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  • Simon Hill
    Composer/ Co-Founder
    Simon started his career playing drums, becoming one of the top session musicians in the UK. Whilst recording and touring with bands including JTQ, Kim Wilde, The Pet Shop Boys, Westlife & Steps, he also employed his programming, production and writing talents with an array of top acts including, S Club 7, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Alex Parks, Natasha Bedingfield, RyanDan, Moya Brennan, Ladysmith Black Mambozo & Connie Talbot
    Simon's TV composition and production credits include: Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning, Peston on Sunday, Loose Women, Inside Out, Now You See It, Fame Academy & the BAFTA Award winning, 'It Was Alright In The..'. He has overseen the audio branding for Basketball Champions League, Vancouver Winter Olympics, UEFA Euro Qualifiers, Forces TV, Jeem TV, Associated Press, Pokerstars, and Guinness ICC.
  • Rob May
    Composer/ Co-Founder
    Rob co-founded and toured with Beehive, one of the UK’s most sought after live acts, when the Acid Jazz boom was at its height. In 1997, their brilliant blend of Funk and Nu Soul won them a MOBO award for their self produced album, ‘Brand New Day’. He subsequently worked with a number of top acts including Honeyz, Misteeq, 911, Louise and Lulu. Production and mix credits include Alex Parks, Moya Brennan, RyanDan and Will Martin. He produced Connie Talbot’s ‘Over The Rainbow’, which achieved Gold status in the UK as well as Platinum Sales in Asia. The single ‘Three Little Birds’ reached number 1 in the US Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart.
    A MOBO Award winner, Rob's TV composition and production credits include: Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning, Peston on Sunday, Loose Women, Inside Out, Now You See It, When Jordan met Peter, Wogan Now & Then, and BBC's award winning, Toughest Place To Be A.. He has overseen the audio branding for FIFA Women's World Cup, Vancouver Winter Olympics, UEFA Euro Qualifiers, Forces TV, Jeem TV, NRT TV, Associated Press, Pokerstars, Guinness ICC and the BAFTA Award Winning, 'It Was Alright In The...'
  • Dave Healey
    Composer
    Dave's TV credits include, Good Morning Britain, FIFA Anthem, UEFA Euro Qualifiers, Basketball Champions League, Lorraine, Inside Out, Star Sports, Globetrekker, Jeem, Omnisport & I Got You. He has also composed music for the Blackpool Pleasure Thrillseekers Advert.
    A brilliant musician, composer and producer he has production credits on the RyanDan singles 'High' & 'The Face' as well as Will Martin's 'Into The West', Connie Talbot's debut album, 'Over The Rainbow', and the Shell Perris album, 'Have You Heard'.
  • Julie Sharpe
    Composer/ Orchestral Arranger
    Composition credits include the Official Broadcast Theme for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Setanta Sports FA Cup & England Coverage Themes. She has lent her Orchestral arranging talents to FIFA's Official Anthem, Daybreak & Good Morning Britain. Other credits include TV Ads for Max Factor & SKY, Connie Talbot's Christmas album, short films 'Indians' & 'Processed', and the title music for the critically acclaimed Metro-Boulot-Dodo art installation.
  • Sam Wedgewood
    Composer/ Musician
    Based in Queensland Australia, Sam is an incredible composer and multi-instrumentalist. After winning a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he spent the following decade as a pop writer for Sony. During that time he toured extensively with Jamie Cullum, taking on guitar, keys, percussion, trumpet and vocal duties. As well as several BBC, ITV and SKY cues, Sam lent his composition talents to the Loose Women theme.
  • Henry Gorman
    Composer
    Henry's TV credits include, 'Good Morning Britain', ' Lorraine', the multi Emmy Award-winning US quiz show 'Jeopardy', 'Britain's Got Talent', 'Wheel of Fortune', 'The Mysteries of Laura', 'Access Hollywood', 'NBA Basketball', 'Wild Russia', 'My Super Sweet 16', 'Nascar' on Fox and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'.
    His advertising work includes writing the music for the nationally-aired TV commercials Wells Fargo and Jeopardy (Attila ad) and co-writing the score for the national US TV ad for Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion for Men. He also wrote and produced the song 'What Are You Made Of' for a Tag Heuer corporate broadcast.
  • Hank Linderman
    Composer/ Musician
    Based in Los Angeles, Hank provides an all important 'American-feel' to many a Sitting Duck project. As a session guitarist, engineer & producer he has worked with some of Americas biggest names including The Eagles, Don Henley, Timothy B Schmit, America, Robert Lamm & Gerry Beckley.
    UK credits include Honeyz, 911, Louise, Connie Talbot, Peston on Sunday, Loose Women, Fame Academy 2, Celebrity Fame Academy & Setanta Premiership Football
  • Steve Chase
    Dubbing Mixer/ 5.1 Mix Engineer
    Steve is one of the most sought after mix engineers of his generation. He cut his teeth on albums such as 'Sowing The Seeds Of Love' (Tears for Fears), 'Journeyman' (Eric Clapton), and 'East of the Sun' (Aha) whilst he was chief engineer at Townhouse.
    Selected mix credits include, 'Breathe' Toni Braxton, 'Stay' (Eternal), 'Get Here' (Oleta Adams), 'Goldeneye' (Tina Turner), 'Knocking on Heaven's Door' (Randy Crawford & Eric Clapton), Mary's Prayer (Danny Wilson). Album credits include Elton John, Wu Tang Clan, Phil Colins, Bob Dylan, Ricky Martin, Sting & Mary J Blige.
    In recent years Steve has become one of the UK's foremost 5.1 Surround Sound Mix Engineers, notching up broadcast & DVD credits for Alice Cooper, Chick Corea, Deep Purple, Weather Report, UEFA Euro Qualifiers Anthem & the Official Olympic broadcast theme for the IOC
    TV Credits include The X Files, Ally McBeal, The Simpsons, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Eastenders, Holby City & The Bill
Sitting Duck are extremely easy going, yet very professional, creative and spontaneous… but with a fabulous attention to detail.


Richard Norley, Head Creative Jump Design and Direction


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Richard Norley, Head Creative Jump Design and Direction
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I can’t recommend Sitting Duck enough. They are simply the best!


Erron Gordon - Series Director, Good Morning Britain/ Good Evening Britain/ Peston On Sunday


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Erron Gordon - Series Director, Good Morning Britain/ Good Evening Britain/ Peston On Sunday
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I found Sitting Duck so easy to deal with, super flexible and when the tweaks and deliverables list kept growing, so did their patience.


Helen Killeen, Head Of Production Daytime, ITV Studios


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Helen Killeen, Head Of Production Daytime, ITV Studios
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Sitting Duck’s versatility, experience and wealth of knowledge gives me confidence they will deliver to any brief, on time and within budget.


Marc Marot, Chairman Crown Talent and Media Group


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2016-09-15T16:41:53+00:00
Marc Marot, Chairman Crown Talent and Media Group
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We are already jigging in the gallery. Lorraine loves it too. Thank you so much Rob. It’s been a joy working with you and the team at Sitting Duck. Very rewarding.


Sue Walton, Editor - Lorraine, ITV Studios


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Sue Walton, Editor - Lorraine, ITV Studios
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