Team

Lotte Beasley Mestriner joined the Dancing Ledge team as a full-time Executive Producer in 2025 after previously having Executive Produced Big Mood. 

Before joining the company, Lotte Executive Produced four series of Irish writer/director Peter Foott’s hit comedy The Young Offenders for the BBC and RTE. Prior to producing, Lotte worked for eleven years with top-flight talent at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates where she represented film and television writers and directors. Her creative vision and production expertise will play a pivotal role as Dancing Ledge continues to expand its team to deliver its slate of compelling content.

Laurence Bowen is a multi–BAFTA Award winning and Emmy nominated Producer who founded Dancing Ledge in 2016. 

His recent credits as Executive Producer include The Salisbury Poisonings for BBC1, the UK episodes of The New Pope starring Jude Law and John Malkovich for HBO/Sky, The Responder for BBC1 starring Martin Freeman,  Porters for UKTV/Dave, Big Mood for Channel 4 starring Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West, Domino Day for BBC3 and  The Eichmann Show for BBC2. He was presented with the Monte Carlo International Producer Of The Year Award, has won RTS, Broadcast and Chicago Film Festival Awards, received Prix Jeunesse, Rose D’or, Emmy and BANFF nominations and won The Japan Prize.

His earlier work includes Suburban Shootout (starring Tom Hiddleston, Ruth Wilson, Anna Chancellor, Amelia Bullmore and Felicity Montagu), Stone Scissors Paper(starring Juliet Stevenson and Ken Stott), Dual Balls(starring Lesley Manville), Gates (starring Tom Ellis, Joanna Page and Sue Johnston), Miranda (starring Christina Ricci, John Simm, John Hurt, Kyle MacLachlan and Julian Rhind-Tutt), My Life As A Popat (starring Kulvinder Ghir and Shaheen Khan) and The English Harem (starring Art Malik and Martine McCutcheon).
 

Toby joined Dancing Ledge in 2016 as Development Executive and went on to be their Head of Development, leading development across a broad slate of comedy and drama titles, including Delhi Crime for Netflix, Domino Day for BBC3, Crossfire for BBC1 and Platform 7 for ITVX. He script-edited The Salisbury Poisonings, one of the biggest rated dramas of 2020, and story produced the Bafta-nominated first series of The Responder. He was Executive Producer on Wedding Season for Disney+, and the second series of The Responder for BBC1

Prior to working at Dancing Ledge, Toby spent a decade in entertainment and children’s TV.

Carmel joined Dancing Ledge Productions in 2020 and is our Chief Operating Officer, working across all aspects of the business including Finance, Legal, HR, IT and Facilities.

Carmel previously held senior finance positions in industry behemoths such as BBC Worldwide and Banijay, predominantly working in roles with financial oversight and responsibility for group investments in independent television production companies. She was particularly interested in the drama companies in each of the individual portfolios, in the challenges faced in our industry from start-up though to maturity, both at production and corporate level.  

Carmel has been instrumental in guiding the company through its period of impressive growth and played a pivotal role in managing the sale and integration of the business into the Fremantle Group when Fremantle acquired a majority stake in 2022.

Chris is one of the UK’s leading Drama Producers, responsible for, amongst others, Les Miserables (dir. Tom Shankland, starring Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins) for BBC1 and PBS/Masterpiece, Apple Tree Yard (dir. Jessica Hobbs, starring Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin) for BBC1, River (dir. Richard Laxton, starring Stellan Skarsgard, Nicola Walker and Lesley Manville) and Run (dir. Charles Martin, starring Olivia Colman and Lennie James) for C4.

In an earlier life he was the Executive Producer of the Worlds First Arabic Webdrama Shankaboot, helping to create the multi-award winning 50+ episode Beirut based short form series, and developed and produced Dirk Gently (dir. Damon Thomas, starring Stephen Mangan) for the BBC and the cult comedy series ‘This is Jinsy’ with his former company ‘The Welded Tandem Picture Company’ for SKY

In an even earlier life he worked in the fields of Factual and Entertainment as an Executive Producer, Series Producer and Producer/Director for ITV Studios where he made a wide variety of shows. His first network TV Credit, and still one which he’s singularly proud, was directing the holiday insert films in Cilla Black’s Blind Date.

Gillian joined the Dancing Ledge team in early 2022 as Head of Development. After a brief dalliance with science, Gillian found a love of story and over the past 13 years has worked in development and production for a raft of indies as well as commissioning at Channel 4 and BBC Drama.

An experienced Script Executive and Story Editor of series, serials and singles, she has worked on a diverse range of dramas including Idris Elba’s BBC Three Takeover series Five by Five, the International Emmy-award-winning Utopia by Dennis Kelly, Netflix’s Been So Long by Che Walker and Andrew Davies’s Fanny Hill.

Prior to this role, Gillian worked as a Development Producer on returnable and serial dramas, while creating and producing a script callout programme for under-represented and unagented screenwriters. She is committed to finding and supporting the voices of stories that aren’t being told.

Pete joined Dancing Ledge in early 2023 as a Production Executive. Previously he worked as a freelance line producer in the UK and overseas on productions including Extraordinary, Riviera, The Durrells, The Girl Before, King Gary, Urban Myths, Secrets, and Yonderland.

