Cameron Roach is Founder and Executive Producer at Rope Ladder Fiction, a Manchester based Independent Production Company. Rope Ladder Fiction co-produce Waterloo Road for BBC1. The company is in funded development with a number of broadcasters, and is one of PACTs Future30 indies.
Cameron worked for Sky Drama from 2013 through to 2021, where he was latterly Director of Drama, delivering a series of commercial and critical hits. Key titles for Sky include Tin Star, Britannia, Riviera, A Discovery of Witches, Wolfe, I Hate Suzie, The Five, The Third Day, Jamestown, Gangs of London, Save Me and Catherine the Great.
Prior to working for Sky, Cameron served as Series Producer and Executive Producer on a number of popular and critically acclaimed shows for a variety of channels and networks. Key titles include Life on Mars, Silk, Young James Herriot, Waterloo Road, Bad Girls, Footballers Wives, Moses Jones and Casualty.
Cameron started his career working on the launch of ITV2 and before that he worked at Sky’s Contact centre in Livingston. He studied International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. Cameron is passionate about enabling and developing new talent in the sector, particularly from under represented groups, and this provides a focus for his work with the RTS.