Death in Paradise indie Red Planet Pictures names Mammoth Screen's Tom Leggett as first creative director

Death In Paradise indie Red Planet Pictures has appointed Mammoth Screen exec producer Tom Leggett as its first creative director.

From February 2026, he will work alongside Red Planet’s co-chief executives Belinda Campbell and Alex Jones to oversee the development team and lead a push for new, returnable and limited series.

He has spent more than seven years at Mammoth working projects including the upcoming ITV spy thriller Betrayal, the upcoming BBC1 climate change series The Rapture and BBC3’s Grime Kids. He also developed the ITV thriller Code of Silence starring Rose Ayling-Ellis.

Previously, he was development producer at House Productions where he worked with James Graham on Channel 4’s Brexit: The Uncivil War and at Playground Entertainment where he developed the adaptation of Chimerica with playwright Lucy Kirkwood, also for C4.

He started his career in the British Independent Feature Film Industry, working at Film4 and Element Pictures on the films Room and 12 Years a Slave, 71’, The Riot Club and Our Kind of Traitor.

Leggett said: “I am thrilled to be joining Red Planet Pictures in its incredible 20^th year and to have been given the opportunity to shape and build the company’s next wave of shows.

“Belinda and the team at Red Planet share my passion and ambition to make bold, authored and gripping drama for mainstream audiences.”

Campbell added: “Tom brings an extraordinary track record to Red Planet Pictures and, as our Creative Director, will be central to shaping and expanding our future slate. With his exceptional taste and unrivalled expertise, I’m excited to work alongside him to deliver fresh, dynamic and character-led original dramas to audiences worldwide.”

Red Planet Pictures is behind 15 series of the BBC1’s Death in Paradise and its spin off Beyond Paradise, and its upcoming productions include Chris Chibnall’s Death at the White Hart for ITV - a co-production with Chibnall’s Imaginary Friends Productions.