Who We Are

WoodpeckerTV keeps a small core team of Producers and Consultants. We collaborate with our network of top UK freelance talent, all of whom we’ve worked with directly before. Keeping our core team small reduces our overheads - a saving that we pass to our clients - and means we can pick the perfect person, with the right experience for each project.

  • Jack Chapman

    Founder of WoodpeckerTV and in charge of Woodpecker’s University films. Jack has been producing premium documentaries for the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery Channel and Channel 4 for the past 12 years. He has filmed around the world from the Saudi desert to the cockpit of an A380. Jack holds a History and Sociology degree from the University of Manchester and hopes to one day do a phd.

    Shows you might have seen….

    Secrets of the Elephants, Disney + (Emmy nominated)

    Chris Packham, Is it time to Break the Law? Channel 4

    Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, National Geographic

  • Mark

    Mark Hebden

    Mark is a one stop shop for branded content, music videos and current affairs documentary. Mark can film and edit with creative flair and dogged tenacity. He has been filming for UK broadcasters for the last 15 years as well as producing high end branded content for the likes of the V&A, and American supermarket chain Casey’s

    Things you might have seen….

    Dispatches: Britain’s Water scandal Channel 4

    Tony Steel and the Massacres Music Video

    Yinka Bokinni at the V&A Branded Content

  • Cat Pollock

    Cat is our freelance Production Manager, keeping every project on budget and schedule and working her magic behind the scenes to keep every project on the tracks. She has worked on landmark documentaries for the major streamers and broadcasters and with huge Comms and Marketing clients, including Dubai Expo.

    Things you might have seen….

    Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees BBC 1

    Are women the fitter sex? Channel 4

    David Holmes: The Boy who Lived, HBO

  • Will Edwards

    Will is one of the most sought-after Cameramen in UK television. He is our freelance creative consultant and our first port of call for filming days. He brings two decades of experience, filming around the world on premium documentaries. He has worked with top academics including Professor Brian Cox and Dr. Hannah Fry and won a BAFTA for the BBC’s Human Planet.

    Shows you might have seen…

    The Real Mo Farah, BBC

    Stanley Tucci, Searching for Italy, BBC & CNN

    Earth’s Natural Wonders, BBC

  • James Buchanan

    James is our freelance Executive Producer, keeping a steely eye over our scripts and edits. He has worked as Executive Producer and Show Runner on both sides of the Atlantic and was recently a Content Director at world-leading educational platform, Masterclass. He has interviewed everyone from Buzz Aldrin to Erich Schmidt to Jeremy Irons and as he says is ‘a story teller first.’

    Shows you might have seen

    Masterclass: Amanda Gorman teaches writing (Emmy nominated)

    Masterclass: Bill Nye teaches Science and Problem Solving

    Wonders of the British Library, Sky Arts