About Telltale
Stories that move people
Telltale was founded in 2021 by a team of award-winning television producers and BBC journalists, to work in the shared ground between premium audio and television. We have made more than a hundred hours for the BBC, and series for Audible, CBC, Global and Podimo.
We work with scientists, historians, writers and comedians to turn difficult subjects into stories people choose to hear and watch, and we check our facts as carefully as we tell them.
Antica Productions in Toronto was a founding partner and remains our North American co-development and co-production partner.
Leadership
Founder and creative director
Jago has twenty-five years in British and American television. After running development at Tiger Aspect, Blink Films and Optomen, he set up Nerd in 2009 with Charlie Parsons and John Farrar, known for factual entertainment formats and documentaries including Inside the Gangster’s Code and 12 Year Old Lifer. He was later a creative lead at Blue Ant, Zinc and Sky, with credits including How to Rob a Bank, The Sidemen Show and Edge of Reality for Audible. He founded Telltale in 2021.
Executive producer
Mel joined Telltale in April 2026 after more than two decades in premium factual, entertainment and audio, with credits including The Wine Show and Intoxicating History. She leads a slate of drama and animation built audio first and digital first.
Telltale Consult
Jonny began as a documentary maker at the BBC, then co-founded TotallyMoney, now one of the UK’s leading fintech businesses. He invests in and advises companies in media, mobility and social enterprise.
Team and partners
Producer
A producer and reporter whose work for BBC Radio 3 and 4 includes Woman’s Hour, The Media Show and In Our Time. She has trained with Bellingcat and the Centre for Investigative Journalism.
Assistant producer and editor
Nelly works on StoryCo. She graduated from City, University of London in 2026 with the Nick Lewis Memorial Prize for the top academic result in her journalism cohort.
North American partner, Antica Productions
Stuart is President of Antica Productions in Toronto, Telltale’s frequent co-development and co-production partner and a founding partner in the company. A former executive producer of CBC’s The National and Dragons’ Den, he helped launch ABC’s Shark Tank and has won an International Emmy.
Advisory board
Editorial director at Burberry, with a career in content leadership at Wallpaper*, Sotheby’s and Rankin.
Director of branded content and audio at Zinc Media Group, with partnerships for Nike, Citi, Coca-Cola and others.
