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Television Credits

Searchable crew & production records — Will Charles Lighting Ltd

Kaiser Chiefs — MTV Studios

2008 — Series 1

Production: Eyeworks AT IT

Venue: MTV Studios (specific studio unverified)

  • Lighting Design & Lighting Direction
Kaiser Chiefs — MTV Studios production photograph
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer & Lighting Director (design confirmed by user; LD invoiced)
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator (user recollection)
  • Panalux — Lighting equipment supplier (user recollection; unverified)

Camera & Vision

  • Nat Hill — Camera Supervisor (possible; user recollection)

Goldfrapp — T4 Special

2008 — Series 1

Production: Eyeworks AT IT / T4

Venue: The Hospital, Covent Garden, London

  • Lighting Design & Lighting Direction
Goldfrapp — T4 Special production photograph
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer & Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator (user recollection)
  • Nigel Little — Electrician (user recollection)
  • Terry Archer — Electrician (user recollection)

Production & Direction

  • Eyeworks AT IT — Production company
  • Richard Cook — Executive Producer
  • Chris Howe — Director
  • Nick Neads — Producer
  • Emma Carter — Line Producer
  • Lee-Anne Richardson — Head of Production
  • Lucy Southern — Production Manager
  • Anna Heighway — Floor Manager

Camera & Vision

  • Nat Hill — Camera Supervisor
  • Rob Sargent — Camera
  • Neil McLintock — Camera
  • Mike Callan — Camera
  • Peter Stark — Vision Supervisor

Sound

  • Simon Wall — Sound Supervisor

Post-production

  • Gavin Ames — Editor
  • Birchfield Media — Graphic Design

Queen + Adam Lambert — Rock Big Ben Live

2015 — Series 1

Production: BBC In House Entertainment and Events / Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Venue: Central Hall Westminster, London

  • TV Safe Lighting Director
Queen + Adam Lambert — Rock Big Ben Live production photograph
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — TV Safe Lighting Director
  • Rob Sinclair — Band / Concert Lighting Designer

Production & Direction

  • Guy Freeman — Executive Producer
  • Simon Staffurth — Director
  • Cerrie Frost — Producer
  • Phil Dolling — Head of Events
  • Paul Williams — Production Executive
  • Jenna Winstanley — Production Manager
  • Laura Thrower — Production Co-ordinator
  • Liz Hodges — Script Supervisor
  • Michelle Arnold — Script Supervisor
  • Nick Bushell — Floor Manager
  • Tim Boucher — Floor Manager

Camera & Vision

  • Naomi Neufeld — Vision Mixer

The Javone Prince Show — Pilot & Series 1

2014–2015 — Series 1

Production: Lovely Electricity for BBC Two

Venue: Rivoli Ballroom, London

  • Moving Light Programmer — Will Charles
The Javone Prince Show — Pilot & Series 1 production photograph
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Martin Hawkins — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Moving Light Programmer

Production & Direction

  • Phil Bowker — Producer / Director
  • Jo Alloway — Production Manager (2014 pilot)

Arsenal Football Club — Television Studio Relight

2015 — Series 1

Production: Arsenal Media

Venue: Emirates Stadium, London

  • Lighting Design & Consultancy — Will Charles
Arsenal Football Club — Television Studio Relight production photograph
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Consultancy

Production & Direction

  • Liam Roberts — Studio Producer / Director

The Big Spell

2016 — Series 1

Production: Remarkable Television for Sky 1

Venue: Sky Studios, Osterley

  • Moving Light Programmer & Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal
The Big Spell production photograph
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Moving Light Programmer & Deputising Lighting Director
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Director
  • Rob Bradley — Moving Lights Operator
  • Joe Xuereb — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • James Fox — Executive Producer
  • Richard Hague — Executive Producer
  • Claudia Cunnell — Series Editor
  • Kerri Reid — Series Producer
  • Richard Valentine — Studio Director
  • Laura Bate — Senior Production Manager
  • Jess Enderby — Studio Production Manager
  • Carol Abbott — Vision Mixer
  • Nigel Saunders — Camera Supervisor
  • Kevin Amos — Sound Supervisor

Design & Set

  • Dominic Tolfts — Set Designer

Michael McIntyre: Showman

2020 — Recorded 5–6 March 2020

Production: Hungry Bear Media for Netflix

Venue: London Palladium

  • Deputising Lighting Director for Nigel Catmur
London Palladium auditorium photographed by Will Charles
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director (recollection)

Production

  • Hungry Bear Media — Production company
  • Netflix — Platform

The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

2024–2026; 2026 — Outside broadcasts and Series 15; Pilot

Production: MultiStory Media for ITV

Venues: The Boiler Shop, Newcastle; Aerospace Bristol; Nottingham Albert Hall; Television Centre TC2; MultiStory's Hospital Studio

Presenter: Martin Lewis; Jeanette Kwakye

  • MultiStory Media for ITV
  • 2024-2026 - OBs: Newcastle, Bristol and Nottingham Albert Hall
  • 2026 Weekly Live Shows - Television Centre TC2 and MultiStory's Hospital Studio
  • Poll Position Pilot - 2026 - Television Centre Studio 2
  • Lighting Design & LD
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Jerry Kelleher — Console Operator
  • Alex Pocock — Console Operator (Deputising LD)
  • Will Plenty — Console Operator
  • James Ash — Vision Control
  • Daryl Bidewell — Vision Control
  • Oliver Lifely — OB Moving Light Programmer (Newcastle and Concorde)

Production & Direction

  • Vicky Flind — Head of Current Affairs
  • Clare Miller — Executive Editor
  • Richard Jack — Series Director
  • Jaime Corby — Senior Producer
  • Evie Cotton — Producer
  • Joshua Davidson — Producer
  • Rebecca Harris — Production Manager
  • Aneekha Mahal — Production Coordinator
  • Joely Leeder — Production Secretary

Set Designers

  • Jago Design — Set Design
  • Sarah Milton — Set Designer
  • Tracey Macario — Set Designer

Camera

  • Steven Hulbert — Camera Supervisor / Steadicam

The Proms

2025–2026 — Seven Proms in 2025; eleven Proms in 2026

Production: BBC

Venues: Royal Albert Hall

  • BBC
  • 2026 - Proms 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 60 and 68 - 11 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Prom 50: Bond & Beyond - 25 August 2026 - presented by Nick Mohammed
  • Prom 51: The Met
  • Prom 57: Menken / Disney
  • Prom 68: Weyes Blood
  • 2025 - 7 concerts
The Proms concert lighting
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • David Bishop — Series Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Lighting Design and LD
  • Seb Williams — Lighting Programmer
  • Adam Marshall — Moving Light Programmer
  • Dan Street — Moving Light Programmer
  • Mark Gardiner — Gaffer
  • Nick Humphrey — Lighting Programmer
  • Michael Wright — Deputising Gaffer
  • Mim Spencer — Deputising Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Charlotte Sandford — BBC Concert Manager / Live Events Team Primary Contact
  • Helen Heslop — BBC Proms Duty Manager
  • Guy Freeman — Managing Director
  • Laura Djanogly — Head of Production
  • Kaye Godleman — Executive Producer
  • Cat Dixon — Series Producer
  • Ian Russell — Series Director
  • Marcus Viner — Director
  • Rebecca Mounsey — Producer

Sound

  • Stephen Hughes — Head of Department - FOH Sound
  • Ben Davey — Audio Engineer - FOH Sound
  • Elaine Duffy — Audio Engineer - Monitors

Taskmaster

2017–2026 — Series 4, 11, 15–17, 19–23; specials

Production: Avalon Television

Venues: Pinewood TV Stages; Television Centre TC1 and TC3

Presenter: Greg Davies and Alex Horne

  • Avalon Television
  • Series 4, 11, 15-17 and 19-23, plus specials - 2017-2026
  • Deputising Lighting Director for John Ford
  • Series 22 recorded 14-20 May 2026 in TC3, BBC Studioworks Television Centre
Taskmaster studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • John Ford — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director
  • Andy Dobbs — Console Operator
  • James Churches — Senior Electrician
  • Steve Emmett — Electrician
  • Roy Winfield — Electrician

Production & Direction

  • Andy Devonshire — Series Director / Executive Producer
  • Andy Cartwright — Series Producer
  • Amy Tuckwell — Task Producer
  • Vicky Winter — Line Producer
  • Richard Allen-Turner — Executive Producer
  • Rob Aslett — Executive Producer
  • Alex Horne — Executive Producer
  • James Taylor — Executive Producer
  • Jon Thoday — Executive Producer
  • Mark Harrison — Floor Manager
  • Simon Burke — Floor Manager
  • Rebecca Havers — Script Supervisor
  • Sonia Borges — Post Production Supervisor

Design & Set

  • James Dillon — Production Designer
  • Mike Wright — Art Director

Camera

  • Rob Mansfield — Camera Supervisor
  • Simon Sanders — Vision Mixer
  • Ian Rowan — Vision Mixer

Sound

  • Rob Ashard — Sound Supervisor

The Chase

2022–2026 — Series 16–19; Beat the Chasers; ident

Production: ITV Studios

Venues: Elstree Studios - George Lucas Stage and Millennium Stage; Troubadour Studios, Enfield

  • ITV Studios for ITV
  • Series 16-19, Beat the Chasers and ident - 2022-2026
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Kempton
The Chase studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Chris Kempton — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director
  • Alex Silvester — Console Operator
  • Oliver Lifely — Console Operator
  • Mark Jones — Console Operator
  • Martin Higgins — Console Operator
  • John Ford — Console Operator
  • Andy Dobbs — Console Operator

Production & Direction

  • Martin Scott — Executive Producer - Series 19
  • Helen Tumbridge — Executive Producer - Series 19
  • Caroline Sale — Line Producer - Series 19
  • John L. Spencer — Director - Series 19

Camera

  • Simon Tyers — Camera Supervisor - Series 19

Sound

  • Adrian Harding Jones — Sound Supervisor - Series 19

The Apprentice - You're Fired

2015–2024 — Multiple series

Production: Boundless

Venues: ITV Studios; Elstree Studio 8; Riverside Studio 1

Presenter: Tom Allen

  • Boundless for BBC
  • Multiple series, 2015-2024 - ITV Studios, Elstree Studio 8 and Riverside Studio 1
  • Lighting Designer and Series Lighting Director
The Apprentice - You're Fired studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Dave Francis — Moving Lights
  • Marc Nicholson — Console Operator

Production & Direction

  • Amanda Sangorski — Executive Producer
  • Cal Turner — Head of Popular Factual
  • Jeanette Goulbourn — Studio Director
  • Natalie Dutt — Production Manager
  • Neil Smith — Managing Director
  • Paul Broadbent — Executive Producer
  • Sarah Clay — Commissioning Editor
  • Shona Kemp — Line Producer
  • Susanne Hamilton — Head of Production

Design & Set

  • Ben Norman — Art Director
  • Dom Clasby & Stephen Bryce — Set Designers
  • Sarah Milton — Set Designer
  • Mike Wright — Set Designer

Sound

  • Patrick Nunn — Sound Supervisor

BBC Children in Need

1990s; 2004–2023 — Annual BBC appeal

BBC Children in Need

Lighting and production

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator (1990s); Moving Light Programmer (2004–2023)
  • Martin Kisner — Lighting Director (1990s; selected editions)
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director (later editions)
  • Rob Bradley — Generics Board Operator
  • Daryl Bidewell — Vision Control / Racks
  • Ian “Biffer” Reith — Hippotizer Media Server Programmer

Production & Direction

  • John L. Spencer — Director (edition years to be confirmed)

The King's Coronation - Light Up The Nation

2023 — Blackpool

Production: BBC One

Venues: Blackpool

  • BBC One
  • 2023 - Blackpool
  • Lighting Designer and Blackpool Lighting Director for overall LD Nigel Catmur
Blackpool illuminated for The King's Coronation - Light Up The Nation
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director
  • Mark Ninnim — Board Op
  • Michael Wright — Gaffer

The Overlap on Tour

2023 — Wembley Arena

Production: Sky

Venues: Wembley Arena

  • Sky
  • 2023 - Wembley Arena
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal
The Overlap on Tour at Wembley
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Mock the Week

2015–2022 — Series 14–21

Production: Angst Productions for BBC Two

Venues: ITV Studios; BBC Television Centre; Elstree Studio D

Presenter: Dara Ó Briain

  • Angst Productions for BBC Two
  • Series 14-21 - 2015-2022
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Mock the Week studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director
  • David Francis — Moving Lights Operator
  • Jerry Kelleher — Console Operator
  • Russ Grubiak — Moving Light Console Op

Production & Direction

  • Antonia Wise-Stewart — Production Manager
  • Chris Young — Producer
  • Dan Patterson — Series Producer
  • Ewan Phillips — Producer
  • Fiona Frankland — Line Producer
  • Geraldine Dowd — Director
  • Jed Leventhall — Executive Producer

Design & Set

  • Jonathan Paul Green — Production Designer
  • Norah Marshall — Art Director

Sound

  • Russ Smithson — Sound Supervisor

A League of Their Own

2022 — Series 17

Production: CPL Productions

Venues: Elstree Studios, George Lucas Stage

  • CPL Productions
  • Series 17 - 2022 - Elstree Studios
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Rigby
A League of Their Own
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Chris Rigby — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Graham Norton Shows

2019–2022 — Selected music performances and specials

Production: So Television

  • So Television
  • Selected music performances and specials - 2019-2022
  • Lighting Design & LD — Deputising for Chris Rigby
Graham Norton Shows
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director; Lighting Designer; Lighting Director; Moving Light Programmer
  • Chris Rigby — Series Lighting Director
  • Daryl Bidewell — Vision Controller

