About us

DSP is one of the world’s leading television production companies. We have achieved widespread recognition for producing films and television programmes of the highest quality for UK, US and international broadcasters. Our reputation is based on quality series from Interior Design Masters, Yorkshire Steam Railway and What Britain Buys and Sells, to landmark singles such as In Cold Blood, The Secrets of the Salisbury Poisonings, Touching The Void and Richard III: The King in The Carpark.

From our bases in London and Brighton, we produce high quality programmes for many of the world’s leading broadcasters, including National Geographic, BBC, Netflix, Discovery, ITV, and Channel 5. Above all, DSP prides itself on combining passionate story-telling and rigorous authenticity to lead the field in unscripted television.

Donna Clark joined DSP as Managing Director in 2017. 

Prior to DSP,  Donna worked at the BBC where she was Head of Commissioning, Formats and Features. Whilst at the BBC, her commissions included Full Steam Ahead, Employable Me (winner of the RTS award 2017 for Best Popular Factual and Features), Back to the Land, and The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes. 

Before the BBC, Donna worked at Lion TV where she executive produced 15 Kids and Counting (C4), Kew on a Plate (BBC), Young Soldiers (BBC) and Transplant (BBC).

Other executive producer credits include Don’t Tell the Bride (C4), My Childhood (BBC) and Fat Men Can’t Hunt (BBC).

Vic is DSP’s Head Of Production and oversees all our production management from development to delivery. She joined the company in September 2018. Previously she was Head Of Production at Brinkworth Television, and prior to that Vic was Production Executive at indies Twenty Twenty, Maverick and Studio Lambert and had previously been Unit Manager at the Discovery Channel across all Lifestyle and Entertainment programming in the UK and Europe and US factual landmark series.

She has extensive experience on a range of primetime and award winning series and specials across a wide range of genres. Her credits include major series for other companies like Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (C5), Ross Kemp on Gangs (Sky), Masterchef (BBC), Have I Got News For You (BBC), Stephen Fry: Out There (BBC) and Kids with Tourettes (ITV).

Jessica joined DSP as a Development Executive in 2018,  working across popular factual, documentaries and specialist factual. She developed the Emmy award winning In Cold Blood (ITV) as well as series such as What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day (BBC), Made in a Day (Nat Geo) and Great Smog (C5).

Prior to this she worked at Lion TV where she developed shows such as, The Truth About…Sleep (BBC), We are British Jews (BBC), Full Steam Ahead (BBC), The World’s Most Luxurious Airline (C4), Time Commanders (BBC) Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship (C4/Nat Geo) and Transplant (BBC).

Danyca joined DSP in May 2021 as a freelance Senior Coordinator on the third series of Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr, after working on the fourth series as Junior Production Manager, she has recently taken a step up to Production Manager on the upcoming series.

Starting her career in TV 5 years ago as Production Secretary on Saving Lives at Sea (BBC), Danyca quickly progressed to Production Coordinator, gaining multiple credits across a variety of factual and factual entertainment broadcast programmes, shot both in the UK and Internationally.

Some of her most prominent credits include: At War with the Noise Next Door (C5), The Nolans Go Cruising , Britain’s Deadliest Kids, Worlds Deadliest Kids, Countdown to Murder and Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (BBC).

Serena Dhaliwal is DSP’s Producer Director, joining the company for the fourth series of Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr, having previously worked on both series 2 & 3.

Before DSP, Serena worked on an array of primetime factual-entertainment shows including Glow Up (BBC), Undercover Big Boss (ITV) and SAS Who Dares Wins (C4).

Cassie joined the Banijay Group in June 2021 prior to which she was a Tinopolis, ITV and Studiocanal.  Her experience is across unscripted and scripted programming and film distribution.

Tom has been working within the Banijay Group since 2016, and now heads up legal and business affairs for DSP, Dragonfly and Endemol Shine North. He has been working in the legal side of the TV industry since 2004, and has done time at the BBC, FremantleMedia, Hat Trick Productions and NBC Universal.

Kirsten joined DSP in July 2023 as Production Executive, where she works across all of DSP’s output, from development through to delivery. Prior to joining DSP, Kirsten was Production Executive at Viacom International Studios working across many successful formats and documentaries for C5 including Holidaying with Jane McDonald, Caught on Camera, Cruising with Susan Calman and Tourette’s Teacher: Ticced Off and on a Mission.

Before this, Kirsten worked in other Senior Production Management roles to help shape new formats such as Your Garden Made Perfect (BBC2) and across many large returning formats including How to Lose Weight Well (C4) & Your Home Made Perfect (BBC2). 

Nina joined DSP in 2018 and works closely with Tom Calvert across the factual labels within the Banijay Group. After 17 years in television as a celebrity producer, Nina decided to train as a production lawyer and completed the LPC in 2020. Her credits include Interior Design Masters (BBC), Sunday Brunch (Channel 4), Mel & Sue (ITV), Ambulance (BBC), and The Mash Report (BBC).

Before joining DSP in April 2023 to executive produce Interior Design Masters Series 5, Susanne spent many years at Love Productions where she helped create the first series of The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC) before executive producing a further 6 series. She oversaw 2 series of Junior Bake Off (CBBC) before joining Multistory to make The Big Flower Fight (Netflix).  

She began her producing career at ITV's This Morning creating features inserts and went on to make several first series - travelogue Britain by Bike (C5) as well as observational documentaries, Warship, Airforce Afghanistan and Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers.  

Patrick’s career began in 1999 at The Big Breakfast and continued with popular Channel 4 shows such as T4, Richard and Judy, Big Brother and The F Word.
Other credits include Producing across comedy, entertainment and events for a variety of terrestrial and online broadcasters including Apple and YouTube.

Patrick spent some time living in Australia where he developed and ran the award winning returning children’s entertainment show Stay Tuned for ABC.
Prior to working on Sunday Brunch Patrick relaunched the Jo Whiley Music Show and Produced Styled To Rock with Rihanna for SKY.
More recently he produced the Paralympic sports magazine show The Superhumans for Channel 4 and EPd a series of live events for Stand Up To Cancer on YouTube .