about us

In 2015 Katie & Jane set up Peanut & Crumb, seeing OPPORTUNITIES to use their expertise, influence & network to UNLOCK the power of multiplatform media in a rapidly evolving market.

We care about supporting each other, and our clients, to GROW & improve.

We’re an ambitious, driven, super creative team that thinks BIG, and likes to CHALLENGE convention & ourselves.

We

ARE

BOLD

Pushing creative boundaries. Innovating in approach. Working deftly across platforms. Holding high standards with attention to detail.

Curious

Seeking out wisdom and new skills to grow. Spotting trends. Experimenting & exploring. Receptive to fresh ideas & stories.

Genuine

Authentic in our storytelling. Honest in our approach. Truthful in our communication. Challenging when we need to be. Reliable.

Intelligent

Creative intelligence. Strategic intelligence. Emotional intelligence. 

Kind

Calm, considered, encouraging, & patient. Everyone - from clients to talent to staff to audience - is respected & valued. 

We

ARE

Katie Derham

CO-FOUNDER & HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

Interests

Gardening

Fantasy Novels

Quizzes

Katie studied Economics at the University of Cambridge and started her career as a business journalist. She became ITN’s youngest ever newsreader anchoring national news bulletins on global events including 9/11, and is now a leading arts broadcaster as the face of BBC Proms since 2010 and award-winning host of Radio 3’s In Tune. She's actively involved with charities including the King's Trust, Music in Hospitals and Dementia UK and is an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College Cambridge. Katie brings years of world-class communications expertise to our clients, and valuable connections.  She’s involved with charities including the Prince’s Trust and Dementia UK. She also enjoyed getting to the final of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2015.

Jane Gerber

CEO, MD & Creative Director

Interests

Sailing

Beaches

Balearics

A BAFTA, RTS & International Women’s Podcast Awards nominee & Broadcast award winner, Jane directed documentary & factual TV series for UK & international broadcasters for 20 years. Jane runs the business, oversees creative development and is responsible for P&C’s growth, building relationships with Innovate UK, Creative UK, Ukie & the Department of Business & Trade. Jane was selected for Creative UK’s inaugural Female Founders scale up programme; Evolve investment readiness programme; Innovate UK’s Build fund and trade delegation to SXSW, taking our Get Birding brand to the US market. She judges for the Audio Production Awards & British Podcast Awards.

Kellie Redmond

head of podcasts & radio

Interests

Growing Veg

Penguin Originals

Foxes

Trained as a newspaper journalist, Kellie worked extensively at BBC Radio 2 & BBC 6 Music with talent like Zoe Ball, Claudia Winkleman & Lauren Laverne.  Her agency & brand experience includes Warner Bros Studios, The Telegraph & Bauer. Kellie won Best Music Entertainment Producer two years running at the Audio Production Awards; 2014 Best Creative Innovation ARIA for the pioneering visualisation of a BBC 6 Music show; and her team won the 2025 Best Music Entertainment Show ARIA for the Barry Island Discs Gavin & Stacey farewell special. Podcast highlights include leading the proposal for the record-breaking visualised podcast The Traitors: Uncloaked.

Viki Carter

HEAD OF PRODUCTION

Interests

Kayaking

Live Music

Greece

Viki has over 20 years' experience in production management across broadcast and online content for broadcasters including BBC, UKTV, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, National Geographic & Discovery, plus blue-chip clients like Public Health England, Durex, Ernst & Young and Qatar Airways. Her expertise spans short form online content to long form entertainment formats and documentaries. Viki oversees all aspects of production from budget negotiation and scheduling to legal & compliance and team management. She develops robust operational systems and optimises management structures whilst feeding into company strategy to ensure everything runs smoothly.

Jack Howson

Audio Executive Producer

Interests

Cryptic Crosswords

Padel

Pottery

Multi-award-winning Jack has produced documentaries, drama & flagship music shows for BBC Radio, and developed acclaimed podcasts such as Decode for Spotify Studios. He specialises in arts & culture, having worked with clients including CERN, Serpentine Gallery & Somerset House. Jack was named Best Music Producer at the 2021 Audio Production Awards, while his programmes have won at British Podcast Awards, Audio Production Awards, Anthem Awards, ARIAS, BBC Audio Drama Awards & Offies. As Head of Audio, Jack grew P&C’s podcast & radio arm for 3 years before moving to the US where he continues to oversee our productions for BBC Radio 3, BBC 5 Live & more.