Production & Direction

  • Graham Stuart — Executive Producer
  • Jon Magnusson — Series Producer
  • Pete Snell — Producer
  • Catherine Strauss — Line Producer
  • Toby Baker — Director

Design & Set

  • Chris Webster — Production Designer

Camera

  • Cameron Whitlie — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Rob Ashard — Sound Supervisor

Lightning

2020–2021 — Series 1–2

Production: Fizz / RDF Television

Venues: BBC Belfast, Blackstaff Studios

  • Fizz and RDF Television for BBC Two
  • Series 1 and 2 - 2020-2021 - BBC Blackstaff Studios
  • Lighting Designer and Series Lighting Director
Lightning studio set with blue laser lighting
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Chris Jones — Executive Producer
  • Clare Blankley — Production Manager
  • Emily Walton — Production Executive
  • John Adams — Director
  • John Daly — Series Producer
  • Neale Simpson — Executive Producer

The Big Narstie Show

2021 — Selected production credit

Production: Expectation Entertainment

Venues: Television Centre Studio 1

  • Expectation Entertainment
  • 2021 - Television Centre Studio 1
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal
The Big Narstie Show studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance

1993–1999 — Royal Albert Hall, London (recalled working period)

BBC Television / Royal British Legion

  • Peter Greenyer — Lighting Director (earlier editions); Will Charles — Generics Console Operator (1993–1999); Nigel Catmur — Follow Spot Operator (1993); Bernie Davis — Lighting Director (later edition); Nigel Catmur — Console Operator for Bernie Davis (2000)
Poppies falling at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, Royal Albert Hall, 2015
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Peter Greenyer — Lighting Director — earlier editions, including 1993 and 1995
  • Will Charles — Generics Console Operator — 1993–1999 (recalled period)
  • Nigel Catmur — Follow Spot Operator — 1993
  • Bernie Davis — Lighting Director — later edition (year unconfirmed)
  • Nigel Catmur — Console Operator for Bernie Davis — 2000

Memorial and Tribute to Yitzhak Rabin

12 November 1995 — Royal Albert Hall, London

Memorial and tribute meeting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director

Purcell Tercentenary Concert

21 November 1995 — Westminster Abbey, London

Broadcast: BBC Two and BBC Radio 3 — live

Occasion: 300th anniversary of the death of Henry Purcell

  • Lighting Director — Peter Greenyer (credit supplied from Will Charles’s recollection)
  • Generics Board Operator — Will Charles
  • Conductors — Martin Neary and Sir Andrew Davis
Westminster Abbey illuminated during the 1995 Purcell Tercentenary Concert
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Peter Greenyer — Lighting Director (recollection; not independently verified for this concert)
  • Will Charles — Generics Board Operator (recollection)

Music & Presentation

  • Martin Neary — Conductor
  • Sir Andrew Davis — Conductor
  • Nicholas Kenyon — Presenter

Performers

  • Choir of Westminster Abbey
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  • New London Consort
  • Nash Ensemble
  • Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, David Wilson-Johnson and Robin Leggate — soloists

Sources: BBC Radio 3 Autumn 1995 programme; contemporary Radio Times listing reproduced by the Archive of Recorded Church Music. Technical lighting credits supplied by Will Charles.

Love Triangle

2021 — Pilot

Production: Naked Television

Venues: Pinewood Studios, TV One

  • Naked Television
  • 2021 pilot - Pinewood Studios, TV One
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Love Triangle studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD
  • Martin Higgins — Moving Light Programmer
  • Pete Dale — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Tom O’Brien — Executive Producer
  • Anna Meadows — Executive Producer
  • Nykki Parker — Series Producer
  • Mark McQueen — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Paul Houston — Production Designer

French and Saunders: Funny Women

2021 — Selected production credit

Production: Double Yellow Television

Venues: Kennington Film Studio A

Presenter: Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders

  • Double Yellow Television
  • 2021 - Kennington Film Studio A
  • Lighting Design and LD
French and Saunders: Funny Women
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design and LD

Production & Direction

  • Glen Middleham — Executive Producer
  • Barbara Wiltshire — Director
  • Liz Hughes — Producer
  • Helen Nightingale — Producer
  • Abigail Wilson — Producer
  • Peter Laskey — Production Manager

Britain's Got Talent: The Champions and Christmas Spectacular

2019; 2020 — Selected production credit

Production: Thames for ITV

Venues: Wembley

  • Thames for ITV
  • The Champions: 2019 - Wembley Arena
  • Christmas Spectacular: 2020
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Dave Davey on both productions
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions and Christmas Spectacular
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Dave Davey — Lighting Designer / Series Lighting Director
  • Alex Mildenhall — Moving Light Programmer
  • John Ford — Generics Programmer
  • Russ Grubiak — Media Server Programmer

Production & Direction

  • Charlie Irwin — Executive Producer — The Champions / Christmas Spectacular
  • Dawn Gray — Line Producer — The Champions / Christmas Spectacular
  • Dean Jones — Director of Production — The Champions
  • Nikki Parsons — Studio Director — The Champions

Design & Set

  • Peter Bingemann — Production Designer — The Champions
  • Maddie Flint — Art Director — The Champions

Jeremy Clarkson on TV

2020 — Selected production credit

Production: Expectation Entertainment

  • Expectation Entertainment
  • 2020
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal
Jeremy Clarkson on TV
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Family Fortunes

2020 — Selected production credit

Production: Thames for ITV

Venues: Maidstone Studios

  • Thames for ITV
  • 2020 - Maidstone Studios
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Roger Williams
Family Fortunes studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Roger Williams — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Frankie Boyle's 2020 New World Order

2020 — Selected production credit

Production: Zeppotron

Venues: Pinewood Studios

  • Zeppotron
  • 2020 - Pinewood Studios
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Britain's Got Talent Judges' Audition Tours

2017–2020 — Judges' Audition Tours

Production: Thames for ITV

Venues: UK theatre tour

  • Thames for ITV
  • 2017-2020 - UK theatre tour
  • Lighting Director in 2017; Lighting Designer and Lighting Director, 2018-2020
Britain's Got Talent judges' auditions
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Nick Hanson — Board Op

Production & Direction

  • Amelia Brown — Executive Producer
  • Nigel Hall — Executive Producer
  • Charlie Irwin — Executive Producer
  • Lee McNicholas — Executive Producer
  • Diccon Ramsay — Director

Britain's Got More Talent Live Finals

2014–2019 — Live Finals shows

Production: Thames Television / Syco for ITV2

Venues: Fountain Studios; Hammersmith Apollo

Presenter: Stephen Mulhern

  • Thames Television and Syco for ITV2
  • Annual live finals shows, 2014-2019
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Britain's Got More Talent live studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Console Op
  • Marc Nicholson — Console Op
  • Jed Murphy — Gaffer
  • Liam Quinn — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Richard Holloway — Executive Producer
  • Amelia Brown — Executive Producer
  • Tim Dean — Executive Producer / Series Producer
  • Nigel Hall — Executive Producer – Syco Entertainment
  • Lee McNicholas — Executive Producer – Syco Entertainment
  • Dean Jones — Director of Production
  • Charlene Farrell — Production Manager
  • Toby Baker — Director

Design & Set

  • Joshua Grace — Production Designer

Camera

  • Pravin Shetty — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Rick Simon — Sound Supervisor

Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special — Newcastle

2017 — Live TX 5

Production: Blast! Films

Venues: Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter

Presenter: Steve Jones; Professor Noel Fitzpatrick; Kate Quilton

  • Blast Films
  • Live TX 5 - 11 August 2017 - Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter
  • Lighting Design and LD
Animal Rescue Live at Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter in 2017
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Gareth Crockford — Lighting Gaffer
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator

Production & Direction

  • Ed Coulthard — Executive Producer
  • Claire Bosworth — Managing Director
  • Johnni Javier — Head of Production
  • Dermot Caulfield — Series Editor
  • Andy Charles Smith — Series Producer
  • Jeanette Goulbourn — Series Director
  • Dan Blight — Live Producer
  • Jayne Hancock — Live Producer

Design & Set

  • Sally Lock — Production Designer

Camera

  • Matt Ingham — Camera Supervisor / Jib Operator
  • Daryl Bidewell — Vision Engineer
  • Neil Broadhead — Vision Engineer

Sound

  • Tony Williams — Sound Supervisor

Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special — Raystede

2019 — Five-day live event

Production: Blast! Films for Channel 4

Venues: Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare, Lewes, East Sussex

Presenter: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick; Steve Jones; Kate Quilton

  • Blast! Films for Channel 4
  • 2019 - Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare, Lewes, East Sussex
  • Lighting Design and LD
Animal Rescue Live at Raystede in 2019
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • Gareth Crockford — Gaffer
  • PRG (Caroline Kelly) — Lighting Equipment Supply

Production & Direction

  • Richard Park — Series Producer
  • Ed Coulthard — Executive Producer
  • Dermot Caulfield — Executive Producer
  • Clare Miller — Series Editor
  • Jeanette Mulliner — Line Producer
  • Jeanette Goulbourn — Director
  • Dan Smith — Unit Manager

Design & Set

  • Sarah Milton — Production Designer

Camera

  • Matt Ingham — Camera Supervisor
  • Daryl Bidewell — Vision Engineer
  • Neil Broadhead — Vision Engineer

The Surjury

2019 — Series 1

Production: Gobstopper TV

Venues: Dock10, MediaCityUK, Salford – Studio HQ2

Presenter: Caroline Flack

  • Gobstopper TV
  • 2019 - dock10, Salford
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
The Surjury studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Nick Hansen — Moving Lights Operator
  • Stephen Welsh — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Becky Cadman — Executive Producer
  • Ross McCarthy — Executive Producer
  • Sharyn Mills — Executive Producer
  • John Adams — Director

Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now

2018 — Selected production credit

Production: Netflix

Venues: Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith

  • Netflix
  • 2018 - Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Kempton
Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Chris Kempton — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

The Old Grey Whistle Test Live: For One Night Only

2018 — Live special

Production: BBC

Venues: Studio 1, Television Centre

Presenter: Bob Harris

  • BBC
  • 2018 - Television Centre Studio 1
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
The Old Grey Whistle Test Live studio performance
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Rachel Donaldson — Console Operator

Production & Direction

  • Adam Wydrzynski — Studio Producer
  • Caroline Wright — Executive Producer
  • Emma Lawrence — Production Manager
  • Julia Knowles — Director
  • Lucy Kenwright — Producer
  • Paul Williams — Production Executive

Design & Set

  • Simon Kimmel — Set Designer

Sound

  • Richard Sillitto — Sound Supervisor

Car SOS Live

2018 — Selected production credit

Production: Renegade Pictures

Venues: Inside the British Motor Museum, Gaydon

  • Renegade Pictures
  • 2018 - British Motor Museum, Gaydon
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Car SOS Live
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Alan Hayling — Executive Producer
  • Stephen Taylor-Woodrow — Series Producer
  • Ed Nissen — Director of Production
  • Diccon Ramsey — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Adrian Gee — Production Designer

Camera

  • Vinnie Doyle — Camera Supervisor

BBC Proms in the Park

2018 — Glasgow

Production: BBC

Venues: Glasgow Green

  • BBC
  • 2018 - Glasgow Green
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Nigel Catmur
BBC Proms in the Park at Glasgow Green
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Bill Peachment — Moving Light Operator
  • Nigel Catmur — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2018 — ITV Creative promotional shoot

Production: ITV Creative

Venues: ExCeL, Royal Victoria Dock, London

  • ITV Creative
  • 2018 promotional shoot - ExCeL London
  • Lighting Director for series LD Dave Davey
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire shoot
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Dave Davey — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director
  • David Smith — Gaffer
  • Marc Henry — Set Lighting Gaffer
  • Will Plenty — Hippo Tech

Top Gear and Extra Gear

2017–2018 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC Studios

Venues: Dunsfold Aerodrome

  • BBC Studios
  • 2017-2018 - Dunsfold Aerodrome
  • Moving Light Programmer and Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal
Top Gear studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director; Moving Light Programmer
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

The Kaneing Live

2017 — Facebook Live comedy panel show

Venue: Facebook Headquarters, King's Cross, London

Guest: Katherine Ryan

  • Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles
  • Director — Jeanette Goulbourn
The Kaneing Live set, photograph by Will Charles
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Jeanette Goulbourn — Director

Weakest Link Special for Children in Need

2017 — Children in Need Special

Production: BBC

Venues: BBC Elstree Film & TV Studios – Studio 8

Presenter: Anne Robinson

  • BBC
  • 2017 Children in Need special - BBC Elstree Studio 8
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Weakest Link Special for Children in Need studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Gemma O’Sullivan — Generic Lights Operator
  • Oliver Lifely — Moving Lights Operator
  • Neil Wallace — Lighting Gaffer – StudioWorks
  • Stuart Humphrey — Lighting Gaffer – StudioWorks

Production & Direction

  • Jo Street — Commissioning Editor – Entertainment, Daytime & Early Peak
  • Guy Freeman — Editor, Special Events and Formats
  • Kate Middleditch — Executive Producer
  • Ruth Joseph — Executive Producer – Goodbye TV
  • David Young — Executive Producer – Goodbye TV
  • Mike Maclaine — Series Producer
  • Stan Matthews — Production Executive
  • Ben Polya — Producer
  • Hannah Thomas — Line Producer
  • Mick Thomas — Director

Design & Set

  • Patrick Doherty — Set Designer

Camera

  • Matt Ingham — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Pat Nunn — Sound Supervisor

