Originally from East Lancashire, David has worked as a TV Freelancer for 20 years based in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff and Leeds. He started as a runner, eventually becoming a shooting PD and then made the leap into development.

His production CV is packed with famous formats including Embarrassing Bodies, Panorama, Snog Marry Avoid, Countryfile, Geordie Shore, and Back in Time for Tea.

In his development career, David has been on the creative teams at some of the UK's leading production companies including True North, Multistory, Boom Productions, BBC Bristol, Plimsoll and Lime Pictures. David is Head of Unscripted at Climate Spring a narrative change organization and development fund with a focus on climate