RACHEL HOLMES - Factual Researcher

After finishing an MPhil at Birmingham University, Rachel worked for the BBC in Birmingham on programmes such as Mind Your Own Business and To Buy or Not to Buy. She then decided to follow in the steps of Dick Whittington in the hopes that the streets of London were paved with golden TV opportunities.

Whilst wandering through Soho in a rather bemused manner, a kindly independent production company took pity on Rachel and gave her a job as a development researcher. In August 2005 she was then offered a position as Factual Researcher with World. She is currently having a great time coming up with weird and wonderful programme ideas.

MATT JARVIS- Film Development and Web Editorial Assistant

After completing an MA in Production for Film and Television at Royal
Holloway, University of London in May 2004, Matt began his career as a
Development Assistant at World.

VIRGINIA KELLY - Business Affairs Manager

Virginia qualified as a lawyer in 2001 and worked in the City until 2003 when, in need of a change of direction, she headed off on a yacht across the Atlantic.

A year or so later she returned to London having worked at a kite surfing school in the Dominican Republic and travelled by bus from Florida to Tierra Del Fuego, then back up to Venezuela to visit her birth place.

Once back in London she worked as a runner at a television company, helped out a couple of bands with music law issues, and had various temporary jobs before joining World in May 2005 to work in business affairs.

KIRSTIE MACDONALD - Producer

Kirstie began working for World Productions in 1997 as a temporary receptionist, before becoming assistant script editor on series 2 of The Cops.

She was script and story editor at The Bill and a development producer at LWT.

She then became a producer on Five’s daily soap Family Affairs. This was followed by three months’ attachment to NYPD Blue and Deadwood in Los Angeles, after which she returned to the bosom of World Productions as the Associate Producer on Outlaws.

RODERICK SELIGMAN - Managing Director

Roderick Seligman is responsible for commercial, legal and financial matters. Formerly he worked at merchant bank Lazard Brothers in the City and at television production company, TVF.

He qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen and has an MBA from Insead in France.

BILL SHAPTER - Head of Production

Bill trained as a film editor and worked through the 1970's for the BBC at Ealing Studios. After winning the Prix Italia for editing Roland Joffe's THE SPONGERS, he left the Corporation to cut feature films and work with Ken Loach and Tony Garnett.

In l989 Bill rejoined the BBC as a producer, making THE LAUGHTER OF GOD for Screen Two, followed by mini-series EXCHANGE OF FIRE for Channel 4.

For the past ten years he has produced a number of projects for World Productions, including the Clive Own starring series, SHARMAN; Film Four movie BEAUTIFUL THING; mini-series THE HEART SURGEON; ULTRAVIOLET and ROUGH TREATMENT; and also TRANCE, a movie for Sky Pictures.

FENELLA WATKINSON- Drama Assistant

After finishing her MA at Goldsmiths' University in 2000 Fen traveled to the other side of the world where she took up a job teaching English in the northern most island of Japan.

Three years later, having mastered Japanese, snowboarding and chopsticks, Fen found herself longing to be back in London. Her first job in the UK was working for The Agency in Holland Park, where she assisted an agent in representing writers of the stage, film and television. This naturally sparked Fen's interest in the production side of film and television.

She began working for World in June 2004 and is enjoying her job immensely. She lives in West London with her two brothers. She spends her free time catching up on three years of British TV and has promised herself a new gym membership plus three vigorous workouts a week until Christmas… starting tomorrow!