Let’s face it, January is usually a miserable month. After the inevitable over indulgence of Christmas, we all emerge into the dreary weak sunlight and head back to work with only a month-long stretch of broken new year’s resolutions to look forward to.

Not at Arteus HQ however, January is the first shiny new month in a shiny new year and it’s made all the more shiny by a certain Valentine Douglas joining the team. Having worked previously at Arteus HQ on various freelance productions, we are thrilled to have Val join us as a Senior Editor.

Joining us from a stint at the BBC where he has most recently worked on; Trust Me I'm A Doctor, winner of Celtic Media Festival Best Factual Series Scotland's Game, a documentary about the world famous Venice Biennale art exhibition and most recently completing the post production on a brand new series of Children’s fantasy game show, Raven.

All at Arteus are chuffed to have Val join us and bring his extensive expertise across Childrens, Factual, Entertainment and Arts programming to the team.

Welcome Val!

PS: that's a seagull, not a Raven.