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Kate Beal

Producer

After a decade at ITV where she rose to Series Producer at the age of 25, Kate founded KMB Productions Ltd at 27. Within three years a major independent, Talent Group PLC, bought her company and she became CEO of Talent TV South where she produced hit shows for broadcasters such as ITV, A+E Networks UK, UKTV and TLC's break out factual hit, Tina Malone: Pregnant at 50. In 2014 Talent South transformed into Woodcut Media and since then has become one of the fasted growing indies in the UK. Under Kate's leadership, Woodcut has produced over 500 hours of programming. In the UK, Woodcut has become one of the leading true crime producers with hit franchise, World's Most Evil Killer's now in its ninth 20-part season with Sky. Other key crime titles include Prime Video's Murder in a Teacup, Murder at First Swipe, Confessions of a Psycho Killer, Killer In My Family for Discovery+, Fatal Family Feuds for Oxygen and Close Encounters With Evil for A&E. Kate has also been the driving force behind the company's global specialist factual franchise Combat Ships, now in its fourth series with Smithsonian as well as Queens That Changed the World for Channel 4 and Britain's Forgotten War Stories with Tony Robinson also for Channel 4. Other notable EP credits include The Ivy documentary and Fiennes: Return to the Nile, a three-part. National Geographic global commission In 2020, Kate launched a distribution arm, Woodcut International and Woodcut West. In addition to running the Woodcut group of companies and executive producing, Kate is a published author by Penguin Random House, Chair of the Association of True Crime Producers, a member of the British Screen Advisory Council, a former advisory board member for RealScreen and a member of the PACT Council.

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Works as
Producer
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 22% in 30 days

What are Kate Beal's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
32%
Morality
27%
Society
12%
Bonds
10%
Ideas
10%
Self
7%
Power
2%
Justice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality2 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTechnology2 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
11
Melancholic
6
Dread
4
Tense
3
Elegiac
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kate Beal's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kate Beal's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

22 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • Hitler’s Games: Berlin 1936 in Colour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • The Race for Ancient Egypt in Colour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Britain’s Railway Empire in Colour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • The Murder of Joanna Yeates(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Manhattan Project in Colour(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Murder in a Teacup(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Fiennes Return to the Wild(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Murder of Sandra Rivett(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Titanic in Colour(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Titanic in Colour(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Queens That Changed the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Confessions of a Psycho Killer(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Murder in the Red Light(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Hitler: A Life in Pictures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Fiennes: Return to the Nile(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Wings of War(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Krays - The Prison Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • Combat Trains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Mandela, My Dad and Me(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Broadmoor: A History of the Criminally Insane(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Krays by Fred Dinenage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • The Space Race in Colour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 2010 to 2026.

Most popular right now

Fiennes: Return to the Nile (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing11 of 11: 11 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s3 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Kate Beal's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 13 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · producer

Mandela, My Dad and Me (2015)

92nd percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Fiennes: Return to the Nile (2019)

Midcredits 63rd · 69% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Kate Beal work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kate Beal's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Blyth shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers