If you enjoy any of the glorious reality TV currently on our screens, then it’s likely that one or both of these brothers from Mayo had a hand in it. Warren and Simon Atkins have produced and worked on some of the biggest shows on TV, and when they’re not behind the scenes, they’re in front of the camera presenting, or picking up gongs for their work. The latest secured them their second Emmy — for The Traitors US .
Between them, their CV also includes Strictly Come Dancing , Married At First Sight , The Voice , First Dates , The Bachelor , The Courtship , and Celebs Go Dating . “Growing up, we did a lot of extracurricular activities, we did speech and drama, so a lot of acting, music, and performing. It was just a natural thing that we were always going to do something like this,” says Simon of his Castlebar childhood.
“We were never going to be nine to five,” Warren adds. “We love the freelance life, we’ve always been jumping from one job to another.” The Irish-Burmese brothers initially worked in completely different careers, but the calling for TV was strong.
“I did a degree in science in UCD, and it was right beside RTÉ. I always knew I wanted to work there,” Simon recalls. “I worked in a bank for almost two years after uni and I just thought ‘this is the most boring job ever’ so I applied to be a reporter on kids TV in RTÉ and I got that job.
I was presenting with Aidan Power and it just all took off from there.” Simon went on to ho.
