The team behind Shiver has created series including With A Little Help From My Friends, Package Holiday Undercover, The Property List, Coronation Street & Emmerdale Confidential, The Story of The Costume Drama, After They Were Famous, The 100 Greatests.
MARK ROBINSON
Creative Director
Mark is the former Head of Popular Factual for Granada Factual North. (He has never made Unpopular Factual. Well. Maybe the odd show which was ahead of its time). He launched the 100 Greatests for Channel Four and has also looked after many other archive and non-archive shows including The Ultimate Bikini Guide with Jodie and Jemma Kidd, 50 Terrible Predictions with Angus Deayton, Living With The Cheeky Girls and Live The Dream As Seen on Screen. Born within spitting distance of Shiver’s Kirkstall Road office in Leeds, Mark supports Leeds United and spends a lot of time at train stations. (That’s work, not a hobby. Nor is he part of some football hooligan 'crew').
SALLY EVANS
Executive Editor
Sally was the series producer behind hit shows like Street Doctor, Bank of Mum and Dad, and Honey We’re Killing The Kids as well as entertainment formats like A Question of Sport and Celebrity Mastermind. Sally worked at BBC Manchester for a number of years before heading up development at Objective North. Prior to that she cut her teeth as a producer on shows including Vets in the Country and Children’s Hospital as well as Who Shot Phil Mitchell. (For those of you who missed it the answer was his ex girlfriend Lisa….)
STUART RAMSAY
Series Producer
A long-held favourite with commissioning editors, Stuart has recently series produced ITV3’s Live The Dream – As Seen On Screen and produced Touched By Frost – Goodbye Jack an ITV1 special to mark the last ever episode of A Touch Of Frost.
In 2008 Stuart produced three of the top ten most watched factual programmes on ITV1, including When Britain First Had Talent with Amanda Holden and Best Ever Worst Dance Moments with Justin Lee Collins. He’s also produced on shows such as 100 Greatest Albums and 50 Films To See Before You Die for Channel Four.
KERRY ALLISON
Producer
Kerry started working in television in London, but after a few years immersed in reality TV moved back to the North where she joined Shiver in 2004, and bagged her dream job as AP on The 100 Greatest Albums (it was Radiohead's OK Computer, before you ask). In recent years Kerry has produced ITV3's The Story of the Costume Drama and ITV1's Emmerdale Family Albums, 30 Years of An Audience With and the anniversary special Coronation Street - 50 Years, 50 Moments. (Kerry would like to point out that, although she is not as old as Corrie, her friends and family can confirm that she has definitely had her moments).
ANDY BECKETT
Archive Assistant Producer
During his ten year stretch in Leeds Andy’s job has been to locate swathes of incredible and often unseen archive for shows as diverse as After They Were Famous - Miss World, 100 Greatest War Films, Live the Dream – As Seen on Screen and Top of the Cops. In doing so Andy has now watched more episodes of The Chinese Detective than is recommended by doctors. His career highlight was a trip to LA to negotiate film studios archive deals for 50 Films to See Before You Die. (Thankfully he was safely re-captured and can now found in a securely-locked viewing room).
YVETTE LYONS
Producer
Yvette has produced and directed shows like 30 Years of An Audience With and Emmerdale Uncut and is currently story producing on The Dales, marvelling at sheep and cows for entertainment. Often she can be found interviewing celebrities for many of Shiver's archive-based shows but it's not all archive archive archive - Yvette has previously reported undercover and regards herself as a bit of a consumer champion. Her other highlights to date include dressing Oompa Loompas for After they Were Famous, bossing around Challenge Anneka builders and coiffing champagne at the Beckhams' World Cup Party.
PHIL CRABB
Production Accountant
Phil joined Yorkshire Television in 2000 and became part of Shiver on its launch in 2007. His most memorable TV moments are working on 100 Greatest Albums, translating in Spain for Package Holiday Undercover and being one of the hard-working friends on With a Little Help From My Friends. When not at work Phil can be found watching his beloved Huddersfield Town, on two wheels with his ears blasted by guitar bands or with his head in The Guardian. He has never tried all three at once.
JOANNA WILCOCK
Production Manager
Joanna joined Yorkshire Television in 1996 and was soon working as a production co-ordinator on shows including The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Les Dawson’s Lost Diaries and the reality series Pleasure Island. More recently, as Production Manager, Joanna has worked on Best Ever Worst Auditions 2 + 3, various Coronation Street and Emmerdale specials, The Story of the Costume Drama, Top of The Cops and Live the Dream As Seen on Screen. Career highlights include nine, hot weeks spent working on an adults-only resort in Jamaica, filming in the Ritz casino with Roger Moore and dressing Ben Shephard as Simon Cowell – complete with high-waisted trousers and finger hair.