‘Blue Planet II’ Producer Mark Brownlow Joins Plimsoll Productions as Executive Producer (Exclusive)
London-headquartered factual producer Plimsoll Productions has hired BAFTA and Emmy-nominated “Blue Planet II” producer Mark Brownlow as an executive producer.
Newly backed by ITV Studios, Plimsoll is bringing Brownlow on board to report directly into chief creative officer of natural history and science Martha Holmes.
Brownlow is best known for his work on the acclaimed BBC-produced and David Attenborough-narrated blue chip “Blue Planet II” and its successful follow-up series “Frozen Planet II.”
With more than 20 natural history titles to his name, Brownlow has spent the last 28 years with BBC.
Most recently, he executive produced a 10-part wildlife series for Apple TV+, along with “Eden: Untamed Planet” (BBC Two/AMC Networks) and “Earth’s Tropical Islands” (BBC/PBS).
He produced the “Shallow Seas” and “Freshwater” episodes of the Emmy and BAFTA-winning series “Planet Earth” (BBC One/Discovery) and two episodes of the Emmy-winning “Wild Pacific” (BBC Two/Discovery).
He...
Newly backed by ITV Studios, Plimsoll is bringing Brownlow on board to report directly into chief creative officer of natural history and science Martha Holmes.
Brownlow is best known for his work on the acclaimed BBC-produced and David Attenborough-narrated blue chip “Blue Planet II” and its successful follow-up series “Frozen Planet II.”
With more than 20 natural history titles to his name, Brownlow has spent the last 28 years with BBC.
Most recently, he executive produced a 10-part wildlife series for Apple TV+, along with “Eden: Untamed Planet” (BBC Two/AMC Networks) and “Earth’s Tropical Islands” (BBC/PBS).
He produced the “Shallow Seas” and “Freshwater” episodes of the Emmy and BAFTA-winning series “Planet Earth” (BBC One/Discovery) and two episodes of the Emmy-winning “Wild Pacific” (BBC Two/Discovery).
He...
- 12/8/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Plimsoll Productions, the company behind series such as Apple’s Tiny World and Disney+’s James Cameron-executive produced and Benedict Cumberbatch-narrated Super/Natural, has hired National Geographic’s Alan Eyres to run its U.S. arm.
Eyres spent the last ten years as SVP of Unscripted Production and Development for the National Geographic Global Channels and was instrumental in launching the Nat Geo tile on Disney+.
He becomes head of Plimsoll USA, reporting to founder and CEO Grant Mansfield.
It marks the first major hire after British broadcaster ITV acquired the company, best known for natural history programming, for 126M earlier this summer, and comes after Saul Goldberg, who previously headed up U.S. operations at the company left to join CAA as a UK-based agent.
Eyres has worked with Plimsoll on a number of series and docs including serving as network programming executive for Hostile Planet,...
Eyres spent the last ten years as SVP of Unscripted Production and Development for the National Geographic Global Channels and was instrumental in launching the Nat Geo tile on Disney+.
He becomes head of Plimsoll USA, reporting to founder and CEO Grant Mansfield.
It marks the first major hire after British broadcaster ITV acquired the company, best known for natural history programming, for 126M earlier this summer, and comes after Saul Goldberg, who previously headed up U.S. operations at the company left to join CAA as a UK-based agent.
Eyres has worked with Plimsoll on a number of series and docs including serving as network programming executive for Hostile Planet,...
- 11/29/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
CAA has hired former Plimsoll Productions executive Saul Goldberg as an agent with its Alternative Television division, based out of the U.K.
Most recently, Goldberg oversaw the U.S. operations for Bristol-headquartered unscripted production company Plimsoll, which has expanded rapidly in recent years following the sale of a minority stake to British private equity firm Ldc in 2019. The deal, valued at $100 million, has allowed the outfit to make crucial inroads Stateside.
Plimsoll is best known for natural history efforts such as National Geographic’s “Hostile Planet” and “Big Cat Country,” and has grown its base of buyers to include the likes of Disney Plus (which includes a tile for National Geographic programming), Hulu and Peacock. Most recently, the company delivered “Tiny World” for Apple TV Plus and “On The Edge With Alex Honnold” for Disney Plus.
Having joined Plimsoll in 2019 to lead its U.S. drive, Goldberg was promoted...
Most recently, Goldberg oversaw the U.S. operations for Bristol-headquartered unscripted production company Plimsoll, which has expanded rapidly in recent years following the sale of a minority stake to British private equity firm Ldc in 2019. The deal, valued at $100 million, has allowed the outfit to make crucial inroads Stateside.
