# Maxine Peake Joins BAFTA-Qualifying Short

> Maxine Peake joins BAFTA-qualifying short film The Secret Assistants.
- Title: Maxine Peake Joins BAFTA-Qualifying Short · Deadline
- Summary: Maxine Peake joins BAFTA-qualifying short film The Secret Assistants. Maxine Peake will be an executive producer on The Secret Assistants, a BAFTA-qualifying…
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- Source: Deadline — https://deadline.com/2026/10/maxine-peake-the-secret-assistants-short-film-1237206187
- Author: Stewart Clarke
- Published: 2026-10-27T16:39:10+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: maxine peake, the secret assistants, bafta, short film, executive producer, film business, entertainment, culture
## Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake has boarded The Secret Assistants, a BAFTA-qualifying short film about an ambitious newcomer trying to make it in the movie business.
## Katey Lee Carson
Katey Lee Carson writes and directs The Secret Assistants with producing partner Rickie-Lee Roberts, who both have worked on major movies.
## Maxine Peake's Statement
Peake, whose credits include I Swear and The Theory of Everything, will be an executive producer on The Secret Assistants, saying it’s a timely, urgent and brilliant film.

> I wanted to be involved because, quite frankly, it’s a timely, urgent and brilliant film
## Key takeaway

Maxine Peake will be an executive producer on The Secret Assistants, a BAFTA-qualifying short film about an ambitious newcomer in the movie business.