Kate Taylor

"I was thrilled to hear Gavin Esler's programme Letters from Guantanamo. It featured one of my clients, Sami Al Hajj, an Al Jazeera journalist, who is no more a terrorist than my grandmother. Most powerful was Al Hajj's reference to the Statue of Liberty and what a prison without laws means in terms of US justice. Most importantly, it was the first programme about the matter that had no inaccuracies, for which I must praise producer Kate Taylor." Clive Stafford-Smith, Reprieve.

Kate Taylor is one of Whistledown’s most experienced producers and has worked on numerous programmes for the BBC and other broadcasters in her years with the company. In her role as our Head of Commercial Development, she is also the first point of call for our podcast clients, and is currently producing the Cambridge Ideas series which marks the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge. In 2007, Kate produced the Sony Gold award-winning programme "Letters From Guantanamo", presented by Gavin Esler, which exclusively broadcast the letters of detainee Sami al-Hajj from within the infamous detention centre. Kate has produced a wide variety of single documentaries across all genres. These range from a tribute to the children’s classic “A Very Hungry Caterpillar”, a feature on Eleanor Roosevelt’s drafting of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and most recently, "Billy Liar at Fifty", presented by Blake Morrison. She recently completed a three part series for the BBC World Service on the science of the Islamic empire. Called "The Secret Scientists", it was presented by Jim al-Khalili. She is also part of the team of producers making the Sony Gold winning series, "The Reunion" with Sue MacGregor. As a presenter, Kate has worked on programmes such as "Generating Genius", which followed a groundbreaking scheme taking black British boys to Jamaica to study, as well as features for the long-running series "Questions, Questions". She is also one of Whistledown’s team of experienced media trainers.