About Us

Andrew McGibbon

Andrew McGibbon is a comedy writer, performer and producer who has written and directed shows for Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Spinal Tap), Sheridan Smith (Mrs Biggs, Gavin and Stacey), Tony Gardner (Fresh Meat) Mark Heap (Spaced, Green Wing) Rory Bremner, John Bird, Bob Monkhouse, Ian McDiarmid, John Sessions, Sally Phillips, Phil Cornwell, John Culshaw, Fiona Allen, Debra Stephenson, David Nobbs, Martin Trenaman and many others.

He also works as a drummer under the name Andrew Paresi and has recorded albums with Morrissey (Viva Hate, Bona Drag, Kill Uncle), Peter Gabriel (Peace Together), My Bloody Valentine (Glider), Bucks Fizz (New Beginnings), Classix Nouveaux, Nanci Griffiths, Sandie Shaw (Hello Angel), Suggs and Chrissie Hynde.

Andrew set up Curtains For Radio as well as Curtains For Pictures to develop cultish but mainstream leaning programmes and films with the accent on surprising, enlightening and original content.

Nick Romero

Nick Romero is a comedy writer and producer. He has worked as a writer on many TV and radio programmes including The Now Show, Weekending, and World of Pub. He was also one half of Dan and Nick a comedy duo who enjoyed two series on Radio 4. Nick wrote with Andrew a musical starring Suggs, Bob Monkhouse and Bill Nighy called “I Think I’ve Got A Problem” about a man who finds a jazz band living in his head. He has produced many shows for Curtains For Radio including the I Was… series, A Cymbal Tale and A Waste of Space.

Jonathan Ruffle

Jonathan is an Sony Gold winning independent producer, executive producer and writer. He is a regular writer on Never Mind The Buzzcocks and has produced a string of documentaries for BBC 2 and Channel 4. Credited with bringing cutting edge comedy to daytime BBC Radio 1 he has since produced a number of comedy, drama and factual programmes for network radio including the critically acclaimed “Bomber” on BBC Radio 2 and “The Cruel Sea” on BBC Radio 4. He is currently writing and producing “Tommies” for Radio 4.

David Quantick

David is one of the UK’s most talented and prodigious comedy writers. He is also arguably one of the funniest. As well as writing additional material for “Wheeler’s Fortune”, “Wheeler’s Wonder” and “Not Today, Thank You”, David presented “Reality is an Illusion…” for Curtains For Radio. His writing credits include, “On the Hour”, “The Day Today”, “Brass Eye”, “Smack The Pony”,”The Peter Serafinovitz Show” and “The Thick of it” and most recently the HBO comedy “Veep” to name many.

Louise Morris

Louise Morris is a freelance radio and TV Producer and journalist with a specialism in current affairs, Latin America, women’s rights and alternative activism. She co-produced A Waste of Space and I Was Philip K Dick’s Reluctant Host for BBC Radio 4, Feb 2017 and is currently working on a three part series on Latin American protest art for Radio 4 in September 2017 entitled, “A Call to Art”. Louise was a producer and assistant producer on  The Wright Stuff, for Channel 5. She was a Researcher on the BBC 3 Stacey Dooley Investigates: Honduras The Worst Place in the World to be a Woman for Watershed TV. Louise has written for publications including The Wire and Delayed Gratification. 

Diversity and Inclusion Policy

Curtains For Radio Ltd recognises that diversity and inclusion help to support creativity and innovation: they are an essential ingredient in a successful television company. We are committed to encouraging diversity and inclusion and ensuring there is no discrimination in our company. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society. We want our company to be one in which every employee and freelancer feels respected and able to give their best.

To that end, this policy provides a framework of equality and fairness for all in our employment. It expresses our commitment not to discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital status (including civil partnerships), race, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, national origin, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

This policy applies to employed and freelance staff and to people working on and off-screen.

All freelancers and employees, whether part-time, full-time or temporary, will be treated fairly and with respect. Selection for employment, whether as a member of staff or on a freelance basis, will be on the basis of aptitude and ability. Access to opportunities for promotion, training or any other benefit will also be on the basis of aptitude and ability. All employees will be encouraged to develop their full potential and the talents and resources of the workforce will be fully utilised to maximise the creativity and success of the company.

We will:

  • Actively seek to increase the number of people we work with who are from groups/communities that are under-represented in the television industry as a whole, or in particular job roles in the industry.
  • Review all our formal and informal employment/hiring practices and procedures to ensure they are fair and help us to identify the best talent.
  • Identify and take opportunities to increase the diversity of casting decisions
  • Ensure reasonable adjustments are made to enable disabled people to work in or with our company, both on and off-screen.
  • Actively seek to increase the diversity of our talent networks.
  • Create an environment in which individual differences and the contributions of all our staff and freelancers are recognised and valued.
  • Ensure every employee and freelancer is able to work in an environment that promotes dignity and respect for all. We will not tolerate any form of intimidation, bullying or harassment.
  • Ensure training, development and progression opportunities are available to all staff.
  • We have set ourselves the following diversity targets. We will aim to offer over 50% of our production roles to individuals that are under-represented in the audio and television industry by 2026. We intend to offer 50% of our programme ideas to networks that have originated from under represented groups by 2027.

We will monitor the success of this policy regularly and our review our progress at least once a year. We have developed an action plan to help us achieve our specific diversity goals. The person who is responsible for ensuring this action plan is implemented is Andrew McGibbon.

This policy is fully supported by the senior management of the company. Breaches of the policy may be regarded as misconduct and could lead to disciplinary proceedings.