Judges Panel

Paul is a TV producer, director and writer, with credits across drama, documentary, music and education. Awards include the Prix Italia, RTS, BAFTA, Golden Gate and Prix Gemini. A graduate of Oxford University, Paul taught in Swaziland before joining the BBC as a trainee. After a stint in radio he moved to television, first at the Open University, then adapting classic plays for the small screen. At Thames TV he produced education, drama and music programmes before setting up the UK’s first independent HD production company, with work ranging from the Olympics Games to musicals with Cameron Mackintosh and comedy with the Reduced Shakespeare Company. He has lectured widely, and published many articles on technical and artistic aspects of new media. He was President of Amsterdam’s Nombre d’Or widescreen TV festival, and is a member of the Europrix jury. A director of CTVC and Hillside Studios, he holds a senior research fellowship at Nottingham University and is a member of the Council of IBC.

Adrian is a TV and theatre director, writer and teacher, with seven awards including an EMMY and a BAFTA Nomination, in categories of drama, musical, opera, documentary and ‘performing arts'. A graduate of Oxford University , after military service with Forces Radio, he then toured the world with a ballet company, and worked in rep’ before joining the BBC as a trainee drama director. Forty years later he has directed over 1000 television programmes of every conceivable type, and done perhaps a hundred theatre productions, of which the last was WILD OATS for the LOST company. Officially retired, he immediately began a new career as poet, with two books published Sahara and The Ram In The Thicket, with a third on the way.

Julian is an actor comedy writer and director. He has been a performer in the 'Leisure Virus' which became a cult hit at the Edinburgh Festival and in London. He has also written and acted with his writing partner Russell Pay in the sketch shows 'Spasm' and 'The Invisible Bob Show'. He is currently working with two sketch groups 'This sketch show Belongs to Lionel Richie' and 'The OXYshow'. As well as sketch comedy, Julian has performed stand up and directed various comic plays including 3 pantomimes. He has also been part of the One Act Festival Co-ordinators team for 4 years aswell as being a member of LOST Theatre's Trustee Board.