5 Gold Rings

2017 — Series 2

Production: ITV Studios

Venues: BBC Elstree Studio D

Presenter: Phillip Schofield

  • ITV Studios
  • Series 2 - 2017 - BBC Elstree Studio D
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal
5 Gold Rings studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Soccer AM

2017 — Selected production credit

Production: Sky Sports

Venues: Sky Studios

  • Sky Sports
  • 2017 - Sky Studios
  • Deputising Lighting Director and Moving Light Programmer for Malcolm Reed
Soccer AM studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director; Moving Light Programmer
  • Malcolm Reed — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

LouiseLIVE

2016 — Live DVD recording

Production: Oyster Productions

Venue: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

  • Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles
LouiseLIVE lighting design visualisation
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Martin Higgins — Board Operator

Production & Direction

  • Brian Klein — Producer / Director
  • Oyster Productions — Production company

The Question Jury

2016–2017 — Series 1–2 and American pilot

Production: Monkey Kingdom

Venues: The Pie Factory, MediaCity; Elstree Studios

  • Monkey Kingdom
  • Series 1 and 2 and US pilot - 2016-2017
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
The Question Jury set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Ollie Brack — Executive Producer
  • Julie Kelling — Series Producer
  • Kylie McCarroll — Studio Producer
  • Dave Skinner — Director

Design & Set

  • Jonathan Paul Green — Set Designer

Camera

  • Lincoln Abraham — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Will Shapland — Sound Supervisor

Big Star's Little Star

2015–2017 — Series 3–4 and later cover

Production: 12 Yard Productions for ITV

Venues: Fountain Studios; Pinewood Studios

  • 12 Yard Productions for ITV
  • Series 3 and 4 and later cover - 2015-2017
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal
Big Star's Little Star
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother

2014–2017 — Live shows and finals

Production: Initial / Endemol

Venues: Elstree Studios

  • Initial and Endemol
  • Live shows and finals - 2014-2017 - Elstree Studios
  • Moving Light Programmer in 2014; Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal in 2016-2017
Big Brother studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director; Moving Light Programmer
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

I Don’t Like Mondays

2017 — Series production

Production: Alaska TV for Channel 4

Presenter: Alan Carr and Sarah Millican

  • Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Rigby
I Don’t Like Mondays milk floats
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Chris Rigby — Series Lighting Director
  • Jerry Kelleher — Console Operator
  • Svend Pedersen — Moving Lights Operator
  • Mark Turner — Sparks
  • Trevor Keys — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Andy Auerbach — Executive Producer
  • Dean Nabarro — Executive Producer
  • Chris Fouracre — Executive Producer
  • Pete Pitwood — Series Producer
  • Toby Baker — Studio Director
  • Dawn Webster — Production Executive
  • Danielle Appleton — Production Manager
  • Dave Allen — Floor Manager
  • Adrian Walsh — Assistant Floor Manager (AFM)
  • Kaye Palmer — Assistant Floor Manager (AFM)

Design & Set

  • Andrew Gates — Production Designer
  • Sophie Irish — Set Art Director

Camera

  • Ahmet Bekir — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Kevin Paice — Sound Supervisor

Gallery

  • Simon Sanders — Vision Mixer

Radio 2 in Concert

2015–2016 — Paul Weller; Sam Smith; Seal; A-ha

Production: BBC Music / BBC Radio 2

Venues: BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, London

  • BBC Music and BBC Radio 2
  • Paul Weller, Sam Smith, Seal and A-ha - 2015-2016
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Paul Weller performing for Radio 2 in Concert
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Jon McMullan — Set and Lights

Production & Direction

  • Mark Cooper — Head of Music TV
  • Alison Howe — Executive Producer
  • Stephania Minici — Production Executive
  • Rebecca Hutchinson — Production Manager
  • Janet Fraser Crook — Director
  • Mel Carter — Floor Manager

Design & Set

  • Jon McMullan — Set and Lights

Camera

  • Rob Sargent — Camera Supervisor

Newsnight OB Specials

2015; 2016 — Four BBC Two outside-broadcast specials

Production: BBC; BBC Two

Venues: Nuneaton, Warwickshire; Festival Pavilion, Festival Square, Albert Square, Manchester; Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden, Flintshire; St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire

Presenter: Laura Kuenssberg; Kirsty Wark

  • Labour Leadership Hustings — Nuneaton — 17 June 2015
  • Manchester International Festival — Festival Pavilion, Albert Square — 10 July 2015
  • EU Referendum Debate — Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden — 22 February 2016
  • EU / Brexit Special: What Would Brexit Mean For Immigration? — St Botolph’s Church, Boston — 10 May 2016
  • Lighting Design and Lighting Director
Newsnight OB Specials production in Manchester
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design and Lighting Director — Nuneaton
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Op — Nuneaton
  • Mark Newal — Gaffer — Nuneaton
  • Will Charles — Lighting Design, Lighting Director and Console Operator — Manchester International Festival
  • Mat Chalk — Gaffer — Manchester International Festival
  • Will Charles — Lighting Design and Lighting Director — EU Referendum Debate, Gladstone’s Library
  • Will Charles — Lighting Design and Lighting Director — Boston
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Op — Boston

Production & Direction

  • Marc Williams — Producer — Nuneaton
  • Carly Wallis — Production Manager — Nuneaton
  • James Waddell — Director — Manchester International Festival
  • Poppy Sebag-Montefiore — Producer — Manchester International Festival
  • Zach Brown — Producer — Manchester International Festival
  • Matthew Thompson — Producer — Manchester International Festival
  • Ben Monro-Davies — Series Producer — EU Referendum Debate, Gladstone’s Library
  • Sarah Reddi — Production Manager — EU Referendum Debate, Gladstone’s Library
  • Neil Breakwell — Producer — Boston
  • Carly Wallis — Production Manager — Boston

Live at the Trattoria

2016 — Selected production credit

Production: Hungry Bear Media

Venues: Fountain Studios

  • Hungry Bear Media
  • 2016 - Fountain Studios
  • Moving Light Programmer for Gurdip Mahal
Live at the Trattoria
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Moving Light Programmer
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

A Question of Sport

2014–2016 — Recurring deputising engagements

Production: BBC

Venues: dock10, Salford

  • BBC
  • Recurring engagements, 2014-2016 - dock10, Salford
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Roger Williams
A Question of Sport studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Roger Williams — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Harry Hill’s Tea Time

2016 — Series 1, show 5

Production: Sky

Venues: Sky Studios, Isleworth

Presenter: Harry Hill

  • Sky
  • 2016 - Series 1
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Martin Kempton
Harry Hill’s Tea Time
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director for Martin Kempton
  • Stephen Emmett — Console Operator
  • Ian Reith — Moving Lights Operator

Production & Direction

  • Murray Boland — Executive Producer
  • Danielle Lux — Executive Producer
  • Mob Dar — Executive Producer
  • Russell Balkind — Series Producer
  • Alan Thorpe — Producer
  • Geraldine Dowd — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Harry Banks — Set Designer

Camera

  • Dave Box — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Kevin Amos — Sound Supervisor

Hair

2014–2015 — Series 1 & 2

Production: BBC Television

Venues: Series 2 locations included L’Oreal Academy, Porchester Hall / The Candlelight Club, Cuckoo Club and London Dungeon

Presenter: Katherine Ryan (Series 2)

  • BBC Television
  • Series 1 & 2 - 2014–2015
  • Lighting Design & LD
Hair television production
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD
  • Joe Sherno — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Clare Sillery — Executive Producer
  • Aysha Rafaele — Executive Producer
  • Ceri Jones — Series Producer / Series Editor
  • James Morgan — Series Director
  • Sharon Tucker — Senior Producer
  • Victoria Howarth — Producer
  • Nick Wilkinson — Producer
  • Lulu Valentine — Producer
  • Lucie Rose — Producer
  • Emily Kent — Hair Producer
  • Max Brunold — Production Manager
  • Matt Bright — Floor Manager

Design & Set

  • Owen Gundry — Production Designer

Camera

  • Jeremy Hewson — Director of Photography

Sound

  • Richard Meredith — Sound Supervisor

The Before the Morning After Show

2015 — Selected production credit

Production: Brown Eyed Boy / NBC Universal

Venues: The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh

  • Brown Eyed Boy / NBC Universal
  • 2015 - The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh
  • Lighting Design & LD
The Before the Morning After Show
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD

Production & Direction

  • Gary Reich — Executive Producer
  • Gina Lyons — Producer
  • Jeanette Goulbourn — Director
  • Joan Cuffy — Production Manager
  • Sophie Vitai — Production Co-ordinator
  • Jady Darby — Floor Manager

Design & Set

  • Stephen Bryce — Production Designer

Camera

  • Mike Lee — Camera Supervisor
  • James Feasey — Guarantee Vision Engineer (Procam)
  • Nick Badham — Technical Manager (Procam)

Sound

  • Nick Way — Sound Supervisor (Procam)

BAFTA Children's Awards

2015 — Selected production credit

Production: BAFTA

Venues: Roundhouse, London

  • BAFTA
  • 2015 - Roundhouse, London
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Roger Williams
BAFTA Children's Awards
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director

TFI Friday

2015 — Selected production credit

Production: 2015

  • 2015
  • Deputising Lighting Director for Dave Davey
TFI Friday studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Dave Davey — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

The Totally Senseless Gameshow

2014 — Selected production credit

Production: Roughcut Television for BBC Three

Venues: Pinewood Studios TV1

Presenter: Martin Dougan

  • Roughcut Television for BBC Three
  • Recorded 2014 - Pinewood Studios TV1; broadcast BBC Three 2015
  • Lighting Design & LD
The Totally Senseless Gameshow studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD

Production & Direction

  • Ash Atalla — Executive Producer
  • Neil Calow — Executive Producer
  • Gina Lyons — Producer
  • James Lord — Director
  • Jeanette Goulbourn — Director
  • Lucy Miller — Production Manager

Design & Set

  • Rudi Thackray — Production Designer
  • Ros Cumberland — Art Director

Free Speech

2014 — Series 3

Production: Mentorn for BBC Three

Venues: Birmingham; Broadwater Farm, Tottenham; Winchester; Nottingham

Presenter: Rick Edwards

  • Mentorn for BBC Three
  • Series 3 - 2014
  • Series Lighting Design & LD
  • Travelling live OB series — Birmingham; Broadwater Farm, Tottenham; Winchester; Nottingham
Free Speech studio production
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Series Lighting Design & LD
  • Joe Sherno — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Mark Roberts — Creative Director
  • Hayley Valentine — Director of Current Affairs
  • Brendan Miller — Series Producer
  • Rob Hopkin — Director
  • Julie Scott — Production Manager
  • Gary Burns — OB Unit Manager
  • Bronwen Murphy — Floor Manager
  • Cloudbass — OB Facilities
  • Panalux Broadcast & Events — Lighting

Design & Set

  • Anthony Le — Designer
  • Andrew Gates — Set Designer

Camera

  • Ian Suggitt — Vision
  • Julian Haynes — Vision
  • Alison Jones — Vision Mixer

Sound

  • Dave Chamberlain — Sound Supervisor

The Crime Thriller Awards

2014 — 2014 awards production

Production: Cactus Television for ITV3 in association with the Crime Writers’ Association

Venues: Grosvenor House Hotel — Great Room / Ballroom, London

Presenter: Bradley Walsh

  • Friday 24 October 2014
  • Lighting Design & LD
The Crime Thriller Awards
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD
  • Mark Henry — Rigging Gaffer
  • Mark Steeds — Show Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Amanda Ross — Executive Producer
  • Geri Dowd — Director
  • Maureen MacPhee — Head of Production
  • Julian Meers — Production Manager

Design & Set

  • Sarah Milton — Set Designer

Sport Relief Does Glee Club

2014 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC Scotland for BBC One / CBBC

Venues: BBC Pacific Quay

  • BBC Scotland for BBC One and CBBC
  • 2014 - BBC Pacific Quay
  • Lighting Director
Sport Relief Does Glee Club judges' panel
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Moving Light Operator

Mary Beard: Oh Do Shut Up Dear

2014 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC Four

Venues: British Museum

  • BBC Four
  • 2014 - British Museum
  • Lighting Director
Mary Beard lecture at the British Museum
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director

Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts

2014 — Selected production credit

Production: Tuesday's Child for Channel 4

Venues: dock10 HQ1

  • Tuesday's Child for Channel 4
  • 2014 - dock10 HQ1
  • Generic Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon
Superstar Dogs studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Generic Board Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

The Million Pound Drop

2014 — Selected production credit

Production: Channel 4

  • Channel 4
  • 2014
  • Moving Light Operator
The Million Pound Drop studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Moving Light Operator

Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades

2013–2014 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC Four

Venues: The Hospital Club

  • BBC Four
  • 2013-2014 - The Hospital Club
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD
  • Oliver Lifely — Console Operator
  • Nigel Little — Gaffer
  • Terry Archer — Studio Electrician

Production & Direction

  • Pauline Law — Executive Producer
  • Allan Campbell — Series Producer
  • John Smith — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Simon Kimmel — Set Designer

Camera

  • Ian Trill — Vision Mixer
  • Steve Elliott — Vision Control
  • Nick Stitson — EVS Operator

Sound

  • Simon Wait — Sound Engineer

Goodness Gracious Me

2014 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC Two

Venues: Teddington Studios

  • 2000
  • Pebble Mill, Birmingham
  • Moving Light Programmer for LD Chris Kempton
Goodness Gracious Me cast
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Moving Light Operator
  • Chris Kempton — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

