About Us
Various Artists Limited (VAL) is a BAFTA, Emmy and RTS award-winning production company, co-founded in 2017 by producers Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni, alongside acclaimed writers and showrunners Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain. Its credits include the BAFTA award-winning Sally4Ever (Sky/HBO), Dead Pixels (Channel 4), the multi-award-winning I May Destroy You (BBC/HBO), Still Up (Apple TV), Henpocalypse! (BBC Two), and two series of Mawaan Rizwan's Juice (BBC Three) and Kat Sadler's Such Brave Girls (BBC/Hulu).
In 2026, VAL launched Catherine Shepherd's eight-part BBC drama Two Weeks in August. Current productions include Michaela Coel's First Day on Earth with A24 (HBO/BBC), Jessica Knappett's comedy Push for BBC One, and The Choir, a comedic drama from Ruth Jones and James Corden for Apple TV.
Phil Clarke
Joint Managing Director
Sam Bain
Joint Creative Director
Jesse Armstrong
Joint Creative Director
Roberto Troni
Joint Managing Director
Greg Allon
Chief Operating Officer
Marilyn Bennett
Head of Production
Ian McBain
Finance Director
Jack Bayles
Head of Comedy
John Taylor
Head of Business Affairs
Kat Reynolds
Head of Drama Development
Hannah Moulder
Head of Comedy Development
Helen Williams
Executive Producer
Danijela Topalovic
Business Affairs Manager
Emily Iredale
Drama Development Executive
Maisah Thompson
Comedy Development Producer
Sharn Matharu
Comedy Development Researcher
Kelli Bromley
Operations Manager and PA To The Directors