PETER HOARE
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Peter Hoare founded Pier Productions in 1993, and it has gone on to become a major supplier of Factual and Drama programmes for BBC Radio. His ambition was to build a company with its roots firmly planted in his native city of Brighton and Hove. The Company strives to reflect the area in its radio and television output, and to engage and nurture local talent. Peter is also passionate about bringing personal testimony to radio and television audiences and to reflect the passions and concerns of the local and wider LGBTQ+ community.
His career began in BBC Local Radio and he then went on to produce for the Radio 4 Archive Features department where he made a wide range of documentaries, including the Sony Gold-winning 'Hopping Down in Kent'. He has produced numerous TV programmes for the BBC, working alongside Annie Nightingale, Penelope Keith and Tom Holland.
Peter acts as Executive Producer on a wide range of Pier’s output and is responsible for development across radio and television and the strategic management of the company.
DAWN WILLIAMS
PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATOR
Dawn oversees the practical delivery of all Pier’s audio output, spanning drama, comedy, readings, and factual programming. Working closely with creative teams, she helps ensure projects run smoothly from development through to final release.
Prior to joining Pier, Dawn worked as a Production Coordinator on arts documentaries for cinema and television, gaining valuable experience managing complex productions and collaborating with a wide range of creatives. Alongside this, she has produced live comedy shows, bringing a strong sense of audience and storytelling to her work. This broad mix of documentary, broadcast, and live performance experience underpins Dawn’s thoughtful approach to supporting high-quality audio production across Pier’s diverse slate.
NINA SEMPLE
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Nina is a highly organised and versatile Production Coordinator with over five years of audio production and TV experience. Specialising in Factual Entertainment, she has extensive credits across BBC Radio 4 programmes, including the weekly literary series 'Opening Lines', and for films on BBC One’s 'The One Show', including a piece on the 60th anniversary of the Liverpool Everyman Theatre with Cathy Tyson and Willy Russell, and a special VT for the anniversary of VE Day.
Nina's background is in English Literature and Drama and as well as media she is also developing a career as a stand-up performer. She cut her media teeth while working on Amazon's ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ series, where she worked on set and on location. She has had a continual love for audio that stems back to her time as a presenter in student radio and which has followed through to her work at Pier Productions.
Working across the Pier's BBC radio and TV output, from development through to production and post, Nina finds joy in building relationships with the people she works with at all stages. She has a particular love of the every day, and for telling the stories which would otherwise go unheard.
HENRY TYDEMAN
RESEARCHER
Henry provides research and production assistance for Pier's wide range of programmes in TV and radio. He has prepared research packs for the regular Radio 4 literary primer 'Opening Lines', worked on Pier's short films for 'The One Show' on BBC One, and has helped to write numerous pitch documents across various genres.
Henry has a degree in History from Bristol University and has been a tutor in both History and English Literature. One of his interests is writing; his short fiction has been published in the 'Manchester Review' and he has also written and recorded songs which have been played on the BBC.