Rami Tzabar

audio Executive Producer

Interests

Cooking

Not Gardening

(Pretending to) Sea Swim

Rami is a multi-award-winning creative with over 25 years experience in most formats & genres, from documentaries & narrative series to music, comedy, consumer & chat. He specialised in science & health at BBC Radio, but also loves to escape into music & arts from time to time. He has been lucky enough to work with incredibly talented people including Professor Brian Cox, the Doctors Van Tulleken and Daisy May Cooper on brilliant shows like The Infinite Monkey Cage, Bad People, Worse than Murder, Educating Daisy, Exile, 13 Minutes to the Moon, 16 Sunsets and BBC Radio 4’s weekly podcast What's Up Docs.

Mia Xerri Mondragon

Film Senior Producer

Interests

Her 1977 Honda motorbike

Ancient History

Stationery

Mia has over 15 years experience producing commercials, TV, branded content, short film, documentary & music promos for world-leading brands, channels, agencies & film institutes including BFI, RAPP, BBH, BBC Storyworks, Channel 4, Mattel, EDF & Hyundai. She was selected for the 2021 BFI Network Emerging Producer Lab, appeared on BFI’s Short Film Podcast and judged for Brighton Rocks Film Festival. Mia has led ambitious award-winning international shoots including UK electric car road trips, entrepreneurs growing tomatoes in the UAE desert, remote coffee farms in Mexico and multiplatform social content covering boutique barbers to walking boots.

Jude Shapiro

audio PRODUCER

Interests

Rural Charity Shops

Long Walks

Scampi Fries

With a background in documentary film & digital content, Jude won Best Documentary/Factual Producer at the 2024 Audio Production Awards for BBC Radio 4’s How Much Can You Say? exploring the drugs trade in North London.  She was lead producer on We are VOICES, co-produced with refugees from the VOICES Network in collaboration with the British Red Cross; it won Best Grassroots Production at the 2021 Audio Production Awards and 2022 ARIAS.  Jude has produced documentaries for BBC Radio 4, Radio 3 & World Service spanning topics including Welsh poetry, philosophy, Italian food culture, airport chaplains, an opera about Mars, & professional knife throwers.

Naomi Oiku

Audio Senior Producer

Interests

Crossfit

Musicals

Her pug Millie

Naomi has 10 years’ experience in podcasting & radio. She has produced live BBC Radio 2 shows hosted by Zoe Ball, Trevor Nelson & Romesh Ranganathan, as well as specialist music programmes for BBC Radio 1, BBC Asian Network, BBC 6Music & Virgin Radio. Naomi has also created branded podcasts for Spotify, Primark & Channel 4 and worked across major events including The ARIAS, Audio Production Awards & The BRITs. A former Trustee of The Radio Academy, Naomi is a Radio Academy 30 Under 30 alumni and an Honorary Life Member of the Student Radio Association. She chaired the SRA from 2017 to 2020 and is a 2024 graduate of the RAMP programme.

Joy Nkoyo

AUDIO DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER

Interests

Skydiving

ASMR

Jazz

A fifth generation Londoner with Nigerian heritage, Joy Nkoyo is a composer, musician, vocalist, BBC Proms pundit and podcaster. After attending The BRIT School, Joy studied Composition and Classical Piano at Trinity Laban. She has been commissioned by the British Music Collection, Spitalfields Music Festival, and Sound and Music, with her music performed in prestigious UK venues like King’s Place and Lyric Hammersmith.  Joy produces our BBC Radio 3 Unwind Sleep Tracks series, and develops audio ideas as part of P&C’s year long programme with the BBC Radio & Music Indie Development Fund.

Ieva Sabaliauskaite

production co-ordinator

Interests

Beach Volleyball

Dance

Gymnastics

With over 10 years experience in TV, film & branded content, Ieva has worked with agencies & broadcasters including Sky Arts & BBC. Her production background spans arthouse films, Bollywood, commercials, branded content, TV drama documentaries & agency work. Ieva supports all P&C departments from pitch to delivery, working across logistics, finance and production management. She manages the Brighton office, overseeing daily operations, team coordination, our social media channels and team socials.

Jake Sell

accountant

Interests

Roller Hockey

Scuba Diving

Snowboarding

Based in Sussex, Jake is a freelance accountant for the media industry as well as accountancy practice.  Alongside working with P&C for several years, he was production accountant on Amazon’s The Grand Tour and across film titles.