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…

Former Discovery Channel EVP Andrew Jackson has joined Grant Mansfield’s Plimsoll Productions as EVP International Production, the company said today. In his new role, Jackson will be responsible for developing a U.S. expansion strategy for Plimsoll and will work closely with Chief Executive Grant Mansfield, to whom…