Our team
Samantha Anstiss
Chief Creative Officer / Co-Founder
Samantha is the Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of Wonderhood Studios. She is a multi-award-winning executive producer and previously a BBC Documentaries Feature and Formats commissioner.
Lianne Hickey
Director of Production and Operations
With over 25 years’ experience in unscripted television, Lianne has worked on various Emmy, RTS and Broadcast award-winning series. Lianne delivers and oversees the production of all Wonderhood projects.
Tom Garton
Director of Development
Tom is Wonderhood’s Director of Development and oversees the company’s development slate across all genres. As well as driving new business, he is also an executive producer on several documentaries and factual entertainment series.
Kat Shearwood
Development Executive
Kat is a development exec overseeing the growth of Wonderhood’s popular factual slate. Before joining Wonderhood she worked in development at Twenty Twenty and BBC Three.
Tom Anstiss
Executive Producer
Tom is a BAFTA and RTS-nominated executive producer with over 25 years’ experience making major factual series. Prior to joining Wonderhood, he was an executive producer at Vice and Wild Pictures. Tom execs a range of premium factual projects.
Casey McConnell
Line Producer
Casey is a BAFTA-nominated production manager who works across Wonderhood’s premium factual series. Before joining, Casey worked at the BBC on various major unscripted programmes.
Hattie Wood
Head of Talent
Prior to joining Wonderhood, Hattie was a producer across a number of factual series and was also Head of Talent at Wall to Wall and Twenty Twenty. Hattie staffs up all productions across both editorial and production management.