David Britland has written books on magic for magicians and worked as a researcher, writer and producer in British television including Channel 4's alternative magic show, The Secret Cabaret and Granada's James Randi: Psychic Investigator. For HTV he developed two series of Something Strange and a long running Meridian/Anglia series The Magic & Mystery Show, this before The X-Files turned the paranormal into a bandwagon. He has also taken a more serious look at the paranormal in several science documentaries developed for Channel 4's Equinox series. These included Superpowers, The Big Sleep and Secrets of the Psychics. Later this year he'll be making a documentary for Radio 4 about mind readers, called Mystery Men.
David Britland is the force behind the BBC3 series, The Real Hustle. More details at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/real_hustle.shtml