Sam Shepherd
TV Producer, Creator, Rubik's Cube Nerd™
Senior Producer specialising in prime time quiz & game shows,
looking to expand to studio entertainment & comedy ents.​​​
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I once made Jimmy Carr cry with laughter.
Yes, it was on purpose.
No, it wasn't at my face.​
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With over a decade of experience in production & development, honing skills including running questions from top to bottom, writing scripts, gags, rules & running orders, as well as problem solving formats, creating & editing graphics, images & videos, and hosting & running graphics for run-throughs & pitches.​
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I've also worked across the development & production of several podcasts and over 300 social videos. More info on these is below.
TV Production
Having been working in TV production for over a decade, I am very proud to have worked on all of the shows above and more, starting as a Researcher on 'Pointless' up to becoming a Producer in 2020, and now a Senior Producer since 2025.
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Since becoming a Producer, I have specialised in producing multiple series of prime time entertainment quiz & game shows. I particularly love working on first series to develop new processes and set the tone for the show.
My Producer credits include:​
THE FLOOR (ITV)
Senior Producer - S1
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ANT & DEC'S LIMITLESS WIN (ITV)
Producer - S1
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JIMMY CARR'S I LITERALLY JUST
TOLD YOU (Channel 4)
Producer - S3-S4
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THE WHEEL (BBC)
Producer - S1, S3-S6
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IN WITH A SHOUT (ITV)
Producer - S1, S2
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HANDCUFFED (Channel 4)
Producer - S1
TV Development
Throughout my career, I have also worked in development on run-throughs, pitches to BBC and ITV, commissioned pilots and further developing existing series.
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This includes my role as Producer on the unbroadcast pilot of 'Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening', including leading development of the format, writing the script, leading the questions and working on casting, as well as contributing substantively to many other parts of the production.
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I also created several rounds broadcast on 'Richard Osman's House of Games', and independently developed the first new game type introduced to 'Pointless' for 17 series, which was first played in Series 24.
Social Content
From March 2024 to March 2025, I took on a year-long project to create social content across TikTok, Instagram & YouTube to educate myself about producing social content and the strengths and processes of each platform. The end of my social content experiment also coincided with the birth of my son!
Across the year, I devised my own formats then wrote, presented, produced & edited over 300 pop culture quiz videos, on top of many other live quizzes broadcast on TikTok.
My biggest achievement in this experiment was creating, writing & hosting my social-first quiz format ‘SwipeOut’, which was recorded live across TikTok & Instagram, using OBS Studio with Restream, then fully edited by me & released across all of my channels.
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You can watch a full episode of SwipeOut below, and more on my TikTok, Instagram & YouTube channels.
Podcasts
Over the past few years, I have been involved in the development & production of multiple podcasts, from original projects of my own to working with talent on their passion projects, with experience writing scripts, hosting, booking guests, editing & more.
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Although not released due to a collapsed deal, my proudest podcast project is 'Taboo or Not Taboo', an X-rated comedy panel show dissecting a different supposedly-taboo subject each episode. The format was developed by me and my two producing partners, then I wrote the scripts and games, as well as hosting and editing all four produced episodes, each of which featured our team captains and comedian & actor guests.
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Other podcast projects have included a mockumentary on the life of a successful comedy actor, a scripted exploration of mental health, and a technology show about automation.
I am also a regular guest on ‘Universally Speaking: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Podcast’, writing, producing and hosting the Christmas special gameshow annually since 2022, and have been a guest interviewee on an upcoming podcast about the TV industry.