Design & Props

  • Bobby Warans — Props Buyer

Sing My Song

2013 — Series 1

Production: Star China / Starry Productions for CCTV-3

Venues: Shanghai and Jiaxing

  • Star China and Starry Productions for CCTV 3
  • Series 1 - 2013 - Shanghai and Jiaxing
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Consultant
Sing My Song stage lighting
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Consultant; Lighting Designer

Pokerface China

2013 — Selected production credit

Production: Fremantle Asia

  • Fremantle Asia
  • 2013 - Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Lighting Consultant for LD Roger Williams
Pokerface China stage in Hangzhou
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Consultant
  • Roger Williams — Lighting Director

That Puppet Game Show

2013 — Series 1

Production: BBC Entertainment / The Jim Henson Company

Venues: BBC Elstree Studio D

Presenter: Dougie Colon

  • BBC Entertainment in conjunction with The Jim Henson Company for BBC One
  • 2013 - BBC Elstree Studio D
  • Lighting Design and Direction
That Puppet Game Show set at BBC Elstree Studio D
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Andy Dobbs — Console Operator
  • Gemma O'Sulivan — Vision Control

Production & Direction

  • Derek McLean — Executive Producer
  • Brian Henson — Executive Producer
  • Martin Baker — Executive Producer
  • Andrew Nichols — Producer
  • Richard Valentine — Director

The Great Album Showdown with Danny Baker

2013 — Rock

Production: BBC Four

Venues: The Hospital Club, London

Presenter: Danny Baker

  • Lighting Design and Lighting Director
The Great Album Showdown with Danny Baker
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Console Operator

Production & Direction

  • Helen Terry — Executive Producer
  • Allan Campbell — Series Producer
  • John Smith — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Simon Kimmell — Studio Designer

Sound

  • Mike Regan — Sound Supervisor

Love Shaft

2012 — E4

Production: Lucky Day Productions (Zodiak Media)

Presenter: Will Best

  • E4 dating entertainment series
  • Production dates: 3–4 December 2011
Love Shaft studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director

Lighting Equipment Supply

  • Richard Martin Lighting — Additional lighting fixtures

Production & Direction

  • Damon Pattison — Executive Producer
  • Nikki Pinkus — Executive Producer
  • Mob Dar — Producer
  • Sharon Howat — Production Manager

Commissioning

  • Andrew Jackson — Deputy Head of Features, Channel 4
  • Kate Teckman — Features Commissioning Editor, Channel 4

Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

2012 — Series 2 — programme 4

Production: BBC General Factual

Venues: MC Motors, Dalston

Presenter: Dara O’Briain

  • BBC General Factual
  • 13 November 2012 — MC Motors, Dalston
  • Lighting Design and LD
Dara O’Briain’s Science Club at MC Motors
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Joe Sherno — Lighting Gaffer
  • Oliver Lifely — Console Operator

Production & Direction

  • Nigel Patterson — Series Editor
  • Andrew Cohen — Executive Producer
  • Kaye Godleman — Series Producer
  • Steve Smith — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Simon Kimmel — Designer

Camera

  • Joe Finan — Camera Supervisor / Jib Operator

Sound

  • Andy Payne — Sound Supervisor

X Factor China

2011–2012 — Selected production credit

Production: FremantleMedia Asia / Enlight Media

Venues: Beijing, China

Presenter: Da Zuo

  • FremantleMedia Asia production / format consultancy
  • Series 1 - 2011 - Beijing, China
  • Series 2 - 2012 - Beijing, China
  • Enlight Media for Liaoning Television
  • Consultant Lighting Director for FremantleMedia Asia - Will Charles
X Factor China stage in Beijing
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Consultant Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Sean Kneale — Executive Producer - FremantleMedia
  • Simon Withington — Travelling Consulting Producer - FremantleMedia
  • Paul O'Hanlon — Managing Director - FremantleMedia Asia
  • Enlight Media — Chinese Production Company
  • Liaoning Television — Broadcaster

2012 New Year Concert China

2011; 2012 — Selected production credit

Production: FremantleMedia Asia for Jiangsu TV

Venues: Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, China

  • FremantleMedia Asia for Jiangsu TV
  • 2011 - Shanghai and Nanjing recces; original Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai design
  • 2012 - Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, China
  • Lighting Consultant, Lighting Design & LD
  • Moving Light Programmer Tom Sutherland
Jiangsu TV New Year Concert at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Consultant / Lighting Design & LD
  • Tom Sutherland — Moving Light Programmer

Production & Direction

  • Paul O'Hanlon — FremantleMedia Asia
  • Yu Le — Managing Director - China, FremantleMedia Asia
  • Fotini Paraskakis — Director of Production - Asia, FremantleMedia Asia
  • Xiaosu Wu — Production Liaison - FremantleMedia Asia / Jiangsu TV
  • Jiangsu TV — Production / Broadcaster

X Factor Indonesia

2012; 2013 — Selected production credit

Production: FremantleMedia Asia / RCTI

Venues: Jakarta, Indonesia

Presenter: Robby Purba

  • FremantleMedia Asia / RCTI
  • 2012–2013 - Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Nine-day lighting consultancy and production Lighting Masterclass
  • Lighting Consultant - Will Charles
X Factor Indonesia stage in Jakarta
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Consultant

Production & Direction

  • Fabian Dharmawan — Executive Producer - RCTI
  • Glenn Sims — Creative Adviser - FremantleMedia
  • Virgita Ruchiman — Executive Producer - FremantleMedia Indonesia
  • Ken Irawati — Executive Producer - FremantleMedia Indonesia
  • Ella Kartika — Director of Production & Programming - RCTI
  • Paul O'Hanlon — FremantleMedia Asia
  • RCTI — Broadcaster / Production

Take Me Out China

2012 — Selected production credit

Production: Fremantle Asia

  • Fremantle Asia
  • 2012 - Changsha, Hunan, China
  • Lighting Consultant
Take Me Out China studio in Changsha
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Consultant

Take Me Out: The Gossip

2011–2012 — Selected production credit

Production: TalkbackThames / Thames for ITV2

Venues: The River Room, Millbank Tower, London

Presenter: Mark Wright and Zoe Hardman

  • TalkbackThames / Thames for ITV2
  • 2011–2012 - The River Room, Millbank Tower, London
  • Lighting Design & LD - Will Charles
  • First run only (December 2011 to April 2012)
Take Me Out: The Gossip at Millbank Tower
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD
  • Oliver Lifely — Console Operator
  • Neil Wallace — Gaffer
  • Ken Toply — Electrician

Production & Direction

  • Suzy Lamb — Senior Executive Producer
  • Mel Balac — Executive Producer
  • Meriel Beale — Series Editor
  • Dean Jones — Director of Production, Entertainment & Comedy
  • Karen Knowles — Production Manager
  • Mandy Lee — Line Manager
  • Tony Grech — Director
  • Ross Curran — Producer / Director
  • Ed Arriens — Edit / Story Producer
  • Sharon Tracey — Script Supervisor
  • Ahmet Bekir — Camera Supervisor
  • David Collier — Camera
  • Vinnie Doyle — Camera
  • Dan Studley — Technical Manager
  • Rowan Stevenson — VT Operator
  • Rod Wardell — Vision Mixer
  • Guy Smart — Floor Manager

Design & Set

  • Josh Grace — Set Designer
  • Catherine Land — Art Director

Sound

  • Simon Bishop — Sound Supervisor

The Weakest Link Original Series

2000-2012 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC Entertainment for BBC One and BBC Two

  • BBC Entertainment for BBC One and BBC Two
  • 2000-2012
  • Original Lighting Design and Lighting Director
The Weakest Link studio lighting
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Mark Kenyon — Pilot Lighting Director
  • Chris Kempton — Series 1 Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Series Lighting Design and LD
  • Andy Dobbs — Board Op
  • Oliver Lifely — Galaxy / Moving Lights Operator
  • Neil Wallace — Gaffer
  • Jim Murphy — Vision Control
  • Jan Reed — Vision Mixer

Production & Direction

  • David Young — Series 1 Executive Producer
  • Ruth Joseph — Series 1 Executive Producer
  • Alex McLeod — Executive Producer
  • Jayne Stanger — Executive Producer
  • Andrew Walmsley — Executive Producer
  • Phil Parsons — Series Producer
  • Lamees Nuseibeh — Series Producer
  • Nick Gunaydin — Series Producer
  • Richard Valentine — Series 1 Director
  • Ian Hamilton — Director
  • Mick Thomas — Director
  • Nick Harris — Director
  • Bridget Caldwell — Director
  • John Smith — Director

Design & Set

  • Patrick Doherty — Set Designer

Camera

  • Matt Ingham — Camera Supervisor
  • Phil Palmer — Camera Supervisor
  • Ken Newlands — Camera Supervisor

Citizen Khan

2012 — Episode 4

Production: BBC

Venues: MediaCityUK Studios, Salford HQ2

  • Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Kempton
Citizen Khan
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Chris Kempton — Lighting Director
  • John Gallagher — Console Operator
  • Matt Taylor — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Paul Schlesinger — Producer
  • Nick Wood — Director
  • Mark Freeland — Executive Producer
  • Claire Coldwell — Production Executive

Design & Set

  • Jonathan Paul Green — Designer

Camera

  • Tony Keene — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Nick Roast — Sound Supervisor

Katherine Jenkins Special

2012 — Studio entertainment special

Production: ITV Studios

Venues: The London Studios, Studio 1

Presenter: Katherine Jenkins

  • Deputising Lighting Director for Dave Davey
Katherine Jenkins Special
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Dave Davey — Lighting Director
  • John Ford — Console Operator
  • Russell Grubiak — Moving Lights Operator
  • Peter Manford — Lighting Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Sue Andrew — Executive Producer
  • Simon Staffurth — Director

Design & Set

  • Peter Bingemann — Production Designer
  • Katie Holden — Art Director

Camera

  • Phil Piotrowsky — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Kevin Duff — Sound Supervisor

Minute to Win It UK

2011 — Series

Production: Shine Ltd.

Venues: BBC Television Centre – TC6

Presenter: Darren McMullen

  • Shine
  • 2011 - BBC Television Centre
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Minute to Win It studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Dave Bishop — Moving Lights
  • Dave Cameron — Senior Production Electrician
  • Oliver Lifely — Console Operator
  • Dave Bishop — Moving Lights Operator

Production & Direction

  • John Adams — Games Producer
  • Lee Smithurst — Producer
  • Lisa Perrin — Creative Director
  • Mick Thomas — Director
  • Richard Greenwood — Series Producer

Design & Set

  • Simon Kimmel — Set Designer
  • Simon Kimmell — Set Designer

Camera

  • Chris Chatfield — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Andy Tapley — Sound Supervisor

Children in Need Rocks Scotland

2010 — SECC Glasgow, BBC One

Children in Need Rocks Scotland

Lighting and production

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Moving Light Programmer
  • Richard Jarret — Generics Board Operator
  • Gareth Crockford — Gaffer
  • Neil Wallace — Electrician
  • John Barrowman — Presenter
  • Jackie Bird — Presenter

Direction (unverified)

  • Richard Valentine — Director — provisional, awaiting confirmation

The Pope's Visit 2010 — Papal Mass from Westminster Cathedral

18 September 2010 — Live BBC Two and BBC HD

Production: BBC

Venue: Westminster Cathedral, London

  • Outside broadcast rehearsal: 17 September 2010
  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director for Bernie Davis
Papal Mass at Westminster Cathedral, 2010
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Bernie Davis — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Mark Gardiner — Lighting Crew Chief
  • Paul Tibbles — Lighting Crew Chief
  • Colin Jones — Lighting
  • Lawrence Robinson — Lighting
  • Saul Harris — Lighting
  • Shaun Burnett — Lighting
  • Paul Helm — Lighting

Production & Direction

  • John Kirby — Producer / Director
  • Jonathan Mayo — Producer
  • Neil Baldock — Pool Feed Director
  • Hugh Faupel — Executive Producer
  • Judith Sharp — Commentary Researcher
  • Heulwen Lewis — Production Manager
  • Catherine Broderick — Location Production Manager
  • Brenda Howcroft — Scanner Production Co-ordinator
  • Janine Ainley — Set-up Production Co-ordinator
  • Debbie Dubois — Production Executive
  • Karen Graham — Floor Manager
  • Francesca Hopkins — Runner
  • Tomasz Dunn — SIS Runner
  • Julie Heptonstall — BBC Events Liaison
  • Tommy Nagra — Head of TV, Religion & Ethics
  • Aaqil Ahmed — Commissioner / Head of Religion & Ethics

Camera & Vision

  • Vincent Spooner — Camera Supervisor
  • Dan Scala — Camera
  • Chris Martin — Camera
  • Andrew Parr — Camera
  • Bruce Miller — Camera
  • Geoff Kay — Camera
  • Christy Lee — Camera
  • Eric Metcalf — Camera
  • Wilf Welch — Camera
  • Richard Haywood — Camera
  • Simon Curtis — Camera
  • Peter Hill — Camera
  • Rhys Gibby — ACS SMARThead Remote Camera Technician
  • Carl Wilson — Jimmy Jib Operator
  • Chris McCullough — Jimmy Jib Assistant
  • Paul Mitchell — Vision Mixer
  • Graeme Carter — Vision Supervisor
  • Sean Kelly — Vision Engineer
  • David Griffiths — Vision Engineer
  • Giles Hiscock — Vision Engineer
  • Dave Roberts — Vision Engineer

