Claire Johnston


Production Designer

Claire’s art department credits cover some 30+ shows for companies such as Avalon, Rangabee, Baby Cow, World, Talkback and Tiger Aspect and for all the UK’s major broadcasters and streamers. In 2023 she made the jump into production design with ‘The Serial Killer’s Wife' for Paramount+ and ‘Death In Paradise’ for BBC. Claire prides herself on her “experienced intuition, problem solving and budget wizardry, a love of research and a forensic eye for accuracy in the details”. She is based in London but happy to go where the work takes her.

The Serial Killer's Wife

Production Designer

Selected credits


date
production
director / production company
television:
2025
THE TALK SHOW EFFECT
Marcus Plowright / Renowned Films for NBC
2024
DEATH IN PARADISE (90 Minute Christmas Special)
Leon Lopez / Red Planet Pictures for BBC One
2023
THE SERIAL KILLER’S WIFE
Laura Way / BlackBox Media for Paramount+
as Supervising Art Director
television:
2022
BUFFERING Series 2
Sophie King / Avalon for ITV
2021
THE CLEANER
Tom Marshall / Studio Hamburg for BBC One
2020
CRIMINAL: UK Series 2
Jim Field Smith / Netflix
features:
2024
MUTINY
Jean-François Richet / MadRiver Pictures
as Art Director
television:
2022
ROMANTIC GETAWAY
Shaun Wilson / Rangabee Productions for Sky
2021
HERE WE GO
William Sinclair / BBC One
2021
CHIVALRY
Marta Cunningham / Baby Cow for Channel 4
2020
THE FIRST TEAM
Ian Morris, Damon Beesley / Fudge Park
2019
HETTY FEATHER Series 5
Jennie Darnell, Reza Moradi / BBC One
2017
I LIVE WITH MODELS Series 2
Ben Kellet / Roughcut for Comedy Central
2014
RUDDY HELL! IT’S HARRY AND PAUL
Harry Enfield / Tiger Aspect for BBC
2012
NOEL FIELDING’S LUCURY COMEDY
Nigel Coan, Noel Fielding / Channel 4
2006
NOT GOING OUT
Alex Hardcastle, Nick Wood / Avalon for BBC
2004
THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW
Gordon Anderson / Tiger Aspect for BBC