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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…

Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions has taken full control of international distribution company Magnify Media. The company, which was set up by former RDF USA chief Grant Mansfield, took a minority stake in Magnify, which was established by Andrea Jackson, in 2016. Jackson set up the company in September…

EXCLUSIVE: Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions is moving into scripted. The natural history producer has hired Lisa Gilchrist, producer of Dominic West-fronted crime thriller Appropriate Adult, as Head of Drama. This comes six months after the company, which also produces series such as Yellowstone Live and…

EXCLUSIVE: ITV is moving into the resurgent natural history space with its first major wildlife series in a number of years, taking on the likes of the BBC, Netflix and Discovery. The British commercial broadcaster is working with Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions on landmark doc series A Year On Planet Eart…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Plimsoll Productions, the production company behind series including Nat Geo's Hostile Planet and Yellowstone Live, has secured multi-million-dollar investment from private equity firm LDC. The investment firm has taken a minority stake in the natural history and wildlife producer, which was founded by…

UK and U.S.-based factual entertainment and wildlife producer Plimsoll Productions has hired Oscar-winning documentarian Richard Klein to head its new documentary division. The company also has promoted three key execs – Tom Hugh-Jones to Creative Director of Natural History, Jonathan Jackson to Finance and Commercial…

National Geographic has given the green light to Hostile Planet, a six-part docuseries from Oscar-winning cinematographer and director Guillermo Navarro (Pan’s Labyrinth), Emmy-nominated producer Martha Holmes (The Blue Planet) and Emmy winner Tom Hugh-Jones (Planet Earth II). The pick-up comes ahead of National…

Animal Planet has given the green light to Rescue Dog to Super Dog (working title), an unscripted series in which shelter dogs are given a second chance to become a companion to someone in need, from Grant Mansfield’s Plimsoll Productions. It’s slated for premiere in the third quarter in 2017. Based on Plimsoll’s…

Reality and wildlife specialists Plimsoll Productions has signed on as a producer of Nat Geo's global wildlife event Earth Live. Plimsoll is partnering with Bunim-Murray Productions and Berman Productions to produce the field aspects of the production, which features live wildlife activity from seven continents…

UK and U.S.-based factual entertainment and wildlife producer Plimsoll Productions has acquired a minority stake in specialist distributor Magnify Media. Under the pact, Magnify, founded by former DRG Managing Director of Acquisitions and Formats, Andrea Jackson, will have exclusive rights to distribute Plimsoll's…

Grant Mansfield’s 16-month-old unscripted company Plimsoll Productions, based in Bristol and London, is opening an US office in spring 2015. Based in Santa Monica, the office will be overseen from abroad by Mansfield and former Discovery Channel executive Andrew Jackson who joined Plimsoll in August as EVP of…