Adrian Padmore joined Channel 5 as Commissioning Editor, Factual in May 2017. 

At Channel 5 he is responsible for commissioning the BAFTA and RTS award-winning White Nanny Black Child and the high-profile crime documentary My Wife My Abuser: The Secret Footage. He is also commissioner of popular factual series including Inside the Force, The Amazon with Robson Green and Sue Perkins: Lost in Thailand. Also commissioning for Paramount Plus his current productions include Protest and Progress authored by world leading photographer Misan Harriman. 

Padmore has overseen a number of popular Channel 5 documentaries and series including: Who Killed Billie Jo; World’s Most Expensive Cruise Ship; Lost Boy: The Killing of James Bulger; White Nanny Black Child; Secrets of the Royal Palaces; Michael Balls Wonderful Wales; New York: The City that Never Sleeps; Traffic Cops; Police Interceptors; Inside Hotel Chocolat; D-Day Minute by Minute, Super Volcano; Zara and Mike No Nonsense Royals; Battle of the Atlantic; Broadmoor Serial Killers and High Security.