Fiona Blair
Co-director
Fiona Blair spent twenty years in Network Television at the BBC across current affairs, documentaries and drama-documentaries. She rose to become an executive producer, primarily focussed on young audiences. She developed and made three programmes with Stacey Dooley; Shot by My Neighbour, The Billion Pound Party and Nigeria’s Female Suicide bombers as well as working with diverse new talent on and off screen on Racism in the Ranks, Instatraders, Music’s Dirty Secrets and Computer Says No. Since leaving the BBC she has worked for productions for four BBC channels and Channel 4 with independent companies including Firecrest Films, Walk on Air and Waddell.
In 2024 she was selected for the Women in Film and TV mentoring scheme and was part of BFI/ Doc Society’s ‘Producing Truth’ programme. “Secrets of the Supermarket Own Brands” which she exec’d for Firecrest and Channel 4 was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA. While “On Drugs” was nominated in the regional category at the RTS Journalism Awards, at the Celtic Media Festival and also for the Northern Irish RTS awards.
Jackie Doyle
Co-director
Jackie Doyle began her producing and directing career in theatre, where she was Co Founder, and Chief Executive of Prime Cut Productions – one of Ireland’s foremost independent theatre companies, producing and or directing over 30 projects including International Co-Productions and Premieres. Highlights include The World Premiere of Trevor Griffith’s Who Shall Be Happy…? The Irish Premiere of Sam Shepard’s Simpatico, the European Premiere of Michel Marc Bouchard’s Coronation Voyage and the world Premiere of Peter Carey’s The Chance which she also adapted for the stage.
Since then she has worked as an in house Producer for Flickerpix Animations,was Literary Manager of Buxton International Festival, and has worked extensively in Broadcast Mediain Northern Ireland, across finance, production and development.
Recent Theatrical release credits include Co-Producer YOUNG PLATO (IFTA George Morrison Award Winner 2022, ICCL Human Rights on Film Award winner Virgin Dublin Film Festival 2022 IDA Awards finalist 2022) Producer on Erica Starling’s Feature Documentary LYRA (Tim Hetherington Award Sheffield Doc Festival 2022, Grierson Award Best Documentary 2022, Prix Europa 2022, Audience Award Cork International Festival and Best Documentary GFX Giffoni 2022, Best Documentary Solidarity Human Rights Festival Tel Aviv 2022) and Production Executive on Nothing Compares (Sundance 2022 and Winner of Best Documentary BIFA 2022) In 2025 she was a producer on Alison Millar’s The Disappearance of Captain Nairac (BBC) and an executive producer on The Rise of Slapfighting (Ch4 Digital documentaries.)
Contact Jackie
info@recordedtime.uk
Cathal McElhinney recently returned to Northern Ireland after over a decade working with leading London production companies, including Passion Pictures, Box To Box Films, and Raw. He has secured major commissions for Netflix, Apple TV+, BBC, Hulu, and Discovery, helping drive growth across these companies. His credits include Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar (BBC, exec produced by Kim Kardashian), Hunting Mr Nice: The Cannabis Kingpin (BBC), Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn (Apple TV+), Break Point, Full Swing, 6 Nations: Full Contact, Sprint (Netflix), Fear City: New York vs The Mafia, and Bad Sport (Netflix).
Cathal McElhinney
Head of Development
Contact Cathal
cathal@recordedtime.uk
Dean Sterling Jones
Researcher
Dean Sterling Jones is a researcher at Recorded Time, bringing a background in print journalism and open-source intelligence to the company's documentary and factual programming. Since 2018, his work uncovering digital trickery and political influence has reached global audiences via The Guardian, BuzzFeed News, Foreign Policy, and The Daily Beast, among other big news outlets. Beyond his documentary work, Dean curates Forbes Magazine’s flagship "30 Under 30" lists, and lived a former life as a master bao bun chef. His investigations have been lauded by the likes of Clarissa Ward and Rachel Maddow, and even drew the ire of the late Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, who deemed him “boorish and offensive”—a badge of honour Dean wears proudly.
Contact Dean
dean@recordedtime.uk
Susie Loane
Trainee Producer
Susie Loane hit the ground running with her directorial debut, Danseur (2024), which won the RTS NI Award for Best Factual (Short) and the Cinemagic Young Filmmaker of the Year (Documentary).
Now a Trainee Producer at Recorded Time, Susie’s recent credits include the Channel 4 Digital documentaries The Rise of Slapfighting and I Exposed the Dark World of UK Puppy Farms. Other notable credits include production work on Relic (Erica Starling, 2024), Rita (TG4, 2024), and Helpless (BBC Northern Ireland/NI Screen, 2025), co-starring Éanna Hardwicke and Saoirse-Monica Jackson.
A 2024 Film Studies graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, Susie’s earlier work has been showcased at Docs Ireland, Disappear Here, and Cinemagic, with screenings at the Waterford and Kerry International Film Festivals. Beyond filmmaking, she has worked with Beyond Skin Media and Ardmore Advertising.