Kathleen Carragher
Kathleen Carragher left the BBC in 2018 to return to her first love of hands-on programme making.
She has spent most of her career working for the BBC and in radio, rising to the most senior post in the BBC Northern Ireland newsroom – Head of News. Prior to that she was Editor, Radio News and Current Affairs in Belfast. Under her leadership the Belfast newsroom won three prestigious Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Before moving back to her home city she was a senior producer on BBC Radio Four’s flagship news programmes, The World at One and The World this Weekend. She was also a senior producer on BBC Radio Four’s Woman’s Hour. She started her BBC career as a reporter with BBC Radio Foyle in Derry/Londonderry. She also worked as a print journalist with the Leicester Mercury and the Banbury Guardian.
Kathleen is passionate about squash, Andy Murray, cooking and Radio Four.
John Deering
John Deering is a highly experienced journalist and television/radio producer. He was a reporter in RTE’s Belfast office at the height of the Troubles, reporting on many major stories including the IRA prisoners’ hunger strike, the murder of Lord Mountbatten and the rise and fall of the John De Lorean automobile project. He moved to BBC Northern Ireland where he was a producer on the nightly news programme and the current affairs strand, Spotlight.
John’s interest in travel and the environment took him to the BBC Natural History Unit where he spent four years filming in far flung parts of the world including the Yamal peninsula, in Siberia, where he produced a television documentary on the effects of oil and gas exploration on the lives of the native reindeer herders. His experience prompted him to use Yamal as the name for his production company.
As a freelance and independent producer he has made a wide range of programmes around the world during the past twenty years. Earlier in his career he was the Belfast resident radio news correspondent for ABC Radio (America) and ABC Radio (Australia). He started as a print journalist with the Scotsman and the Irish Times. He’s passionate about Siberia, The Band, space exploration and Liverpool FC.
John Colquhoun
John Colquhoun is Financial Director of Yamal Productions. He recently retired from the Edinburgh-based accountancy and tax advisory company, Accountancy Assured Ltd, which he founded. John is passionate about Elvis, classic westerns and hockey. He dotes on his grandchildren.
Tom Deering
Tom Deering is an acoustic consultant, based in London. He helps his parents with audio technology problems on occasions. He is passionate about his music, deejaying and health and fitness.
Ken Moffett
Ken Moffett is a distant cousin … he lives about an hour’s drive north of Wellington in New Zealand. He has appointed himself as our researcher Down Under, with a file of ideas he’s eager for us to develop. We humour him. Ken is passionate about Crom Castle, Billy Caulfield’s Boats, golf and the kakapo.