We’re proud to have one of the best teams in television!
As winners of the “Independent Spirit” award for the second year running at the prestigious Yorkshire RTS Awards in 2019, the judges recognised how our commitment to development, training and teamwork was being reflected in our dynamic and immersive TV shows.
We are also very proud to be named as one of the “Best places to work in TV” in 2019 by Broadcast Magazine.
Our diverse team have filmed in extreme environments from the Arctic to the baking outback of Western Australia. We’re also the only production company with a full-time team of Technical Aircrew qualified to fly on UK air ambulances.
Our Team
Ian’s specialised in making and managing programmes in difficult, dangerous or sensitive environments - from filming the exhumation of a victim of history’s deadliest virus to discovering a lost shipwreck off Iceland. He’s worked for ITV, ITN and the BBC and is a qualified pilot.
Making a new series about classic cars is a dream come true for Andy. In a varied career he's worked as a series producer in current affairs, launched BBC One’s football show, Late Kick Off, and has worked with presenters as varied as rock legend Rick Wakeman and Richard Hammond.
Matt is the Series Producer of Helicopter ER and 999 Rescue Squad as well as overseeing several other parts of the company. As a hands-on director, he's often found at the sharp end of our filming. He previously worked for the BBC as a news reporter, producer and director and has filmed around the world.
Lesley is our finance manager, looking after all our accounts and paperwork with many years of experience gained at the BBC. She’s also a keen golfer and was the first ever female President at her golf club.
Holly has quickly progressed from being a junior researcher fresh out of university, to one of Air’s most respected members of the production team. This led to her being shortlisted as the "One to Watch" at the recent RTS Yorkshire Awards.
Joe was officially the “One to Watch” for 2017 after picking up a coveted award as the most promising newcomer at the Royal Television Society’s Yorkshire Centre Awards. He’s one of our regular APs on the 999 Rescue Squad and Helicopter ER series.
John is a hugely experienced and award winning TV cameraman and works across all of our programmes. He specialises in documentary, current affairs and observational series and is also a qualified helicopter pilot.
Dan is a cameraman and editor with years of experience gained at the BBC. He's worked on major series in the UK and Australia and now works on our Helicopter ER and 999 Rescue Squad programmes.
Karl is one of the team filming the work of Yorkshire's HART paramedics for 999 Rescue Squad. He's previously worked on a wide range of shows including Shipwrecked, Hunted and Supervet.
George is a vastly experienced Self Shooting PD who is currently filming on our Helicopter ER Series. With an appetite for adventure, she's survived on The Island with Bear Grylls and worked on several other adventure series including Hunted and The Heist.
Mat is a very experienced Producer/Director who has recently been working for the Guardian, Vice News and the BBC. He’s spent a long time working in the Middle East, filming and editing news and current affairs stories. Mat is now based at Thornton-le-Dale, working on the Bangers & Cash series for UKTV’s Yesterday channel.
Ali works out of our Thornton-le-Dale office, keeping track of all our filming for Bangers & Cash. She has many years of experience at the BBC, having worked in news and current affairs, and more recently has been working as a teaching assistant at a primary school.
Graduating with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, Jenny joined Air TV in 2017 and since then has progressed to Assistant Producer.
She heads up the consents team to be the main point of contact for all the patients and other contributors who appear in our medical programmes. She also films the patient follow-up interview, and has recently started filming on shifts with the air ambulance crew.
Charlie joined Air TV in October 2018 and is one of the team liaising with patients for our two medical emergency series, Helicopter ER and 999 Rescue Squad. Charlie graduated from Leeds Trinity University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Our Post Production Team
Warren is our lead editor, helping to shape the look of all of our programmes. He's previously worked for Sky, Al Jazeera, National Geographic and Discovery and is now based in our York offices.
Chris is our Colourist and Online Editor, grading and delivering our programmes to the broadcasters. He's a keen cyclist and pilot.
Rachel is our Post Production Assistant working alongside Chris on 999 Rescue Squad and Helicopter ER. Rachel was the director of a physical theatre company before completing an MA in Post Production with Visual Effects at York University.
Bob is one of our editing team, working on both 999 Rescue Squad and Helicopter ER.
Kate is one of our editing team, working on both 999 Rescue Squad and Helicopter ER. She's worked on shows such as Emmerdale, Heartbeat and Touch of Frost - as well as editing game shows, documentaries and current affairs.
Simon is one of our editing team, working across 999 Rescue Squad, Helicopter ER and Bangers & Cash. He's worked for the BBC, ITV, Sky & Channel 4 editing all genres from Dispatches to Benidorm ER, Location Location Location and Antiques Road Trip.
Tom is one of the newest members of the Air TV team. He joined us in 2018 after completing his degree at Leeds Beckett University. He’s now our super-busy Edit Assistant, working across all our programmes to ensure all our footage is stored, copied and prepared ready for editing.