Plimsoll is best known for natural history efforts such as National Geographic’s “Hostile Planet” and “Big Cat Country,” and has grown its base of buyers to include the likes of Disney Plus (which includes a tile for National Geographic programming), Hulu and Peacock. Most recently, the company delivered “Tiny World” for Apple TV Plus and “On The Edge With Alex Honnold” for Disney Plus.
Having joined Plimsoll in 2019 to lead its U.S. drive, Goldberg was promoted...
- 1/19/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Plimsoll Productions, the company behind series such as Apple’s Tiny World and Fox’s Malika the Lion Queen, has promoted its U.S. chief Saul Goldberg.
Goldberg joined the company, which also made ABC’s The Women of 9/11, in 2019 to lead its U.S. operation and has now been promoted to SVP, Production and Development.
It comes on the back of commissions such as On The Edge with Alex Honnold at Nat Geo and When Big Things Go Wrong at History as well as projects with Hulu, Disney+, Discovery+ and Peacock.
Goldberg will continue to work closely with Los Angeles-based Plimsoll board member Mark Itkin to broaden the company’s North American footprint across all genres and bring A-list talent to its titles.
“A key member of Plimsoll’s creative leadership team, Saul has developed premium shows with top-tier talent to accelerate our U.S. expansion,” says Grant Mansfield,...
Goldberg joined the company, which also made ABC’s The Women of 9/11, in 2019 to lead its U.S. operation and has now been promoted to SVP, Production and Development.
It comes on the back of commissions such as On The Edge with Alex Honnold at Nat Geo and When Big Things Go Wrong at History as well as projects with Hulu, Disney+, Discovery+ and Peacock.
Goldberg will continue to work closely with Los Angeles-based Plimsoll board member Mark Itkin to broaden the company’s North American footprint across all genres and bring A-list talent to its titles.
“A key member of Plimsoll’s creative leadership team, Saul has developed premium shows with top-tier talent to accelerate our U.S. expansion,” says Grant Mansfield,...
- 10/7/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mark Itkin, former WME partner and a doyen of the international formats and unscripted world, has joined the board of Plimsoll Productions.
Itkin, who is based in LA and New York, will work closely with CEO Grant Mansfield and VP, Production and Development Saul Goldberg as the Hostile Planet and Yellowstone Live producer focuses on the U.S. market.
He will advise on strategy across the group with a focus on creating and packaging non-scripted content for the U.S. Plimsoll currently has 18 series in production around the world and recently made Netflix’s Night on Earth and Tiny World for Apple+. The company also secured multi-million-dollar investment from private equity firm Ldc last year.
Itkin retired from the agency business in 2015. Regarded as one of the architects of the modern syndication model and the proliferation of the non-scripted genre, Itkin, who came from the Wma side of WME,...
Itkin, who is based in LA and New York, will work closely with CEO Grant Mansfield and VP, Production and Development Saul Goldberg as the Hostile Planet and Yellowstone Live producer focuses on the U.S. market.
He will advise on strategy across the group with a focus on creating and packaging non-scripted content for the U.S. Plimsoll currently has 18 series in production around the world and recently made Netflix’s Night on Earth and Tiny World for Apple+. The company also secured multi-million-dollar investment from private equity firm Ldc last year.
Itkin retired from the agency business in 2015. Regarded as one of the architects of the modern syndication model and the proliferation of the non-scripted genre, Itkin, who came from the Wma side of WME,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Plimsoll Productions, the production company behind series including Nat Geo’s Hostile Planet and Yellowstone Live, is ramping up its U.S. activities with the hire of former Covert Media exec Saul Goldberg to run its La office.
This comes after the natural history producer, which is making raft of series for streaming services, including commissions from Apple’s forthcoming platform, received multi-million-dollar investment from private equity firm Ldc.
Goldberg joins the company, founded by former Zodiak USA chief Grant Mansfield, as Vice President of Development and Production. He will oversee Plimsoll’s U.S. slate across factual entertainment and documentaries, building on its footprint, which now amounts to more than 75% of its business. He will work closely with Plimsoll Head of Factual Entertainment Karen Plumb, Head of Documentaries Richard Klein, and President of International Production and Development Andrew Jackson.
Most recently, Goldberg served as Head of Unscripted TV...
This comes after the natural history producer, which is making raft of series for streaming services, including commissions from Apple’s forthcoming platform, received multi-million-dollar investment from private equity firm Ldc.
Goldberg joins the company, founded by former Zodiak USA chief Grant Mansfield, as Vice President of Development and Production. He will oversee Plimsoll’s U.S. slate across factual entertainment and documentaries, building on its footprint, which now amounts to more than 75% of its business. He will work closely with Plimsoll Head of Factual Entertainment Karen Plumb, Head of Documentaries Richard Klein, and President of International Production and Development Andrew Jackson.
Most recently, Goldberg served as Head of Unscripted TV...
- 9/4/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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