Alice is a BAFTA and 2x EMMY award-winning executive producer of factual television with over 30 years of experience in developing, selling, and executive producing critically acclaimed shows for the main national and international broadcasters and leading producers including the BBC Natural History Unit and Oxford Scientific Films.
Alice has been a freelance consultant and advisor with North East Screen since 2023 and has worked with a variety of North East-based production companies and individuals, helping them to turn their best factual ideas into great shows across all platforms.
Most recently Alice helped Filmnova (https://www.filmnova.com/) gain an ITV1 prime time documentary commission which delivers in September 2025.
Before starting Wise Owl Films, Mark worked at ITV Studios in Leeds and Newcastle for over 25 years, creating over 200 different series and prime-time specials for ITV, the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky, including May The Best House Win, Super Tiny Animals, David Jason: My Life On Screen, Last Laugh In Vegas and The Nation’s Favourite music documentary series, telling the stories behind the songs of icons such as ABBA and The Beatles.
Mark created Shiver in 2007 – ITV Studios’ first label – and has worked closely with many of Britain’s best-loved television stars including Peter Kay and Sir Trevor McDonald as well as with some of Britain’s biggest institutions and brands, from record companies including Sony, Universal, Warner Music to the casts of series like Coronation Street and Emmerdale, and the families and estates of comedy legends including Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson and Morecambe & Wise. As well as executive producing the majority of Wise Owl’s output, Mark oversaw a number of ITV’s celebrations of the life of the Queen, documentaries which aired in September 2022.
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