SIMON WITHINGTON
[email protected] / www.simonwithington.co.uk BIOGRAPHY I am an award-winning freelance television producer, having produced many high-profile shows with big-name talent. Recently, I have produced multiple 3-hour archive shows for Channel 5 (When… Goes Horribly Wrong) where I’ve overseen up to 7 edits and managing a team of around 25 people. I originated Greatest Celebrity Wind Ups Ever! with Joe Pasquale which consistently rated 25% above slot average for Channel 5 and World Cup Epic Fails hosted by Angus Deayton for ITV in 2014. which rated with 3.7 million viewers and resulted in a subsequent commission, Christmas Epic Fails. Often working with top talent and priding myself on always coming in on budget, my television background has covered both shiny floor Entertainment & Factual Entertainment programming. I also self-shoot and edit. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY SHOWRUNNER / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: CRACKIT PRODUCTIONS (Executive Producers: Elaine Hackett & Jason Wells) (November ’16 to Dec ‘18) When…Goes Horribly Wrong. (14 x 180 mins) Live TV, Celebrity, Chatshows, Gameshows, Kids TV, Talent Shows, Reality TV, Television 2, Comedy, Award Shows, News, Eurovision, Christmas, TV Animals (September ’17 to Jan ‘18) Greatest Celebrity Wind-ups Ever! Series (6 x 60 mins) (June ’17 to July ‘17) Greatest Celebrity Wind-ups Ever! (1 x 60 mins) (May ’18) 5 Goes to Eurovision: Greatest Hits (1 x 60 mins) * Overseeing top-rating fast-turnaround talking heads clip-shows for Channel 5. Multiple edits, up to 25 staff * Directing talking heads. Clearing archive within tight budgets. Clearing and re-versioning for International market * Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever went from commission to on-air in just 3 weeks.