Charlie Parsons

Charlie Parsons has had a huge, positive impact on the international media sector over the last 15 years and changed the face of television with his creative hits, The Word, The Big Breakfast and the Emmy winning Survivor, with seven prime time awards. As co-founder of one of television's most influential production companies Planet 24, with Bob Geldof and Waheed Alli, he created and produced hundreds of groundbreaking TV programmes including The Big Breakfast and The Word. Planet 24, (co-founded with Lord Waheed Alli and Bob Geldof) was an engine for change in British media and his television shows were a platform for many household names to make their reputations including Chris Evans, Gaby Roslin, Lisa Tarbuck, Johnny Vaughan, and Denise Van Outen. He brought the first reality show to television screens with Survivor, which is shown in over 20 editions in countries around the world. In the US, it has just had its 32nd series on CBS and it still leads its time slot. Charlie is its