Helen Houston

Adam Paterson

Helen is Deputy Head of Production at Multistory Media with over 20 years experience in the broadcasting industry. In her current position, Helen oversees all of their unscripted output from the Manchester and Cardiff offices and also covers a slate of programmes in London. Recently, Helen has worked on Jason Derulo’s Project Icon (BBC) where she worked hand in hand with editorial to ensure we delivered a first class new Entertainment series which was underpinned by robust production structures and processes. Dubai Hustle (BBC) the reality / business series based in Dubai is another series which Helen is proud to have been involved in from the very beginning. Having been commissioned during Covid – 19, this series involved a huge amount of risk management, agility and planning. Helen oversaw the budgeting, negotiations and scheduling of the series ensuring editorial ambition was feasible within the proposed timeframe and budget.

Before taking up her current role, Helen was Production Executive at Multistory / Shiver overseeing a slate of productions across documentary, formats, features and Entertainment. Helen benefits from ample of cross genre programming such as Waco (ITVX), The Live Leaders Debates (ITV), You Are What You Wear (BBC) David Jason: Plane, Trains & Automobiles. One of Helen’s proudest achievements is being part of the 7UP production team – having worked on 42Up, 56Up & 63Up with the award winning director Michael Apted.