NICK PARNES
CEO
Nick was Exec of International Formats for MTV after having produced and directed Popworld (C4) and Swag (C5). He set up Kalel Productions, creating The Undercover Princes/Princesses, Eye Spy, Make Me A Millionaire Inventor, as well as exec’ing the UK versions of Impractical Jokers and Off Their Rockers, and Kayvan Novak’s Britain Today Tonight. Nick’s created long-running series Rich Kids Go Skint and Rich Kids Skint Holiday and international formats, including re-making the US CNBC series The Profit for C4. Kalel continues to harness contemporary tech to create immersive headline-grabbing TV, including Undercover: Sexual Harassment – The Truth, Stupid Man, Smart Phone, and Magaluf Undercover: Predators & Parties (which continues to break viewer records for Channel 4). Can AI Steal Your Vote?, Is Your Smartphone Spying on You?, Lawless Britain: Catching the Street Thieves and Will AI Take My Job? (featuring Britain’s first AI-generated news reporter) are recent feature-length commissions. Contact Nick.
WILL BROWN
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
Will joined Kalel Productions as Senior Development Producer in 2024, having previously held development roles at companies including Mentorn Media, Renegade Pictures, and Summer Films. Throughout his career, Will has devised and developed a wide range of unscripted projects, from observational access series (The Best Little Prison in Britain, ITV; Lake District Rescue, C4) and documentary boxsets (Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge, Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island, BBC) to talent-led films (James Arthur: Out of Our Minds, BBC; Dani Dyer: Is This Anxiety?, E4) and hard-hitting history documentaries (Secrets of the Bay City Rollers, ITV; Britain’s Forgotten Army, C4). Contact Will.
JOHN VILLENEAU
HEAD OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS
John started his legal career at Harbottle and Lewis solicitors. He has worked in legal and business affairs for a number of the terrestrial broadcasters including GMTV (yes he is that old), ITV and Channel 4. After leaving Channel 4, John worked at Shine for a number of years before starting his own consultancy providing legal and business affairs advice to a number of independent television producers. Contact John.
STEVEN WILSON
HEAD OF ACCOUNTS
Having qualified as an accountant in 2003, Steven opened his own accountancy practice, Abbey Stevens Accountants in 2011, and has since grown to have four members of staff. Although continuing to work in general practice with a wide range of clients in all industry sectors, Steven and Abbey Stevens Accountants moved into the TV industry in 2018, now working with several production companies. Contact Steven.
