnowitz (Syco) Commissioning Editor: Asif Zubairy.

Senior Producer | Young Apprentice (Series 3) June - October 2012
BOUNDLESS | 8 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 OCT / NOV 2012 BBC One
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: 12 of the UK's most ambitious and driven battle it out through a series of grueling tasks. Executive Producer: Claudia Lewis (Boundless) Commissioning Editor: Jo Wallace.
BAFTA Awards 2013 - shortlisted 'Best Reality & Constructed Factual'.

Producer/Director | World's Most Dangerous Roads (Series 2) January - May 2012
RENEGADE PICTURES | (1of) 3 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 MAY - JUNE 2012 BBC TWO
FACTUAL SERIES: Comedians Ed Byrne and Andy Parsons brave temperatures as low as minus fifty to drive across Siberia's infamous Road of Bones. Executive Producer: Sue Davidson (Renegade Pictures) Commissioning Editor: Clare Paterson.

Senior Producer/ Director |Big Brother: The Winner's Story November 2011
ENDEMOL UK |1 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 NOV 2011CHANNEL 5
ENTERTAINMENT REALITY DOCUMENTY: We look back at the classic moments that saw Aaron triumph.
Executive Producers: Katy Smith & Suzy Price (Endemol) Debbie Searle (Channel 5)

Senior Producer |Big Brother (Series 12)
October - November 2011
ENDEMOL UK | 64 X 60 SERIES | TX 20:00 OCT / NOV 2011 CHANNEL 5
ENTERTAINMENT REALITY SERIES: Total strangers are shut away, cut off from any contact with the outside world.
Executive Producers: Katy Smith & Suzy Price (Endemol) Debbie Searle (Channel 5)

Producer/Director | Young Apprentice (Series 2) July - October 2011
talkbackTHAMES | (4 of) 8 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 OCT / NOV 2011 BBC One
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: 12 of the UK's most ambitious and driven battle it out through a series of grueling tasks.
Series Editor: Colm Martin Executive Producer: Michele Kurland (talkbackTHAMES) Commissioning Editor: Jo Wallace.
BAFTA Awards 2012 - Winner 'Best Reality & Constructed Factual'.

Producer/Director | 71 Degrees North (Series 2) January - June 2011
FEVER MEDIA| (3 of) 8 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 SEPT-OCT 2011 ITV1
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT REALITY SERIES: 10 celebrities battle their way to the most northern part of mainland Europe, inside the Arctic Circle. Filmed on Location in Northern Norway (Producer & Director of Episodes 3,6 & 8. Edit Episodes 3 & 6) Series Producer: Sandy Watson Executive Producers: David Mortimer & David Tibballs (Fever) Commissioning Editors: Layla Smith and Elaine Bedell.

Edit Producer | I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (UK Series 10) November-December 2010
ITV STUDIOS | 38 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 NOV-DEC 2010 ITV1
ENTERTAINMENT REALITY SERIES: 12 Celebrities including Shaun Ryder, Gillian McKeith are dumped in the middle of the Australian jungle with only the wildlife and each other for company.
Series Editor: Becca Walker Executive Producers: Beth Hart, Chris Brogden, Richard Cowles (ITV Studios) The National Television Awards 2011 - winner 'Best Entertainment Programme'.

Producer/Director | Denise & Fearne's Charity Trek for Breast Cancer September-November 2010
STUDIO LAMBERT | 2 X 60 | TX 21:00 OCT 2010 ITV2
OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY: Denise Van Outen, Fearne Cotton, Alexandra Burke, Gabriella Cilmi and Amanda Byram undertake an arduous trek across the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu along side 6 women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Series Producer Simon Urwin Executive Producer: Jamie Isaacs (Studio Lambert)

Story/ Edit Producer | Big Brother (UK Series 11) / Ultimate Big Brother April-September 2010
ENDEMOL UK | 79 X 60 SERIES | TX 22:00 JUNE-AUGUST 2010 Channel 4
ENTERTAINMENT REALITY SERIES: Total strangers are shut away in a purpose-built house while cameras spy on them 24/7. (Story Producer across series. Edit Producer Episodes 3, 13,16,27,39,52,64,78)
Series Editor: Mandy Morris Executive Producers: Dennis O'Connor, Daniel Marlowe Katy Smith Creative Director Philip Edgar Jones.

