Thomas joined Pioneer in 2016 as Creative Director. Since then, he has overseen everything from super-premium docs for US streamers and cable-nets, (In The Womb: Animal Babies, for Nat Geo, Mother Undercover for Hulu) to distribution-led, lower budget shows such as Superfactories, #Trump, and Moon Landing: An Hour That Changed The World, working with in-house distributor Passion on innovative funding models.

As well as expanding into true crime and natural history, Thomas has seen Pioneer maintain its position as a key producer of science, history, archaeology, and engineering, including Secrets Of Christ’s Tomb, Chasing The Equinox, and Superstructures: Engineering Marvels (all for Nat Geo), plus the Great American Eclipse, and several seasons of ongoing hit How The Universe Works for Science Channel.

Before joining Pioneer, Thomas was an executive producer at Arrow, overseeing the first two seasons of See No Evil, and the first season of American Monster for ID, as well as two seasons of Animal Fight Night, and Big Cat Games for Nat Geo Wild. In the UK, he produced Kevin’s Supersized Salvage, Terror In The Skies and World’s Most Extreme for Channel 4, as well as Hairy Bikers’ Restoration Road Trip and The Code-Breaker Who Hacked Hitler for BBC2.

Prior to becoming an executive, Thomas was a director, with films including Poisoned, The Girl Who Came Back from the Dead, Locked Up Abroad, Tony Robinson & The Blitz Witch, The Real Sopranos, and Buildings That Shaped Britain.

Peter Collins joined Pioneer in May 2018 in the newly created role of Head of Factual. He oversees Pioneer’s premium factual output for both the UK and international markets.

Since joining the company, Peter has overseen and executive produced several of Pioneer’s most successful series including the ground-breaking natural history/science series In the Womb – Animal Babies for National Geographic/Disney +, The Windsor Castle Fire – The Untold Story for Channel 4, Animals Like Us for Love Nature, Engineering Reborn with Rob Bell for Channel 5, Ocean Autopsy for BBC4, and Secrets of the Royal Gardens for More4. He is currently in production on a feature documentary with Idris Elba.

Prior to this, he was Head of Specialist Factual at STV Studios, where he devised and executive produced a number of ambitious projects including Britain’s Polar Bear Cub for Channel 4, Lucy Worsley’s Fireworks for a Tudor Queen for BBC4 and Tree of the Year for Channel 4. He also exec produced the BBC2/Smithsonian access series Britain’s Biggest Warship.

Before starting at STV, Peter was Head of Development and part of the senior management team at Oxford Scientific Films for five years, where he created several high-rating factual series including Animal Odd Couples for BBC1, Secret Life of…strand for ITV and The Queen’s Garden for ITV.

Peter started out his working life as a botanist at Kew Gardens, before heading to the BBC Science Unit, where he cut his teeth on shows including Oceans and Planet Dinosaur.

Katie is the Talent Executive for Tinopolis Factual Group, where she works across Firecracker Films, Mentorn Media and Pioneer Productions. She is responsible for finding the best talent for a wide variety of non-scripted genres and is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams.

Katie has over 25 years of experience in the industry. She started her career as a researcher for Granada Television, before freelancing as a Producer and then Series Producer, primarily in reality and factual entertainment, on titles such as; I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Big Brother, Hell’s Kitchen, and Space Cadets, to name a few! 

She moved into Talent Managing in 2013 and is always keen to hear from new or established talent. Do get in touch. 

Since joining the Tinopolis Factual Group in 2010, Helen has worked on a wide range of productions from fast turnaround documentaries to feature length docudramas. She previously worked as Production Executive at Pioneer Productions, and was appointed Deputy Head of Production for the Group in 2022.

As Production Executive, Helen worked across all of Pioneer’s programming - which has recently included commissions for Discovery, National Geographic and More4. Now working across the group, Helen will be working on flagship shows such as Traffic Cops, and upcoming one-off documentaries such as Litvinenko: Murder in Mayfair for ITV and Vicky Pattison: My Dad, Alcohol & Me for Channel 4.

Sarah joined Pioneer from the BBC in 2011, moving into the Pioneer development department in 2012. Since then, Sarah has developed numerous UK and international factual commissions for Pioneer including; Mother Undercover for ABC/Hulu, Animals Like Us for Love Nature, Ocean Autopsy for BBC4, Your Face Says It All for Channel 4, Animals After Dark for Channel 5, as well as developing V-Day for Smithsonian.

Sarah started her career in advertising, moving into television after being accepted onto the BBC’s prestigious talent pool.

Crispin joined Pioneer in 2016 and has developed numerous commissions for the UK and international broadcasters including, Windsor Castle Fire: The Untold Story, Secrets Of The Royal Gardens, Ocean Autopsy, and Chasing The Equinox. He has also produced Secrets Of Christ's Tomb and Superstructures: Engineering Marvels, both for National Geographic Channel.

Prior to Pioneer, he worked in development and production for the likes of Blink Films, Dragonfly Film and TV and Oxford Scientific Films, producing several ambitious specials including The Real Noah's Ark for Channel Four and PBS NOVA and Return From The Dead for National Geographic Channel.