Sound

  • Julian Gough — Sound Supervisor
  • Mike Bird — Sound Assistant
  • Jim Longmore — Sound Assistant
  • Paul Cutler — Sound Assistant
  • Mark Botfield — Sound Assistant
  • Joanne Salisbury — Sound Assistant
  • Judith Healey — Sound Assistant

Engineering & Facilities

  • Steve Dunn — Engineering Manager
  • Christopher Fells — VT Editor
  • Martin Harrison — VT Operator
  • Donna Richards — Aston Operator
  • Denis Nowlan — Latin Caption Adviser
  • Tom Cannon — Communications
  • Robert Walker — Communications
  • Neil Crowland — Communications
  • John Collins — Rigger Supervisor
  • Matthew Bailey — Rigger
  • Malcolm Dove — Rigger
  • Andrew Mathews — Rigger
  • Jason Collins — Rigger
  • David Fisher — Rigger
  • Peter Howarth — Rigger
  • Ian Green — Rigger
  • Bryan Graham — Rigger
  • Mark Gould — Mechanical Workshop
  • Sukhbinder Gill — Mechanical Workshop

Music

  • Robert Prizeman — Music Adviser

A Question of Genius

Pilot 2008 / Series 1 2009 / Series 2 2010 — BBC Two / BBC Scotland

Venue: Studio A, BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow

  • Non-TX pilot — 2 September 2008
  • Presented by Kirsty Wark
A Question of Genius Series 1 studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director — Pilot & Series 1
  • Oliver Lifely — Deputising Lighting Director — Series 2

Production & Direction — Pilot

  • Alan Tyler — Executive Producer
  • Jo Street — Series Editor
  • Ralph Spark — Director
  • Gillian McNeil — Producer
  • Fiona Lawrie — Production Manager
  • Anita Wilson — Production Manager

Studio Crew — Pilot

  • John Cammidge — Engineering Manager
  • Ken Newlands — Camera Supervisor
  • Alan Lawson — Sound Supervisor
  • Alistair Black — Vision Supervisor
  • Taryn Studzinski — Floor Manager
  • Simon Dick — Vision Mixer
  • Jonathan Green — Designer
  • John Smart — Studio Manager

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

2005 & 2010 — Windfall Films / Royal Institution

  • 2005: The Truth About Food — John Krebs — Channel Five
  • 2010: Size Matters — Mark Miodownik — BBC Four
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2010 Size Matters
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • Joe Sherno — Gaffer

2005 — The Truth About Food

  • John Krebs — Lecturer
  • Malcolm Clark — Executive Producer
  • Charlie Courtauld — Series Producer
  • David Coleman — Director
  • James Gordon — Demonstrations Producer
  • Jonathan Sanderson — Content Producer
  • Emma Bowden — Production Manager
  • Derek Brown — Set Designer

2010 — Size Matters

  • Mark Miodownik — Lecturer
  • David Dugan — Executive Producer
  • Dan Kendall — Series Producer
  • David Coleman — Director
  • Anna Evans-Freke — Producer
  • Sarah Holt — Production Manager
  • Michelle Cullen — Production Coordinator
  • Neil Wallace — Gaffer

Odd One In

2009–2011 — Pilot; Series 1–2

Production: Zeppotron for ITV1

Venues: BBC Elstree Studio D

  • Zeppotron for ITV1
  • Pilot and Series 1-2 - 2009-2011 - BBC Elstree Studio D
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Odd One In studio production
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Tom Sutherland — Moving Lights Operator
  • Shane Walsh — Senior Production Electrician

Production & Direction

  • Barbara Lee — Series Producer
  • Debra Blenkinsop — Head of Production
  • Jo Kay — Production Manager
  • Kevin Mundye — Producer
  • Neil Webster — Executive Producer
  • Peter Holmes — Executive Producer
  • Rachel Ayres — Production Co-ordinator
  • Steve Smith — Director
  • Kate Maddigan — Series Producer

Design & Set

  • Cath Pater-Lancucki — Designer

Camera

  • Joe Finan — Camera Supervisor / Jib Operator

Sound

  • Gary Clarke — Sound Supervisor

My Life in Books

2011–2012 — Series 1 & 2

Production: Series 1: BBC Scotland; Series 2: Shine Television for BBC

Venues: Series 1: MTV Studios, Camden; Series 2: The Hospital Studios, London

Presenter: Anne Robinson

  • Lighting Design & LD
  • Series 1 — 2011 — BBC Scotland — MTV Studios, Camden
  • Series 2 — 2012 — Shine Television for BBC — The Hospital Studios, London
My Life in Books studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD — Series 1 & 2
  • Piers Cox — Deputising Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Jo Street — Commissioning Editor — Series 1
  • Eileen Herlihy — Executive Producer — Series 1
  • Alexandra Henderson — Programme Consultant — Series 1
  • Zoe Tait — Series Producer — Series 1
  • Debbie Holley — Production Manager — Series 1
  • Gill Forbes — Production Co-ordinator — Series 1
  • Mick Thomas — Director — Series 1
  • Dave Brazier — Floor Manager — Series 1
  • Sam Dunlop — MTV Studio Manager — Series 1

Design & Set

  • Alex Craig — Set Designer — Series 1

Ghost Story and Crocodile

2010 — Sky Arts Playhouse Live

Production: Sky Arts

  • Sky Arts Playhouse Live
  • 2010
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Crocodile from Sky Arts Playhouse Live
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Dave Bishop — Console Operator — Ghost Story
  • Darren Lovell — Console Operator — Crocodile
  • Paul Bobbin — Gaffer — both plays

Production & Direction

  • Sandi Toksvig — Executive Producer
  • John Cassy — Executive Producer, Sky Arts
  • James Hunt — Executive Producer
  • Pip Broughton — Artistic Director
  • Laura Green — Production Executive, Sky Arts
  • Stuart McDonald — Studio Director — both plays
  • Mark Ravenhill — Writer & Director — Ghost Story
  • Frank McGuinness — Writer — Crocodile
  • Toby Frow — Director — Crocodile

Design & Set

  • Chloe Lamford — Designer — Ghost Story
  • Ben Stones — Designer — Crocodile

Camera / Vision

  • Ian Trill — Vision Mixer — both plays
  • Dave Griffiths — Vision Engineer — both plays

Cast — Ghost Story

  • Lesley Manville
  • Juliet Stevenson
  • Lyndsey Marshal

Cast — Crocodile

  • Corrina Silvester
  • Pippa Bennett-Warner
  • Sinéad Cusack

Frank Skinner's Opinionated

2010 — Show 2

Production: BBC

Venues: BBC Television Centre – TC3

Presenter: Frank Skinner

  • Avalon for BBC
  • Show 2 - 2010 - BBC Television Centre
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Frank Skinner's Opinionated studio production
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Andy Clark — Console Operator
  • Neil Broadhead — Lighting Vision Operator
  • Oliver Lifely — Moving Lights Operator

Production & Direction

  • Bluey Richards — Head of Production
  • Chris Iuffe — Line Producer
  • Chris Webster — Designer
  • Jon Thoday — Executive Producer
  • Nick Martin — Series Consultant
  • Paul McGettigan — Series Producer
  • Paul Wheeler — Director
  • Richard Allen-Turner — Executive Producer

Charlie Brooker: You Have Been Watching

2010 — RX2

Production: Two series - 2009-2010 - Riverside Studios

Venues: BBC Television Centre – TC6

Presenter: Charlie Brooker

  • Two series - 2009-2010 - Riverside Studios
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
You Have Been Watching studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Gemma O'Sullivan — Lighting Vision Supervisor
  • Oli Lifely — Moving Light Operator

Production & Direction

  • Andrew Westwell — Series Producer
  • Debra Blenkinsop — Head of Production
  • Fiona McDermott — Producer
  • Holly Sait — Production Manager
  • Richard Osman — Executive Producer
  • Richard Valentine — Director
  • Ruth Phillips — Executive Producer

Mark Watson Kicks Off

2010 — Studio comedy production

Production: BBC

Presenter: Mark Watson

  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Mark Watson Kicks Off
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Jerry Kelleher — Console Operator

Production & Direction

  • Gregor Cameron — Executive Producer
  • Gavin Claxton — Series Producer
  • Toby Baker — Director

Design & Set

  • Jonathan Paul Green — Production Designer

Camera

  • Cameron Whitley — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Jon Matthews — Sound Supervisor

Three Course Steal

2010 — Studio production

Production: Television production

Presenter: Nadia Sawalha

  • Lighting Director
Three Course Steal with Nadia Sawalha
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Lighting
  • Anthony Heeran — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Crispin Clover — Producer
  • Helena Taylor — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Chris Webster — Set Designer

Camera

  • Matt Ingham — Camera Supervisor / Jib

Sound

  • Pete Bridges — Sound Supervisor

World Cinema Awards

2010 — BBC Four awards programme

Production: BBC Four

Venues: BFI Southbank

Presenter: Jonathan Ross

  • Lighting Director
World Cinema Awards at BFI Southbank
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • David Bishop — Console Operator

Production & Direction

  • Andrea Miller — Executive Producer
  • Allan Campbell — Producer
  • David G Croft — OB Director

Design & Set

  • Simon Kimmell — Set Designer

Camera

  • Mike Adams — Camera Supervisor

Diversity

2010 — DVD production

Production: Television production

Venues: 3 Mills Studios, Stage 8

Presenter: Diversity

  • Lighting Director
Diversity performance at 3 Mills Studios
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Michelle Dane — Production Manager

Design & Set

  • Jonathan Paul Green — Set Designer

Camera

  • Paul Jarvis — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Joe Finan — Sound Supervisor

9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People

2009 — Nerdstock television special

Production: Green Bay Media

Venues: Hammersmith Apollo, London

Presenter: Robin Ince

  • Green Bay Media
  • Recorded 20 December 2009 — Hammersmith Apollo, London
  • Television special released in 2010
  • Lighting Design and LD
Brian Cox in 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Kaye Godleman — Producer
  • Ian Russell — Director

Pocket TV: Pitch Black - Friendly Fires

2009 — Selected production credit

Production: JA Digital for Sony Ericsson

Venues: Vinopolis

  • JA Digital for Sony Ericsson
  • 2009 - Vinopolis
  • Lighting Director
Friendly Fires performing for Pocket TV: Pitch Black
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director

The National Lottery: Jet Set

2001–2007 — BBC One

Production: BBC / BBC Scotland

Venues: BBC Television Centre — TC4; later BBC Scotland, Glasgow

  • Will Charles — Catalyst Media Server Programmer throughout the programme run
  • Mark Kenyon and Will Charles pioneered the use of digital media servers in television design on Jet Set.
The National Lottery Jet Set studio
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Visuals

  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Designer / Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Catalyst Media Server Programmer

Production & Direction

  • Phil Parsons — Executive Producer
  • Barrie Kelly — Series Producer
  • Michael Mannes — Producer
  • Paul Hardy — Producer
  • Suzy Lamb — Producer
  • John L. Spencer — Director

Presentation & Studio

  • Eamonn Holmes — Presenter
  • Simon Littler — Studio Manager

Live Earth

2007 — Wembley Stadium, London

Production: Live Earth / BBC television coverage

Venue: Wembley Stadium

  • 7 July 2007
  • Will Charles — Generics and PixelMad Programmer
  • Bands & Music
Live Earth Wembley Stadium 2007
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Patrick Woodroffe — Stage / Show Lighting Designer
  • Mark Kenyon — Television Lighting Designer / Lighting Director
  • Adam Bassett — Associate Lighting Designer
  • Will Charles — Generics and PixelMad Programmer
  • Nige Catmur — Moving Light Programmer
  • Rich Gorrod — Lighting Crew Chief
  • PRG London — Lighting Equipment Supply

Production & Direction

  • Jonathan Ross — BBC Television Presenter
  • Graham Norton — BBC Television Presenter
  • Edith Bowman — BBC Television Presenter
  • Richard Valentine — BBC Live Broadcast Director
  • Chris Saunders — Screen Producer

Video & Facilities

  • XL Video — Video screens, cameras and HD facilities

UKTV Car of the Year 2007

18 November 2007 — Dave

Venue: Maidstone Studios — Studio 5

  • Production dates: 17–18 November 2007
  • Lighting rig included 15 Skypans and Encapsulite strip lights positioned inside and underneath the cars.
UKTV Car of the Year 2007 studio on Dave
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • Neil Wallace — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Dan Whitehead — Producer
  • Aileen Gardner — Production Manager

Presentation

  • Andy Goldstein — Presenter
  • Jason Plato — Motoring Expert
  • Louise Brady — Motoring Expert

Castaway Exposed

2007 — BBC Three / Lion Television

Venue: MTV Studios, Camden — Studio A

  • London studio show for Castaway 2007
  • Presented by Richard Bacon
Castaway Exposed studio design render
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator

Production & Direction

  • Jeremy Mills — Executive Producer
  • Rob Bagshaw — Executive Producer
  • Mirella Breda — BBC Executive Producer
  • Sebastian Grant — Producer
  • Noleen Golding — Series Editor — BBC3 Daily
  • Ralph Spark — Studio Director

Design & Studio

  • Simon Kimmel — Set Designer
  • Ben Munday-Channing — Floor Manager
  • Simon Burke — Assistant Floor Manager
  • Richard Bacon — Presenter

Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

2005–2007 — Bravo

Venue: Maidstone Studios — Studio 2

Craig Charles on the Ripley’s Believe It or Not studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • Ian Penny — Board Operator