Producer/Director/Camera | Safari 8 (Series 1)
September 2009- February 2010
BBC | (4of) 13 X 30 SERIES | TX 17:00 JAN-MARCH 2010 BBC One/ CBBC
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT REALITY SERIES: 8 kids are taken into the heart of the South African wilderness on a journey of hardship, heartache and heroics and one massive challenge as they have just one month to become full-fledged Game Rangers. Series Producer: Mandy Morris Executive Producer: Elaine Bancroft (BBC)

Producer/Director | Charley Boorman: By Any Means (Series 2)
May- September 2009
BIG EARTH PRODUCTIONS | 6 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 SEPT 2009 BBC Two
FACTUAL OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY TRAVEL SERIES: Charley Boorman rides, rows and flies his way 9,500 miles north from Sydney to Tokyo by any means. Filmed on location in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. Executive Producers: Russ Malkin & Charley Boorman (Big Earth) Commissioning Editor: Maxine Watson.

Producer/Director | Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2009
September 2008-Febuary 2009
RDF TELEVISION | 15 X 60 SERIES | TX 11:45 JAN-MARCH 2009 Channel 4 / T4
ENTERTAINMENT REALITY SERIES: A group of 18-23 year old castaways are marooned on two-deserted Island in the middle of South Pacific, with nothing but basic rations. Filmed on Location in the Aitutaki Atoll in the South Pacific.
Series Producer: Virginia Hill Executive Producer: Tate Simpson (RDF Television) Commissioning Editor: Jules Oldroyd.

Producer/Director/Camera | Gethin Jones' Danger Hunters (Series 1)
April- September 2008
SUMMER FILMS | (3 of) 6 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 SEPT-OCT 2008 Virgin1
FACTUAL OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ADVENTURE SERIES: Gethin Jones Steps into the unseen world of obsessive enthusiasts who risk their lives chasing dangerous and extreme natural phenomenon around the globe. (Producer & Director) EP1 Volcanoes, EP2 Tornadoes & EP6 6 Sea Tornadoes.
Executive Producer: Rob Farquhar (Summer Films) Commissioning Editor: Rebecca Johnson.

Producer/Director/Camera | All Over the Shop (Series 1) January- April 2008
TOUCH PRODUCTIONS | 8 X 30 SERIES | TX 20:00 SEPT-NOV 2008 BBC Two
FACTUAL CONSUMER FORMATED SERIES: Business guru Geoff Burch takes on failing independent shops across the UK (Producer & Director Episodes 4,6 & 8) Series Producer: Ceri Rollands Series Editor: Virginia Hill Executive Producer: Malcolm Brinkworth

Producer/Director | Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2008 September-December 2007
RDF TELEVISION |15 X 60 SERIES | TX 11:45 JAN 2008 T4/Channel 4
ENTERTAINMENT REALITY SERIES: A group of 18-23 year olds battle it out to win over each week's new arrivals. Filmed on Location in the Aitutaki Atoll in the South Pacific.)
Series Producer: Virginia Hill Executive Producer: Tania Alexander. Commissioning Editor: Jules Oldroyd.

Producer/Camera | Across the Andes: Beyond Boundaries (Series 3) April-September 2007
DIVERSE PRODUCTIONS | 4 X 60 SERIES | TX 21:00 MAY 2008 BBC Two
FACTUAL OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES: 10 physically disabled teenagers attempt the cross the mighty Andes Mountains in Ecuador. The expedition will force them to confront their own fears and limitations and their perceptions of themselves and others. Filmed on location in Ecuador.
Series Producer: David Johnson Executive Producer: Robert McIver (Diverse Birstol) Commissioning Editor: Richard Klein.

Producer/Camera | Mission Africa (Series 1)
October 2006- February 2007
DIVERSE PRODUCTIONS | 15 X 30 SERIES | TX 19:30 JAN 2007 BBC One
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES: Nick Knowles and 15 building apprentices from the UK travel to the primitive Sera Conservancy in Northern Kenya to work side by side with local communities and build a sustainable eco lodge.
Series Producer: Sam Maynard Executive Producers: Jane Lomas & Robert McIver (Diverse) Commissioning Editors: Maxine Watson & Richard Klein.

DV Director | Beyond Boundaries: The Africa Challenge (Series 2) May-October 2006
DIVERSE PRODUCTIONS | 4 X 60 SERIES | 21:00 OCT 2006 BBC Two
FACTUAL OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES: 10 physically disabled adventurers on a staggering 2,000mile journey across continental Africa. Amidst the stunning locations, the drama of this challenge unfolds as they overcome their physical limitations and prove to themselves that they can go to the limits of human endurance and beyond boundaries.
Series Producer: Mike Warner Executive Producer: Robert McIver Commissioning Editor: Richard Klein.

Development Producer Feb 2005 - Sept 2007 Diverse Productions
Working as part of the Diverse development team, I was responsible for devising returnable specialist factual and features Tribal Wives (BBC Two) Beyond Boundaries: The African Challenge (BBC Two) Across the Andes: Beyond Boundaries (BBC Two) Born Survivor / Man Vs Wild (Channel 4/ Discovery US)