Our Team

James is an award-winning series producer and director who started his career with BBC Current Affairs, before working at ITV Factuals, CBBC and various northern indies, and has also worked for international broadcasters including Discovery, The History Channel and Nat Geo.

He received two BAFTA nominations, for the CBBC series Absolute Genius: Monster Builds and The Dengineers, and his CV also includes international commissions such as The World’s Biggest Cave (Nat Geo), Scrapyard Supercar (Nat Geo) and Exodus Earth (Discovery Science).

Since joining Wise Owl, he has series produced Yorkshire Firefighters, Amanda Owen’s Farming Lives and, alongside leading our creative vision, he continues to lead our current collaboration with the Owen family, Our Farm Next Door; Amanda, Clive and Kids.