Presentation

  • Craig Charles — Presenter

The Album Chart Show at KOKO

Series 1–6 — 2006–2010 · 3DD Productions for Channel 4 · KOKO, Camden, London

Production: 3DD for Channel 4

  • 3DD for Channel 4
  • 2006-2009
  • Original Lighting Design and Lighting Director
The Album Chart Show at KOKO
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Original Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • David Bishop — Board / Console Operator
  • Pryderi Baskerville — Board / Console Operator
  • Oliver Lifely — Board / Console Operator
  • Nigel Catmur — Board / Console Operator
  • Tom Sutherland — Board / Console Operator
  • Russ Grubiak — Board Operator
  • Joe Sherno — Gaffer
  • Gareth Crockford - Crockers — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Andrew Higgie — Executive Producer
  • Dominic Saville — Executive Producer
  • Michelle Lanaway — Series Producer
  • Maggie Kelly — Producer / Series Producer
  • Richard Leyland — Co-Producer
  • Andy Matthews — Director
  • Adrian Pegg — Line Producer
  • Marisa Guagenti — Line Producer
  • Vicki Betihavas — Line Producer
  • Sonia Borges — Line Producer
  • Rob Lane — Assistant Producer
  • Jonny Gordon — Associate Producer
  • Fiona Davis — Script Supervisor
  • Maxine Creedy — Music Associate
  • Jess Eldridge — Music Consultant
  • Steve Wood — Production Manager

KOKO Camden

  • Larry Seymour — Venue Manager

Camera / Vision

  • Andy Watt — Camera Supervisor
  • Barrie Dodd — Camera Supervisor
  • Chris Chatfield — Camera Supervisor
  • Malcolm Whittle — Vision Supervisor
  • Luke Chantrell — Vision Supervisor / Vision Engineer
  • Gareth Wildman — Vision Engineer in Charge
  • Hugh Potter — Vision Engineer / Colourist
  • Tony Taylor — Vision Engineer / Colourist

Sound

  • Mark Ballard — Music Broadcast Mixer
  • Adam Brewer — Sound Supervisor / Comms
  • Tim Summerhayes — Music Broadcast Mixer
  • Neville Hooper — Sound Supervisor / Comms
  • David O'Carroll — Sound Mixer / Sound Supervisor-Comms

We Need Answers

2009–2010 — Series 1 & 2

Production: BBC Entertainment for BBC Four

Venue: Studio 1, Stephen Street Studios, London

Presenters: Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne

  • Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • 16 episodes across two series
We Need Answers studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Chris Kempton — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Console Operator
  • Mark Wright — Electrician

Production & Direction

  • Jo Sargent — Executive Producer
  • Simon London — Producer
  • Steve Smith — Series 1 Director
  • Nick Wood — Series 2 Director
  • Ian Locker — Production Manager
  • Guy Smart — Floor Manager
  • Richard Cole — Assistant Floor Manager (AFM)

Design & Set

  • Ravinder Takher — Production Designer
  • Ben Knox — Art Director

Camera

  • Jo Hodges — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Sharmi Naidoo — Sound Supervisor

Gallery

  • Hilary Briegel — Vision Mixer

Secret Fortune Pilot

2009 — Pilot

Production: Wild Rover for BBC

Venues: BBC Blackstaff, Belfast

Presenter: Nick Knowles

  • Lighting Director
Secret Fortune Pilot at BBC Blackstaff
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Lighting
  • Robert Beattie — Lighting
  • John Gallagher — Lighting

Production & Direction

  • Philip Morrow — Executive Producer
  • Alan Tyler — BBC Executive Producer
  • Lesley Hardstaff — Producer
  • Jonathan Bullen — Director

Design & Set

  • Patrick Doherty — Designer

Camera

  • Peter Jones — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • John Lunn — Sound Supervisor

What Do Kids Know?

2009 — RX 4

Production: Shine TV for BBC

Venues: BBC Television Centre, TC8

Presenter: Rufus Hound

  • Lighting Design and Lighting Director
What Do Kids Know? studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Gemma O’Sullivan — Lighting Vision Supervisor
  • Neil Broadhead — Lighting Vision Operator
  • David Bishop — Lighting Console Operator

Production & Direction

  • Leon Wilde — Executive Producer
  • Karen Smith — Executive Producer
  • Amanda Kean — Series Producer
  • Stuart McDonald — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Richard Drew — Set Designer

Camera

  • Dave Box — Camera Supervisor / Jib

Sound

  • Tony Revell — Sound Supervisor

I'd Do Anything

2008 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC - 2008

  • BBC - 2008
  • Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon
I'd Do Anything
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Board Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director

Lily Allen and Friends

2008 — RX show 7

Production: Princess Productions for BBC Three

Presenter: Lily Allen

  • Lighting Design and Lighting Director
Lily Allen and Friends
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Sebastian Scott — Executive Producer
  • Henrietta Conrad — Executive Producer
  • Dean Nabarro — Executive Producer
  • Tom Beck — Series Producer
  • Patrick Ruddy — Producer
  • Tim van Someren — Director

Design & Set

  • Cath Pater — Set Designer

Camera

  • Mike Callan — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Conrad Fletcher — Sound Supervisor

iTunes Festival

2008 — Television coverage

Production: Initial / Endemol for ITV

Venues: KOKO, Camden

Presenter: Peaches Geldof and Dave Berry

  • Lighting Director for Lighting Designer Gurdip Mahal
iTunes Festival
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Gurdip Mahal — Lighting Designer
  • Mike Sutcliffe — Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Lighting Director
  • Andy Sidall — Gaffer
  • Terry Archer — Gaffer / Lighting Technician

Production & Direction

  • Phil Mount — Executive Producer
  • Tammy Hoyle — Series Producer
  • Kate Amarnani — Producer
  • Dave Skinner — Series Director

Camera

  • Lincoln Abraham — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Ian Dyckhoff — Sound Supervisor
  • Conrad Fletcher — Sound Supervisor

Watchdog

2008 — Live studio programme

Production: BBC One

Venues: White City and The Hospital Studio

Presenter: Nicky Campbell and Julia Bradbury

  • Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Kempton
Watchdog
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Chris Kempton — Lighting Director
  • Simon Mott — Senior Production Electrician
  • Andrew Milner — Console Operator
  • Peter Ward — Electrician

Production & Direction

  • Lisa Ausden — Executive Producer
  • Joe Mather — Series Producer
  • Rob Unsworth — Editor
  • Brian Klein — Studio Director

Design & Set

  • Jonathan Taylor — Designer

Camera

  • Neil McLintock — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Jamie Dunn — Sound Supervisor

When Joseph Met Maria

2007 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC - 2007

  • BBC - 2007
  • Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon
When Joseph Met Maria
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Board Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director

Any Dream Will Do

2007 — Pilot

Production: BBC

Presenter: Graham Norton

  • BBC - 2007
  • Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon
Any Dream Will Do studio production
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Vision Supervisor
  • Dave Cameron — Senior Production Electrician
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Roger Williams — Moving Lights Operator

Animal Rescue Live at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

2007 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC One

Venue: Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

Presenters: Selina Scott & Matt Baker

  • BBC One
  • 2007 - Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
  • Lighting Director
Animal Rescue Live at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • Joe Sherno — Gaffer
  • Elstree Light & Power — Lighting Equipment Supplier

Production & Direction

  • Jo Street — Producer
  • Jane Ashford — Production Manager
  • Selina Scott — Presenter
  • Matt Baker — Presenter

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria

2006 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC - 2006

  • BBC - 2006
  • Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Board Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director

Codex at the British Museum

2006 — Selected production credit

Production: 2006

  • 2006
  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Codex at the British Museum
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • Joe Sherno — Gaffer
  • Guss Kidd-Stn. — LX
  • Miec Heggy Heggett — LX

Production & Direction

  • Roy Ackerman — Executive Producer
  • Justin Scroggie — Co-Deviser & Producer
  • David G. Croft — Director
  • David Bodycombe — Games Researcher
  • Val Campbell — Production Manager
  • Tony Robinson — Presenter

Series 1

  • Six programmes themed around Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, China, Egypt and Old England.
  • Recorded at the British Museum during April–October 2006.
  • First recording weekend — 29–30 April 2006.
  • Further recording blocks — 17 September, 30 September–1 October and 14–15 October 2006.
  • The lighting design extended throughout the Museum, with separate treatment for the Great Court, Reading Room, galleries and individual artefacts.
  • Cool LED sources were used wherever possible because of the sensitivity of the Museum environment.

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy - Series 2 and 3

2005 — Selected production credit

Production: Series 2 - BBC Three - 2005 - St Olave's School, Lambeth

  • Series 2 - BBC Three - 2005 - St Olave's School, Lambeth
  • Presented by Claudia Winkleman
  • Lighting Director for Series LD Mark Kenyon
  • Series 3 - Former GLC County Hall
  • Lighting Director for the BBC Three show
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Mark Kenyon — Series Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Claudia Winkleman — Presenter

Millionaire Manor

2005–2006 — Initial / Endemol for BBC One

Presenter: Mark Durden-Smith

Millionaire Manor production photograph

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer & Series Lighting Director
  • Joe Sherno — Gaffer
  • Andy Dobbs — Moving Light Board Operator
  • Oliver Lifely — Generics Board Operator

Production & Direction

  • Louise Rainbow — Executive Producer
  • Gill Fenwick — Production Executive
  • Nic McNeilis — Series Editor
  • Matt Walton — Series Producer
  • Vivienne Pheysey — Production Manager
  • Ralph Spark — Director
  • Jon Beazley — BBC Commissioning Editor
  • Mark Durden-Smith — Presenter
  • Alan Dedicoat — Lottery Announcer

Design

  • Patrick Doherty — Set Designer

Camera / Vision

  • Neil McLintock — Camera Supervisor

Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver – Live!

2005 — Live multi-location series

Production: Mentorn for Five

Route: John O'Groats → Glasgow Science Centre → St James’ Park, Newcastle → Manchester Quay Theatre → Coventry Car Museum → RAC Centre near Bristol → Eden Project, Cornwall → Land’s End

Presenters: Quentin Willson and Jenni Falconer

  • Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Two-week live multi-location production. The same television studio was transported around the UK, rebuilt at each location and transmitted live every other night.
Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver Live at John O'Groats
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Joe Sherno — Gaffer
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • Gus Kidd-Stanton — Electrician
  • Colin Goodacre — Generator Operator

Production & Direction

  • Ed Nissen — Head of Production
  • Rob Carey — Executive Producer
  • Rob Bagshaw — Live Executive Producer
  • Rachael Barnes — Series Editor
  • Dan Goldsack — Series Producer
  • Martin Fuller — Producer / Director
  • Ann Wilson — Biog Producer / Director
  • Andy Atkinson — Live Producer
  • Emma Bowden — Production Manager
  • Quentin Willson — Presenter
  • Jenni Falconer — Presenter

Scanner Gallery

  • Peter Demetrius — Director
  • Rob Rowse — Vision Mixer
  • Fiona Davis — PA

Shock Treatment

2004 — Warley Hospital, Brentwood, Essex

Production: Diverse for Sky One

  • Diverse for Sky One
  • Rehearsals 31 May–1 June 2004; recording 2 June–9 July 2004
  • Lighting Director — Will Charles
Shock Treatment television production
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • Andy Dobbs — Board Operator
  • Jo Sherno — Gaffer
  • Gus Kidd-Stanton — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Roy Ackerman — Executive Producer
  • Justin Scroggie — Producer
  • David G. Croft — Director
  • Adrian Pegg — Line Producer
  • Lissa Blomley — Assistant Producer
  • Paul Andrews — Illusions Supervisor
  • Maria Trevers — Production Assistant
  • Tim Riding — Production Co-ordinator
  • Allan Parsons — Unit Manager
  • James Bonnar — OB Manager (recce sheet)
  • Tiffany Lent — Runner
  • David Bodycombe — Games Researcher (previously supplied)

Design & Set

  • David Hitchcock — Production Designer
  • Les McCallum — Art Director
  • Michelle Barrett — Costume Designer

Camera

  • Keith Bradshaw — Camera Supervisor

Gallery & Vision

  • Julie Michel — Vision Mixer
  • Tom Aldcroft — Vision Supervisor

Sound

  • Andy Groves — Sound Supervisor

Floor & Other Departments

  • Tim Franklin — Floor Manager
  • Ken Maynard — Animal Handler
  • Tom Hannon — Health & Safety
  • Dr John Church — Clinical Psychologist

Inside Clyde

2003 — Recorded 1–5 and 8–12 December

Production: Talent TV

Venue: Bray Studios, Stage 1

Lighting Director: Will Charles

  • Rehearsals: 20 and 24–28 November 2003
  • The Professor — Tony Hawks; Clyde — Jim Campbell
Inside Clyde 2003 programme still
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director
  • Andy Dobbs — Board Op

Production & Direction

  • John Kaye Cooper — Executive Producer
  • Mark Robson — Producer
  • David G. Croft — Director
  • Adrian Pegg — Line Producer
  • Justin Scroggie — Games Producer
  • Lynda Beckett — Associate Producer
  • Paul Powell — Writer
  • David Bodycombe — Games Researcher
  • Sarah Rider — Researcher
  • Tim Riding — Production Co-ordinator
  • Tiffany Lent — Runner
  • James Bonnar — OB Unit Manager
  • Siobhan O’Donnell — Floor Manager

Design & Set

  • Dominic Tolfts — Production Designer
  • Tayyaba Irtizaali — Art Director
  • Rebecca Allen — Costume Designer
  • Sarah Burrows — Make Up Supervisor

