ITVS’ ‘Grace’ label Tall Story Pictures appoints Phil Hunter as exec producer

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Tall Story Pictures, the ITV Studios label behind dramas such as The Bay and Grace, has appointed Silverprint and Rollem alum Phil Hunter as executive producer.

He joins the firm, which is also behind Redemption and Bancroft, following Patrick Schweitzer’s move to It’s A Sin prodco Red as its new CEO, this week.

Phil Hunter

Working across projects both in production and development, Hunter becomes executive producer on the next series of Grace, the ITV drama which is an adaptation of author Peter James’ novels, starring John Simm as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.

Prior to Tall Story, Hunter was co-producer on the Apple TV+ show Criminal Record starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo and served as executive producer on five series of ITV’s Vera for fellow ITV Studios label, Silverprint Pictures.

His other credits include producing Midsomer Murders for Bentley Productions, as well as working as a producer and script editor on shows such as Hollyoaks, EastEnders, Holby City and Hustle. Previous roles also include head of production for Kay Mellor’s Rollem Productions and production executive at Mammoth Screen.

Catherine Oldfield, creative director of Tall Story Pictures, praised Hunter as “a fantastic storyteller and a brilliant executive producer,” while Hunter said that he has “long admired the vision and scale Catherine has for Tall Story Pictures.”