Who we are

Moondog Productions is a comedy, entertainment and event production company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We produce original content across all platforms.

Jackie Hamilton
Creative Leader and Managing Director

Jackie Hamilton is a Royal Television Society Award and International Celtic Film and Television Award winning producer, best known for situation comedies Give My Head Peace, Guards, Be More Ethnic and I Fought The Law in addition to comedy entertainment shows including, PK Tonight with Patrick Kielty , Out On a Limb with Jason Byrne, The Blame Game, Hey Ho Let's Go, with Dermot Whelan and Great Unanswered Questions with Colin Murphy.

Jackie Hamilton is an award winning producer whose awards and nominations include two Royal Television Society Awards and an International Celtic Film and Television Award. His credits include the situation comedies Two Ceasefires & a Wedding, Give My Head Peace, Be More Ethnic and I Fought The Law in addition to comedy entertainment shows including, PK Tonight with Patrick Kielty , Out On a Limb with Jason Byrne, The Blame Game, Hey Ho Let's Go, and Great Unanswered Questions.

Jackie originally set up Moondog Productions in 1998, however returned to BBC Northern Ireland in 2001 to fill the role of Executive Producer of Comedy. During this period Moondog Productions continued to promote Live Comedy events including Festive Funnies, The Boys from the Blame Game Tour, Belfasts' first international comedy festival Gagging for Bass, and of course Belfast's premier comedy club - The Empire Laughs Back.

Moondog Productions re-entered the independent production sector in 2013 producing the comedy gala Funny on the Foyle with host Patrick Kielty and featuring the best of comedy talent from Northern Ireland.

Jackie's creative eye and unique rapport with talent is the engine which drives Moondog Productions. Having worked with the best comic talent in the UK and Ireland including Kevin Bridges, Dara O'Briain, Micheal McIntyre, Sarah Millican, Ed Byrne ... the list reads like a who's who of comedy, while continuously growing and developing new and emerging talent and building long lasting relationships, Jackie is at the forefront of British and Irish comedy.

Jade Hamilton
Production Executive

Jade joined Moondog productions full time in September 2014 having graduated from The University of Glasgow with MA Honours in Business and Management. While at university Jade worked for Moondog on various occasions as a Productions Runner, then progressing to Production Trainee and now Production Executive. Alongside working on various productions and company objectives, Jade manages our comedy club in Belfast focusing on developing emerging talent.