Camera

  • Sam Morrison — Camera Supervisor
  • Peter Love — Vision Supervisor

Gallery

  • Trish Girot — Vision Mixer

Sound

  • Conrad Fletcher — Sound Supervisor

Post Production

  • Duncan Hill — Editor

Cast

  • Tony Hawks — The Professor
  • Jim Campbell — Clyde

Traitor

2003–2004 — Non-transmitted pilot and two BBC Two series

Production: BBC Entertainment

Venue: BBC Television Centre — Studio 6

Presenter: Tony Livesey

  • Original BBC camera script dated 20.08.03
  • Lighting Director — Mark Kenyon
  • Catalyst Media Server Programmer — Will Charles
  • BBC Two — both transmitted series (2004)
Traitor original monochrome figures image
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Visuals

  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Catalyst Media Server Programmer — Pilot and both BBC Two series

Production & Direction

  • Richard Hopkins — Creative Head
  • Martin Scott — Creative Head
  • Phil Parsons — Executive Producer
  • Jane Lush — Commissioning Executive
  • Fenia Vardanis — Commissioning Executive
  • Julian Smith — Director
  • Anne Throup — Production Manager
  • Lulu Haggerty — Script Supervisor

Design & Set

  • Dominic Tolfts — Production Designer
  • Tayyaba Irtizaali — Art Director
  • John Kelly — Design Supervisor

Studio & Engineering

  • Simon Littler — Studio Resource Manager
  • Andy Barn — Supervisory Studio Engineer
  • Mark Pateman — Senior Production Electrician

Olympics — BBC Grandstand Studios

1992 / 1996 / 2000

Barcelona 1992 · Atlanta 1996 · Sydney 2000

  • Will Charles — Lighting & Racks
  • BBC Grandstand presentation studios
BBC Grandstand Olympics studio
Crew & production credits

Barcelona 1992

  • Will Charles — Lighting & Racks
  • Dave Gibson — Lighting & Racks
  • Vince Price — Gaffer
  • Alan Hoey — Studio Engineer
  • Danny Popkin — Technical Development
  • Martin Hopkins — Executive Producer

Atlanta 1996

  • Will Charles — Lighting & Racks
  • Dave Gibson — Lighting & Racks
  • Alan Hoey — Studio Engineer
  • Martin Hopkins — Executive Producer

Sydney 2000

  • Will Charles — Lighting & Racks
  • Dave Gibson — Lighting & Racks
  • Roger Williams — Lighting & Racks
  • Alan Hoey — Studio Engineer
  • Martin Hopkins — Executive Producer

Parkinson

1998-2004 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC

  • BBC
  • 1998-2004 - BBC Television Centre Studio 6
  • Console Operator for Lighting Director Mark Kenyon
  • Director Stuart McDonald - Set Designer Simon Kimmell
Parkinson chat show studio production
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Console Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Stuart McDonald — Director

Design & Set

  • Simon Kimmell — Set Designer
  • Bobby Warans — Props Buyer

Didn't They Do Well

2004 — Shows 5–10

Production: BBC

Venues: BBC Television Centre – TC3

Presenter: Bruce Forsyth

  • BBC - Shows 5-10 - BBC Television Centre
  • Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon
Didn't They Do Well studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director
  • Bill Peachment — Moving Lights Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Designer / Principal Lighting Director

The Queen’s Golden Jubilee — Party at the Palace

2002 — Buckingham Palace

Elton John prerecord · Prom at the Palace · Party at the Palace

  • Board Operator / Generic Lights Programmer
The Queen's Golden Jubilee Party at the Palace
Crew & production credits

Elton John — Buckingham Palace prerecord

  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Board Operator

Prom at the Palace — 1 June 2002

  • Peter Maniura — Executive Producer
  • Ben Weston — Producer
  • Bob Coles — Director
  • Mark Fisher — Creative Consultant / Set Designer
  • Patrick Woodroffe — Executive Lighting Designer
  • Bernie Davis — Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Moving Lights Programmer
  • Will Charles — Generic Lights Programmer
  • Dave “The Bastard” Hill — Audience Lighting Programmer

Party at the Palace — 3 June 2002

  • Lorna Dickinson — Executive Producer
  • Nick Vaughan-Barratt — Executive Producer
  • Cerrie Frost — Producer
  • Geoff Posner — Director
  • Elizabeth Flowers — Production Manager
  • Mark Fisher — Production Designer
  • John McHugh — Art Director
  • Patrick Woodroffe — Executive Lighting Designer
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Moving Lights Programmer
  • Will Charles — Generic Lights Programmer
  • Dave “The Bastard” Hill — Audience Lighting Programmer

The Chair

2002 — BBC One

Production: Touchdown Television for BBC One

Venue: Pinewood Studios — Stage D

Presenter: John McEnroe

  • Broadcast 31 August – 9 November 2002
The Chair BBC One 2002 studio set, showing the red and blue lighting
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Board Operator

Production & Direction

  • Suzy Lamb — Producer
  • Jonathan Glazier — Director
  • John McEnroe — Presenter

The Bond BAFTA Tribute

2002 — Selected production credit

Production: BAFTA

  • BAFTA
  • 2002
  • BBC Television Centre Studio 1 (TC1)
  • Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon
The Bond BAFTA Tribute
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Board Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director

National Lottery Stars Shows

1994-2002 — Selected production credit

Production: 1994-2002

  • 1994-2002
  • Galaxy Operator and Lighting Director
National Lottery Stars Shows
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator and Lighting Director

Design & Props

  • Bobby Warans — Props Buyer

International Come Dancing

1996 — Bournemouth International Centre

Production: BBC Television / BBC One

Presenter: Rosemarie Ford

  • International Come Dancing specials, Bournemouth, 1996
  • Lighting Director — John King
  • Generics Board Operator — Will Charles
INTERNATIONALCOME DANCING1996BOURNEMOUTH
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • John King — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Generics Board Operator

Presentation

  • Rosemarie Ford — Presenter

Lighting credits from Will Charles’s firsthand recollection. Programme, venue and year identified from contemporary reporting; specific recording date to be confirmed.

The British Comedy Awards 2008

6 December 2008 — ITV1

Venue: The London Studios, South Bank

Production: Michael Hurll Television

Presenter: Angus Deayton

  • Lighting Designer and Lighting Director — Will Charles
  • Original 2008 production contact sheet supplied by Will Charles
British Comedy Awards 2008 awards stage, archival television still
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Dave Clements — TLS Lighting

Production & Direction

  • Michael Hurll — Executive Producer
  • Amanda Kean — Producer — ITV1
  • Ben Stevens — Producer — ITV2
  • Vijay Amarnani — Director of Production
  • Peter Pearson — Production Manager
  • Helen Cole — Production Co-ordinator
  • Gurjit Bilkhu — Production Co-ordinator
  • Keren Eliot — Event Manager
  • Jo Cole — Stage Manager
  • Rachel Evans — Production Secretary
  • Simon Rogers — Production Runner

Design & Set

  • Sandy Garfield — Art Designer
  • Bobby Warans — Props Buyer
  • Keith Moore — TLS Scenic Supervisor

Camera

  • Chris Chatfield — TLS Camera Supervisor — ITV1
  • Chris Owen — TLS Head of Cameras / ITV2 Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Jon Matthews — TLS Sound Supervisor — ITV1
  • Andy Wernham — TLS Sound Supervisor — ITV2

Vision & Screens

  • Shaun Moon — Head of Vision Engineering
  • Jeff Bailey — Blitzvision — Plasma Screens

Production Liaison

  • Edward Harvey — Head of Studio Client Liaison, TLS
  • Leanne Clarke — Client Co-ordinator

Children’s Royal Variety Performance

1994 — London Palladium

Production: BBC One

Presenter: Darren Day

  • Disney characters and musical performances
  • Generics Board Operator — Will Charles
CHILDREN’SROYAL VARIETY1994
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Bernie Davis — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Generics Board Operator
  • Andy Dobbs — Scans Operator

Production & Direction

  • Kevin Bishop — Producer
  • John L. Spencer — Television Director
  • Kim Gavin — Stage Director / Choreographer
  • Mickey Hutton — Writer
  • Darren Day — Presenter

Design & Set

  • Chris Webster — Set Designer

Royal Variety Performance — 1994

1994 — Dominion Theatre, London

BBC Television Entertainment for BBC One

  • Riverdance and Shirley Bassey
  • Will Charles — Generics Board Operator
  • Lighting Director — Peter Greenyer (provisional)
Royal Variety Performance stage
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Peter Greenyer — Lighting Director (provisional)
  • Will Charles — Generics Board Operator

Production & Direction

  • Kevin Bishop — Producer & Director
  • Kim Gavin — Stage Director & Choreographer
  • Richard Valentine — Production Manager

Music

  • Michael Reed — Musical Director & Supervisor

Presentation

  • Cilla Black — Compère

Royal Variety Performance — 2000

2000 — Dominion Theatre, London

BBC Television Entertainment

  • Kylie Minogue, Shirley Bassey, Lionel Richie and Westlife
  • Generics Board Operator — Will Charles
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Bernie Davis — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Generics Board Operator
  • Nigel Catmur — Scans Programmer / Operator
  • Richard Knight — Vari-Lite Programmer / Operator

Production & Direction

  • Kevin Bishop — Producer & Director
  • Kim Gavin — Stage Director & Choreographer
  • Anne Throup — Production Manager
  • Suzy Lamb — Assistant Producer
  • Brian Conley — Compère

Music

  • Michael Reed — Musical Director & Supervisor

Moon 30

20 July 1999 — Apollo 11 thirtieth-anniversary studio production

Production: RDF Television

Venue: Capital Studios, London

  • Original Lighting Design and Lighting Director — Will Charles
  • Micron lighting board hired for the production
  • Channel 4 and presenter Jon Snow: probable, not independently verified for this production
APOLLO 11 · 1969–1999MOON 3020 JULY 1999
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Original Lighting Design and Lighting Director (contemporary website and invoice)
  • Nigel Catmur — Console Operator (recollection)

Production & Direction

  • John L. Spencer — Director (recollection)
  • Jon Snow — Presenter (probable; unverified)
  • Buzz Aldrin — Studio guest (recalled by Nigel Catmur)

Contemporary evidence: Will Charles Lighting invoice 990043 dated 19 July 1999, specifying “Moon 30 Capital Studios 20/7/99” and RDF Television; original moon-30.html archive page. Broadcaster and broadcast title not yet verified.

The Eurovision Song Contest — Jerusalem 1999

Date to be added — Selected production credit

Production: Lighting Director Mark Kenyon

  • Lighting Director Mark Kenyon
  • Board Programmers Will Charles, Nigel Catmur and Andy Dobbs
  • TV Gaffer Joe Sherno
The Eurovision Song Contest stage in Jerusalem in 1999
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Board Programmer
  • Andy Dobbs — Board Programmer
  • Joe Sherno — TV Gaffer
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Board Programmer

The BRITs 1999

Date to be added — Selected production credit

Production: ITV

  • ITV
  • London Arena, Docklands
  • Generics Programmer for LDs Mark Kenyon and Dave Davey
  • Moving Lights Programmer Nigel Catmur
The BRITs 1999 at London Arena, Docklands
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Generics Programmer
  • Dave Davey — Lighting Director
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Moving Lights Programmer

Noel's House Party

1994-1999 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC Entertainment for BBC One

Venue: BBC Television Centre — TC4

Presenter: Noel Edmonds

  • BBC Entertainment for BBC One
  • 1994-1999
  • Galaxy Operator for LDs Eric Wallace and Mark Kenyon
Noel's House Party title
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Vision

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Eric Wallace — Lighting Director (earlier programmes)
  • Andy Dobbs — Racks / Vision Control
  • Jim Murphy — Racks / Vision Control

Gallery

  • Carol Abbott — Vision Mixer
  • Kathryn Randall — Vision Mixer

Camera

  • Nigel Saunders — Camera Supervisor

Production & Direction

  • Michael Leggo — Executive Producer
  • Jonathan Beazley — Producer
  • Guy Freeman — Director / Producer
  • Philip Kampff — Producer
  • Helen Tumbridge — Assistant Producer
  • Richard Valentine — Director
  • Penny Ewing — Director
  • Patrick Cowap — Director
  • Charlene Farrel — Assistant Floor Manager (AFM)

Design

  • Robert Steer — Production Designer
  • Bobby Warans — Props Buyer

Top of the Pops

BBC Television — BBC Elstree Studio C

1993–1997

  • 1993–1995 — Generic Board Operator — working for Lighting Designers & LDs Dave Davey, Mark Kenyon and Chris Kempton
  • 1995–1997 — Lighting Design & Lighting Director — during the Ric Blaxill production era, with Designer Simon Kimmel
  • Original BBC camera script confirms Will Charles as Lighting Director on the programme recorded 7 June 1995 and transmitted 8 June 1995.
Top of the Pops production team and studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Dave Davey — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Chris Kempton — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Dave Gibson — Galaxy Operator
  • Andy Dobbs — Scans / Vision Supervisor
  • Frances McCabe — Vision Supervisor
  • Andy Louca — Vision Supervisor
  • John Carberry — Senior Production Electrician

Selected Production & Direction

  • Ric Blaxill — Producer
  • Stan Appel — Director
  • Claire Winyard — Director
  • Simon Kimmel — Designer

Camera / Vision / Sound — 1995 archive

  • Dave Box — Camera Supervisor
  • Hilary West — Vision Mixer
  • Dave Chapman — Video Effects
  • Gary Clarke — Sound Supervisor
  • Andy Hewitt — Deputy Sound Supervisor

From the Archive

  • BBC camera script — recorded 7 June 1995 / transmitted 8 June 1995
  • Studio — BBC Elstree C
  • Producer — Ric Blaxill; Director — Claire Winyard; Designer — Simon Kimmel.
  • Will Charles credited as Lighting Director.
  • The slideshow includes photographs from Christmas Top of the Pops 1993 and the surviving 1995 camera-script cover.

