Beth Willis (producer)
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Beth Willis (born 1978) is a British television executive who is currently joint Managing Director of television production company The Forge, a subsidiary of Banijay UK.
In her early career, Willis worked as a script editor on Agatha Christie's Poirot and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard.
Willis was the producer of the BBC drama series Ashes to Ashes[1], and she was an executive producer (alongside Steven Moffat and Piers Wenger) of the fifth (2010) and sixth series (2011) of Doctor Who.[2]
From 2012 to 2018, Willis worked at Channel 4, initially as Deputy Head of Drama, before becoming Head of Drama in 2016.[3] While at Channel 4, Willis commissioned the BAFTA-winning The End of the F***ing World, BAFTA-winning National Treasure and RTS-winning No Offence and Humans.[4]
In 2018, Willis joined production company The Forge to work alongside founder George Faber[5] and she became joint Managing Director (with George Ormond) in 2026.[6] The Forge productions overseen by Willis include The Buccaneers for Apple TV[7] and A Woman of Substance for Channel 4.[8]
