Victoria Holden

Founder and Creative Director

Victoria founded Chalk Productions in 2020, with the aim of making factual and entertaining programmes with social purpose.

Victoria is an award winning Producer/Director,  with 20 years' experience in the Broadcast industry at the BBC and ITV.  She began working as a journalist,  developing a love of current affairs and storytelling.  She has worked around the world  in  Africa, Asia and America making films for the BBC.

Victoria oversees each and everyone of the commissions at Chalk Productions and is keen to promote new talent and under-represented voices.

Recent TV work includes: Exec Producing the BBC One Arts series 'In My Own Words: Alison Lapper and a number of BBC One Show films.

She worked on  current affairs series Inside Out, BBC1's How the NHS Changed the world,  BBC 2's Great Ormond Street-Too Great to Fail? and BBC 1's A Law Unto Themselves, BBC 2 My life as a Gypsy.

Development Producer

Helen  worked as a researcher and producer at the BBC for over 15 years on a number of programmes including Current Affairs programmes First Sight and Inside Out developing and producing story ideas.  She's worked with high profile presenters and has spent several years working on Natural History programmes for the BBC.  Helen has worked for the Production Guild and also teaches film at the University of the Arts London.

Senior Advisor

Dawn is an international development expert with over 25 years of experience in the broadcast industry (television and radio);  This includes Managing Director, Commercial Director and Broadcast Development Director roles at local, national and international television channels. She is a published author, columnist  and entrepreneur, launching one of the first interactive broadcast services, the first virtual trade platform and an interactive educational module.  She advises government on international trade policy and is on the board of the creative industry trade board.   Dawn is currently the managing director of global strategy at Pact, the UK’s trade association representing independent production companies in TV, film and animation.

Dawn advises Chalk on  engaging and influencing stakeholders, international  markets and developing commercialised projects in the UK and abroad.

Senior Advisor

Elsje previously held senior commercial finance and business development roles at BBC East. She began working in television 25 years ago at BBC Radio Norfolk and worked her way up through the ranks to Finance and then Business Manager across the East.

Elsje has worked across numerous different genres across in television and Radio. Her extensive experience in business and operational matters including TV Production finance makes her a key advisor on the financial strategy of the company.