Design & Props

  • Bobby Warans — Production Buyer

One Foot in the Grave

1998 — Selected production credit

Production: 1998

  • 1998
  • Galaxy Operator for LD Chris Kempton
One Foot in the Grave cast
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • Chris Kempton — Lighting Director

The Generation Game

1990-1994; 1995-1996 — Selected production credit

Production: Bruce Forsyth: 1990-1994 - Galaxy Operator for LD Graham Rimmington

  • Bruce Forsyth: 1990-1994 - Galaxy Operator for LD Graham Rimmington
  • Jim Davidson: 1995-1996 - Galaxy Operator for LD Mark Kenyon
The Generation Game
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • Graham Rimmington — Lighting Director, 1990–1994
  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director, 1995–1996

Design & Props

  • Bobby Warans — Props Buyer

Keeping Up Appearances

1995 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC - 1995

  • BBC - 1995
  • Galaxy Operator for LD Chris Kempton
Keeping Up Appearances cast and crew
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • Chris Kempton — Lighting Director

Absolutely Fabulous — Series 1

1992 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC

  • Series 1 — recorded 1991–92; transmitted 1992
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator for LD Mike Manning
Absolutely Fabulous cast
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Vision

  • Mike Manning — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • John Vincent — Camera Supervisor
  • Hilary Briegel — Vision Mixer (1992 production episodes)
  • Kathryn Edmonds (credited as Kathryn Randall) — Vision Mixer (original Fashion pilot)

Production & Direction

  • Bob Spiers — Director
  • Jon Plowman — Producer
  • Jennifer Saunders — Writer
  • Ruby Wax — Script Editor
  • Chris Wadsworth — Videotape Editor

Design

  • Bryan Ellis — Production Designer
  • Bobby Warans — Props Buyer

Music

  • Simon Brint — Composer

A Song for Europe

1992 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC

Venue: BBC Television Centre — Studio 3

  • 3 April 1992
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • Lighting Director — Martin Kempton
  • Original crew sheet also credits Will Charles as Vision Supervisor
A Song for Europe 1992 BBC crew sheet
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Vision

  • Martin Kempton — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • Will Charles — Vision Supervisor (crew sheet credit)
  • Heather Gilder — Vision Mixer

Production & Direction

  • Stewart Morris — Producer
  • Mike Pearce — Production Manager
  • Quentin Mann — Floor Manager
  • Lydia Seton — Production Assistant
  • Southan Morris — AFM
  • Richard Marson — Floor Assistant
  • Lance Wood — Resource Co-ordinator
  • John Sillitto — VT Editor

Camera

  • Gerry Tivers (Crew 5) — Camera Supervisor

Sound

  • Hugh Barker — Sound Supervisor
  • Howard Jones — Deputy Sound Supervisor

Design & Art Department

  • Vic Meredith — Design
  • Les McCallum — Design
  • Linda Martin — Costumes
  • Cherry Alston — Make-up
  • Bernard Heyes — Graphics
  • Bob Warans — Production Buyer
  • Di Cooke — Staging

Comic Relief 91

15 March 1991 — BBC

Production: BBC

  • BBC — 15 March 1991
  • Galaxy Operator for Lighting Director Graham Rimmington
Original Comic Relief 91 inspired television charity show graphic
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Graham Rimmington — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator

Production & Direction

  • Richard Curtis — Writer

Sound

  • Tony Revell — Sound Supervisor

EastEnders

c.1991–1993 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC

Venues: BBC Elstree

  • Galaxy Operator for LDs Mike Manning, Dave Lock, Rod Litherland and Martin Kempton
  • Lighting Director — one episode, deputising for Mike Manning, probably 1991
EastEnders, representative 1991 period image
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • Will Charles — Lighting Director, one episode (deputising for Mike Manning; probably 1991)
  • Mike Manning — Lighting Director
  • Dave Lock — Lighting Director
  • Rod Litherland — Lighting Director
  • Martin Kempton — Lighting Director

Blue Peter

1990 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC

Venues: BBC Television Centre — TC1

  • 1990
  • Lighting Director — first Lighting Director credit
Blue Peter studio, representative period image
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Director

Presenters

  • Yvette Fielding — Presenter
  • John Leslie — Presenter
  • Diane-Louise Jordan — Presenter

Production & Direction

  • Oliver MacFarlane — Producer
  • Lewis Bronze — Editor

Blackadder Goes Forth

1989 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC

  • 1989
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator for LDs Ron Bristow and Henry Barber
Blackadder Goes Forth cast
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Vision

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • Henry Barber — Lighting Director (5 episodes)
  • Ron Bristow — Lighting Director (1 episode)
  • John Hoare — Camera Supervisor (6 episodes)
  • Carol Abbott — Vision Mixer (6 episodes)

Production & Direction

  • Richard Boden — Director
  • John Lloyd — Producer
  • Duncan Cooper — Production Manager
  • Vanessa Sharples — Production Assistant
  • Chris Wadsworth — Videotape Editor
  • Mike Chislett — Technical Coordinator

Design

  • Chris Hull — Production Designer
  • Annie Hardinge — Costume Designer
  • Caroline Noble — Make-up Designer
  • Roger Turner — Visual Effects

Sound

  • Martin Deane — Sound Supervisor
  • Nick Way — Deputy Sound Supervisor

The Les Dawson Show — Series 5

1989 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC One

Venues: BBC Television Centre — TC4

  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator
  • For Lighting Designer Dickie Higham
The Les Dawson Show, Series 5, 1989
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Dickie Higham — Lighting Designer
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Operator

Production & Direction

  • Stewart Morris — Producer / Director
  • Les Dawson — Presenter
  • John Sillitto — Editor
  • John Coleman — Musical Director
  • Graham Fletcher — Choreographer

Design

  • John Anderson — Production Designer
  • Linda Martin — Costume Designer
  • Cherry Alston — Make-up Designer
  • Bobby Warrens — Props Buyer
  • Bernard Heyes — Graphics
  • Laurence Henry — Graphics

The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow

1988–1989 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC One

  • Will Charles — Vision Control / Racks
The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Vision

  • Dickie Higham — Lighting Director (1988)
  • Eric Wallis — Lighting Director (1989)
  • Mark Kenyon — Galaxy / Board Operator
  • Will Charles — Vision Control / Racks
  • Andy Dobbs — Vision Control / Racks

Production & Direction

  • Michael Leggo — Producer / Director
  • Noel Edmonds — Presenter

Design

  • Martin Methven — Production Designer (1988)
  • Dacre Punt — Production Designer (1989)

Sound

  • David Thompson — Sound

That’s Life!

1988 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC One

Venues: BBC Television Theatre

Presenter: Esther Rantzen

  • 1988
  • Board Operator for LD Dave Lock
That’s Life! at the BBC Television Theatre in 1988
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Board Operator
  • Dave Lock — Lighting Director

Production & Direction

  • Robin Bextor — Director
  • Bryher Scudamore — Producer
  • Esther Rantzen — Co-editor / Presenter
  • John Morrell — Editor

Blackadder the Third

1987 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC

  • 1987
  • Will Charles — Vision Control / Racks
Blackadder the Third cast and set
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Vision

  • Ron Bristow — Lighting Director (5 episodes)
  • Terry Brett — Lighting Director (1 episode)
  • Barry Austin — Galaxy / Board Operator
  • Will Charles — Vision Control / Racks
  • Ron Green — Camera Supervisor (5 episodes)
  • John Dailley — Camera Supervisor (1 episode)
  • Sue Collins — Vision Mixer (4 episodes)
  • Heather Gilder — Vision Mixer (1 episode)
  • Angela Wilson — Vision Mixer (1 episode)

Production & Direction

  • Mandie Fletcher — Director
  • John Lloyd — Producer
  • Olivia Hill — Production Manager

Design

  • Antony Thorpe — Production Designer

Sound

  • Peter Barville — Sound Supervisor

Post Production

  • Chris Wadsworth — Videotape Editor

The Late, Late Breakfast Show

1986 — Selected production credit

Production: BBC

Venues: BBC Television Centre — TC4

  • Will Charles — Colour Balance Engineer
  • While working as a BBC Studio Engineer
The Late, Late Breakfast Show, 1986
Crew & production credits

Lighting & Vision

  • Eric Wallace — Lighting Director
  • Barry Austin — Galaxy Operator
  • Mark Kenyon — Vision Control / Racks
  • Will Charles — Colour Balance Engineer

Production & Direction

  • Michael Hurll — Producer / Director
  • Noel Edmonds — Presenter

Blackadder II

1986 — Selected production credit

Production: 1986

  • 1986
  • Colour Balance Engineer
Blackadder II cast
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Colour Balance Engineer

Defectors

Mast Media for Challenge TV — 2001–2002

Presenter: Richard Orford

Venue: Maidstone Studios

AI-generated Defectors-inspired studio illustration

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Nigel Catmur — Moving Light Programmer
  • Ian Penny — Generics Board Operator

Star Finder

2003 — Mission 1

Production: Carlton

Venue: Black Island Studios — Stage V, London

  • Children's space-station simulation game show
  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
Star Finder illuminated spacecraft corridor
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Russ Grubiak — Console Operator
  • David Bishop — Console Operator
  • Paul Bruster — Gaffer

Production & Direction

  • Justin Scroggie — Producer
  • David Mercer — Executive Producer
  • David G. Croft — Director

Design & Set

  • Richard Drew — Set Designer

The National Lottery Awards / National Lottery Stars

2012–2013 — BBC One · The London Studios (2012); Pinewood Studios (2013)

Presenter (2013): John Barrowman

Lighting: Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director, both years

National Lottery Awards 2013 stage
Crew & production credits

Lighting — 2012

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director
  • Jerry Kelleher — Console Operator
  • Julia Smith — Console Operator
  • Oliver Lifely — Moving Lights Operator

Production & Direction — 2012

  • Gilly Hall — Executive Producer, Entertainment
  • Alexandra McLeod — Executive Producer
  • Alison Brodie — Series Producer
  • Richard Valentine — Director
  • Rebecca Sanderson — Broadcast Manager (Camelot)
  • Lizzie O’Donohoe — Series Producer (Endemol)
  • Jason Hopkins — Edit Producer
  • Annie Conlon — Red Carpet Producer
  • Michelle Galvin — Production Manager
  • Beth Murphy — Production Co-ordinator
  • Joseba Arruabarrena — Production Accountant

Design & Set — 2012

  • Ben Telford — Art Director
  • Bobby Warans — Properties Buyer

Camera & Vision — 2012

  • Neil McIntock — Camera Supervisor
  • Carol Abbott — Vision Mixer
  • Luke Chantrell — Vision Control

Sound — 2012

  • Andy Wernham — Sound Supervisor

Lighting — 2013

  • Will Charles — Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

Production & Direction — 2013

  • Alex McLeod — Producer (2013 production records)
  • Katie Joyce — Production Manager
  • Keith Cotton — Senior Producer
  • John Barrowman — Presenter

Sport Addicts and Celebrity Addicts

2002–2003 — Challenge

Venue: Maidstone Studios

  • Sport Addicts — 2002 — Bradley Walsh
  • Celebrity Addicts — 2003 — Lisa Rogers and Richard Arnold
Original illustrated title card
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & Lighting Director
  • Oliver Lifely — Board Operator
  • David Bishop — Board Operator

Later... with Jools Holland

1997–1998 — BBC Two (series to be confirmed)

  • Lighting Director — James Campbell
  • Galaxy Console Programmer — Will Charles
  • Scans Operator — Andy Dobbs
  • Set Designer — Miranda Jones
  • Director — Janet Fraser Crook
  • Series Producer — Mark Wells
Faithless on Later with Jools Holland
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • James Campbell — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Console Programmer
  • Andy Dobbs — Scans Operator

Set Design

  • Miranda Jones — Set Designer

Production & Direction

  • Janet Fraser Crook — Director
  • Mark Wells — Series Producer

Shooting Stars

1995–1996 — Series 1 and 2

Production: BBC Two

Presenters: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer

  • Galaxy Console Operator — Will Charles, for Lighting Director Mark Kenyon
  • Recalled production: Series 2, Episode 6, featuring the Mammalathon Challenge; transmitted 1 November 1996
  • Studio recording date not yet established; Series 3 is not claimed
Shooting Stars BBC Two studio set
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Mark Kenyon — Lighting Director
  • Will Charles — Galaxy Console Operator

Production & Presentation

  • Vic Reeves — Presenter
  • Bob Mortimer — Presenter

Naked Attraction — Series 1

Production: Studio Lambert for Channel 4

Venue: The London Studios, Studio 2

Presenter: Anna Richardson

2016 — Series 1

  • Lighting Design & Lighting Director — Will Charles
Naked Attraction Series 1 illuminated studio pods, photographed by Will Charles
Crew & production credits

Lighting

  • Will Charles — Lighting Design & LD
  • Tom Sutherland — Series Lighting Designer
  • Marc Nicholson — Console Operator
  • Nick Hansen — Moving Lights Operator
  • Martin Higgins — Moving Lights Operator
  • Dave Hallett — Moving Lights Operator

Production & Direction

  • Andy Smith — Series Producer
  • Vivienne Molokwu — Series Editor
  • Paul Newton — Studio Director
  • Tim Harcourt — Executive Producer
  • Mike Cotton — Executive Producer
  • Eleanor Rowe — Production Manager

Design & Set

  • Joshua Grace — Set Designer / Art Director
  • Maddie Flint — Set Designer / Art Director