Our team

Samantha Anstiss

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.