Who's Speaking?

Andrew O ‘Connell is Head of Factual at Five. Since joining the Channel in September 2009, Andrew has been responsible for programmes including The Lost Symbol: Truth or Fiction; Axe Men 2; True Stories (Hunt For Red October, Casino, Bourne Identity, Exorcist) and True Horrors (Dracula, Werewolf, Frankenstein, Silence of the Lambs).

Charlotte Moore is the  BBC Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, commissioning from both inhouse and  independent production companies across BBC One, Two, Three and Four.

Dan Korn is Senior Vice President of Programming for Discovery Networks UK. He leads a team responsible for programming strategy and supply across all 13 UK channels, including flagship Discovery Channel which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009.

Dan Snow is a historian, broadcaster and television presenter. He was born and raised in London, and remembers spending every weekend of his childhood being taken to castles, battlefields, country houses and churches.

Hamish is Channel 4’s Head of Documentaries and head of the digital channel More4. He joined Channel 4 in 2001 as commissioning editor, history. By 2004 he was Head of Specialist Factual and in 2008 moved to the Documentaries department, and shortly after also took over as Head of More4.

Before being appointed to his current role Lansdown was an executive producer for factual independents, working primarily on BBC3 formats and features.

Jamie Isaacs is the Creative Director at Studio Lambert. He was previously the creative head of Twenty Twenty, part of Shed Media.