He also worked as Production Executive on Strike Back 6 for Left Bank Pictures, produced 3 short films written by Alan Moore and with the Scissor Sisters when they were the opening act at two of the BRIT Awards.

Pete started his career at The Jim Henson Company working in the UK, Australia and the USA. He was the Production Manager on Muppet Christmas Carol and Treasure Island and in various positions on Farscape, Dinosaurs, Fraggle Rock, Buddy and many other Jim Henson Company productions.

Will joined Dancing Ledge in January 2023. Starting out as the Office Runner, he spent 18 months as PA to Laurence and Chris, and moved to the Development Assistant Role in January 2025. Inside work, he loves developing stories that defy labels and challenge audiences; outside work he enjoys walking dogs that defy labels and challenge audiences.

Georgia joined the Dancing Ledge team in mid 2021 after three years at BBC Studios in Drama Production, working across programmes such as Time, Silent Witness, Our Girl, We Hunt Together, and The Watch. Prior to joining BBC Studios, Georgia worked for Endemol Shine Group in non-scripted entertainment and factual format development, and on the international rollout of titles such as Big Brother, Hunted and All Together Now. Before moving to London, Georgia’s first job in TV was working for the Australian indie Matchbox Pictures.

Jacquie was welcomed into the Dancing Ledge family as Head of Production in 2021, following a successful 25 year freelance career working across an eclectic mix of TV, Film & documentaries.

In her previous role as a Head of Production and Production Executive at BBC Studios , the productions that she oversaw included Time, Luther, Dr Who, Our Girl, The Watch, Silent Witness, We Hunt Together, Smother, Rillington Place, Babs and the BAFTA Winning Three Girls.

Before joining the BBC, Jacquie had worked as a freelance Line Producer and Producer, her credits include prestigious dramas such as My Mad Fat Diary, One Child, Undercover, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Last Kingdom, Brighton Rock, The Boys are Back and Miss Julie.

Ian is an ACA qualified chartered accountant with extensive experience working with clients across the media and entertainment industry. He made the move into the world of TV in 2020, working as Financial Controller at Argonon, before joining the Dancing Ledge team in 2023. Prior to embarking on a career in finance, Ian worked in York as a musician and teacher, where he also completed a doctorate in music.

Jess has been a part of the Dancing Ledge team since 2019. She started her TV career in the world of factual development as a researcher for the award-winning indie, Insight: This World Investigates. She then worked as a book-to-film reader for Dialogue, as well as working freelance as a reader and researcher for Sister Pictures. Once at Dancing Ledge, Jess began as a researcher but soon made her way to more editorial roles. She is now a Development Executive and Script Editor. Jess script edited the second season of The Responder and the upcoming Love Story.

Jess is passionate about developing emerging and diverse talent. She hopes to bring to the screen stories yet untold and forms of storytelling unexplored. She works across the slate on both comedy and drama.

Anthony came into the Dancing Ledge fold in the Summer of 2023, joining the Production team as Coordinator. Coming from a background as an experiential events producer, he looked to make a career change after the Pandemic put a temporary hold on events all over the world. He transitioned to the world of TV via the Covid department on 'Gangs of London' Season 2 and, after short stint on 'Bridgerton' Season 3, managed to leave the world of Covid behind moving into Production working as Assistant Production Coordinator on 'Supacell' for Netflix.

Amber joins Dancing Ledge Productions from an unscripted background, excited to learn the ropes of the scripted world. With a love for stories featuring complex, unapologetic women, she is all about diving into narratives that pack a punch. When not in the office, you’ll find her baking something new, binge-watching old shows or getting lost in a great book. 

Fatima Salaria is the former Managing Director of Naked Television, where she oversaw a diverse programming slate that includes popular entertainment franchises like The Rap Game UK, long-running series such as The Apprentice and Grand Designs, and high-end factual content including Brian Cox on Money, Charles Bronson, Fit to be Free and Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne.

Before her role at Naked, Fatima was Head of Specialist Factual Commissioning at Channel 4 and served as Commissioning Editor for Religion and Ethics at the BBC. She also holds the position of Executive Chair of the Edinburgh TV Festival and is a dedicated industry mentor.

In her newly created role, Fatima will be focused on expanding the DLP's factual drama slate and complementary documentaries. Outside of work, she forces herself to enjoy walking and indulging in sweets.

Rosie joined the development team at Dancing Ledge in July 2023 as a Script Editor with experience on a wide range of shows working with some brilliant writers. These include script editing Abi Morgan’s new show ERIC with Sister for Netflix, Sharon Horgan’s BAD SISTERS for Apple, Sean Cook’s REDEMPTION for Tall Story Pictures on ITVX/Virgin Media, series 4 of Ayub Khan-Din’s ACKLEY BRIDGE for The Forge on Channel 4 and three years on Heidi Thomas’s CALL THE MIDWIFE for Neal Street Productions on BBC 1.

Before making the leap into Script Editing, Rosie worked as production assistant for Neal Street Productions with Creative Access. Prior to that, she’d had a brief stint in a financial investment company and even spent a year in Japan teaching English after leaving university.