Peter Collins joined Pioneer in May 2018 in the newly created role of Head of Factual. He oversees Pioneer’s premium factual output for both the UK and international markets.

Since joining the company, Peter has overseen and executive produced several of Pioneer’s most successful series including the ground-breaking natural history/science series In the Womb – Animal Babies for National Geographic/Disney +, The Windsor Castle Fire – The Untold Story for Channel 4, Animals Like Us for Love Nature, Engineering Reborn with Rob Bell for Channel 5, Ocean Autopsy for BBC4, and Secrets of the Royal Gardens for More4. He is currently in production on a feature documentary with Idris Elba.

Prior to this, he was Head of Specialist Factual at STV Studios, where he devised and executive produced a number of ambitious projects including Britain’s Polar Bear Cub for Channel 4, Lucy Worsley’s Fireworks for a Tudor Queen for BBC4 and Tree of the Year for Channel 4. He also exec produced the BBC2/Smithsonian access series Britain’s Biggest Warship.

Before starting at STV, Peter was Head of Development and part of the senior management team at Oxford Scientific Films for five years, where he created several high-rating factual series including Animal Odd Couples for BBC1, Secret Life of…strand for ITV and The Queen’s Garden for ITV.

Peter started out his working life as a botanist at Kew Gardens, before heading to the BBC Science Unit, where he cut his teeth on shows including Oceans and Planet Dinosaur.

Katie is the Talent Executive for Tinopolis Factual Group, where she works across Firecracker Films, Mentorn Media and Pioneer Productions. She is responsible for finding the best talent for a wide variety of non-scripted genres and is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams.

Katie has over 25 years of experience in the industry. She started her career as a researcher for Granada Television, before freelancing as a Producer and then Series Producer, primarily in reality and factual entertainment, on titles such as; I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Big Brother, Hell’s Kitchen, and Space Cadets, to name a few! 

She moved into Talent Managing in 2013 and is always keen to hear from new or established talent. Do get in touch. 

Since joining the Tinopolis Factual Group in 2010, Helen has worked on a wide range of productions from fast turnaround documentaries to feature length docudramas. She previously worked as Production Executive at Pioneer Productions, and was appointed Deputy Head of Production for the Group in 2022.

As Production Executive, Helen worked across all of Pioneer’s programming - which has recently included commissions for Discovery, National Geographic and More4. Now working across the group, Helen will be working on flagship shows such as Traffic Cops, and upcoming one-off documentaries such as Litvinenko: Murder in Mayfair for ITV and Vicky Pattison: My Dad, Alcohol & Me for Channel 4.