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BBC Natural History Unit
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Wildstar Films snags BBC Natural History Unit boss to head development & production
UK factual prodco Wildstar Films has appointed Doug Mackay-Hope, the former head of development at…
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TBI Kids: BBC Studios on the global reach of ‘Planet Defenders’
We often hear how the future of the planet and the animals that live upon…
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TBI Factual: How UK city of Bristol became a global production powerhouse
Andrew Jackson is president of international production & development at Plimsoll Productions, based out of…
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Natural history co-pros unlikely as genre evolves for SVODs
Alastair Fothergill, producer of Netflix’s Our Planet, has warned that SVOD players “will not consider…
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BBC NHU, DHX open The Zoo for CBBC
UK kids channel CBBC has commissioned a ob-doc series in which the animals of Paignton…
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BBC, Endemol alum launches Objective prodco
Former BBC Natural History Unit and Endemol exec Gavin Henderson has set up an indie…
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Blue chip to new chip: natural history with bite
Stewart Clarke speaks to commissioners, producers, distributors and digital pioneers about their efforts to reimagine…
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Ex-Discovery specials chief joins Mansfield’s Plimsoll
Former Discovery Communications and BBC factual programming boss Andrew Jackson has joined Grant Mansfield’s fledgling…
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Eddie Izzard to star in BBC science drama
Actor and stand-up Eddie Izzard will star in a science-themed, fact-based drama for UK terrestrial…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures
Andy Day is already known to preschool fans of Andy’s Wild Adventures, in which the…
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