Charlotte Surtees
Producer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Charlotte recently block produced series three of GANGS OF LONDON for Sky & AMC. Before this she produced two new drama series based in the Midlands; 1980s period drama THIS TOWN, created & written by Steven Knight for the BBC and ITV’s crime drama, DI RAY, written by Maya Sondhi and executive produced by Jed Mercurio.
Charlotte is a frequent collaborator with director, Al Campbell, having produced his first series of CODE 404. This ambitious hi-concept, sci-fi comedy series became Sky’s fastest binged comedy boxset ever. Charlotte then reteamed with Al & Kudos to produce the first series of award winning TWO WEEKS TO LIVE for Sky & HBO Max, before returning with the gang to produce series two of CODE 404.
Her latest project with Al Campbell is folk-horror short film, THE AWAKENING, written by Nat Saunders, James Serafinowicz & Al Campbell, starring Daniel Mays. THE AWAKENING was selected for the BFI London Film Festival, 2024 and other film festivals across North America and the UK.
Having started her producing career in specialist factual documentary, Charlotte’s scripted development work began with setting-up Darlow Smithon Productions scripted slate, going on to develop and executive produce factual comedy-dramas DAVE ALLEN AT PEACE and WE’RE DOOMED! THE DAD’S ARMY STORY, written by Stephen Russell. Charlotte then ran the writing room at Nutopia for Netflix docudrama series, THE LAST CZARS, before moving to Stolen Picture to develop projects with comedy legends, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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GANGS OF LONDON 2025 | Pulse Films / Sky / AMC | Producer - eps 1 & 2, 5 & 6, season 3, created by Gareth Evans & Matt Flannery, written by Peter McKenna and Kevin Rundle. Directors; Kim Hong Sun & Tessa Hoffe. |
THIS TOWN 2024 | Kudos / BBC One | Producer – 6 x 60’ drama, season 1, created & written by Steven Knight. Directed by Paul Whittington. |
DI RAY 2021 - 2022 | HTM for ITV | Producer - 4 x 60' drama, season 1, written by Maya Sondhi, directed by Audrey Cooke and Alex Pillai, executive produced by Madonna Baptiste, Jed Mercurio & Maya Sondhi. Starring Parminder Nagra as D.I. RAY, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront her lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage. |
CODE 404 2020 - 2021 | Kudos / Water & Power for Sky One & Peacock | Producer – 6 x 30’ season 2. Directed by Al Campbell, starring Daniel Mays and Stephen Graham. |
TWO WEEKS TO LIVE 2019 - 2020 | Kudos for Sky One & HBO MAX | Producer – 6 x 30’ comedy series about a misfit on the run from a murderous gangster, the police…and her Mum - written by Gaby Hull, Phoebe Éclair-Powell and Lucy Montgomery, directed by Al Campbell and starring Maisie Williams. |
CODE 404 2019 | Kudos / Water & Power for Sky One | Producer – 6 x 30’ police comedy series set in the near future - written by Daniel Peak, directed by Al Campbell, starring Daniel Mays and Stephen Graham. |
TORVILL & DEAN 2018 | Darlow Smithson Productions for ITV | Development Executive - 2x90' episodes drama written by Billy Ivory. The moving true story of how two kids from Nottingham became the world’s most famous ice-dancers at the Winter Olympics 1984. |
THE LAST CZARS 2018 - 2019 | Nutopia for NETFLIX | Development Executive – 6x60’ series written by Sasha Hails, Dana Fainaru & Christopher Bell |
DAVE ALLEN AT PEACE 2018 | DSP for BBC2 & RTE | Executive Producer - 1x60’ comedy drama written by Stephen Russell, directed by Andy de Emmony. Inspired by the true story of how the controversial Irish comedian’s career was shaped by the tragic loss of his father, his brother…and his finger. |
WE'RE DOOMED: THE DAD'S ARMY STORY 2015 | DSP for BBC2 | Executive Producer - 1x60 ’comedy drama written by Stephen Russell, directed by Stephen Bendelack. |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
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THE AWAKENING 2024 | Birdie Pictures | Producer – Short Film, directed by Al Campbell, written by Nat Saunders, James Serafinowicz & Al Campbell, executive produced by Phil Temple. Starring Daniel Mays. |
Factual Entertainment
Production | Company | Notes |
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NAZI DEATH CAMP: THE GREAT ESCAPE 2013 | NGCI & PBS | 1 x 60’ drama documentary – For the 70th anniversary, this brutally honest film tells the true story of the Jewish prisoners who fought back to escape Sobibor death camp during WW2. |
HASSLEHOFF vs. THE BERLIN WALL 2014 | NGCI | 1 X 60’ specialist factual documentary – David Hasselhoff commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by taking viewers on an incredible personal journey, back to Berlin. |
FALKLAND'S MOST DARING RAID 2012 | DSP for Channel 4 | 1 x 60’ drama documentary about the incredible true story of how the RAF mounted the longest-range bombing mission in history with little more than good luck, guts and superglue. |
HOW TO BUILD A BIONIC MAN 2013 | Channel 4 & Smithsonian Channel | 1x 60’ specialist factual science documentary following Dr. Bertolt Meyer as he attempts the ultimate engineering challenge; to build an entirely manmade human. Grierson Award for Best Science/Natural History Programme, 2013 |
BRICK BY BRICK: REBUILDING OUR PAST 2012 | BBC2 | 3 x 60’ architectural history series presented by Dan Cruikshank and Charlie Luxton following historic buildings snatched from the jaws of demolition and lovingly rebuilt brick by brick. |
CONCORDE'S LAST FLIGHT 2010 | DSP for Channel 4 | 1 x 90’ drama documentary special revealing the untold story behind the crash of the world’s first and last supersonic passenger jet. TX 2011. CINE Special Jury Award, Science & Technology, 2012 |
FIGHTING THE RED BARON 2010 | DSP for Channel 4 | 1 X 90’ drama documentary special following two former RAF Red Arrows pilots as they embark on a mission to discover the origins of aerial warfare in World War I. |
ROME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY 2011 | Channel 4 | 6 x 60’ living history series following six modern builders’ attempt to construct an authentic, life- sized Roman villa for English Heritage using only Roman building methods and tools. |
MIRACLE OF THE HUDSON PLANE CRASH 2009 | DSP for Channel 4 | 1 x 60’ fast turnaround drama documentary about Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenburger’s plane landing on the Hudson River; the first and definitive documentary broadcast just after the accident. |
SECONDS FROM DISASTER: US EMBASSY BOMBINGS 2006 | National Geographic Channel | 1 X 60’ drama documentary exploring the 1998 Al-Qaeda terrorist attack on the US embassy in Kenya, movingly told by its survivors. |
THE WORLD'S FIRST TIME MACHINE 2003 | TLC for Channel 4 | 1 x 60’ documentary - after the tragic death of his father, American physics professor Ron Mallet takes on the biggest challenge in modern science – to build a working time machine. |