Grant Mansfield is the Chief Executive and Founder of Plimsoll Productions. Before launching the company in September 2013 he spent 3 years in LA and CEO of Zodiak USA where his credits include Secret Millionaire, Celebrity Wife Swap, Hard Core Pawn, Lizard Lick Towing and Killer Karaoke. Previously, as Managing Director of RDF, based in London, credits included Ladette to Lady, Holiday Showdown, Oz and James Big Wine Adventure, Gene Simmons Rock School and Dickinson’s Real Deal. Before that, as Head of Programmes at Granada TV, Mansfield was responsible for the launch of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

He began his TV career at the BBC, first as a TV news reporter and latterly as the creator and producer of some of the Corporation’s most popular documentary series, including Driving School and long running Vets in Practice. At Plimsoll, Mansfield has created and executive produced many of the company's shows including the recent ITV prime time hit Life at the Extreme, with Davina McCall. His shows have won several BAFTA and RTS awards.

Christine has a wealth of knowledge having run TV production and commercial businesses over many years. As Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Plimsoll Productions, Christine manages all the commercial aspects of the business, working closely with the CEO to ensure both production and business needs are met. She oversees all Plimsoll offices in the UK and the US. She started her career at the BBC working in live television on shows such as Blue Peter and Going Live! Since then Christine has overseen many award winning productions and has worked as Managing Director & Head of Production at other independent TV companies in the UK, including RDF, overseeing such hit shows as Dickinson’s Real Deal; Oz & James Big Wine Adventure and Perfect Housewives.

Andrew oversees all international production including the hugely successful, global, live event in 2017, Earth Live for National Geographic Channel. In previous roles as EVP of Discovery Landmarks and Specials, and a former Head of the BBC Natural History Unit, Andrew was responsible for many award winning, global hits, including, Monster Squid, North America, and two record breaking Shark Weeks; Frozen Planet, Springwatch, Deadly 60, Life Story and initiating production on the highly acclaimed Planet Earth 2 and Blue Planet 2. As Managing Director of Tigress Productions until 2011, he grew the company into one of the largest UK suppliers of specialist factual programming.

Martha oversees all our wildlife productions from big blue chip series such as Wild Britain and Camp Zambia, to the ambitious live broadcast from around the world Earth Live. After a career in producing high end shows for the BBC Natural History Unit where her credits included the multi award-winning Life, Blue Planet and Life in the Freezer, Martha, who has a PhD in marine biology, has won a string of commissions at Plimsoll. These are as varied as going to some of the most inhospitable places on the planet for Life at the Extreme with Davina McCall and Predators with Joel Lambert to a definitive study of felines in The Story of Cats.  She has also embraced the world of our favourite pets with Dogs: The Untold Story, and Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months. Please click here to view our Natural History Showreel  

Karen is a widely respected, award winning factual entertainment producer and executive having worked in both the US and UK. Since joining Plimsoll Karen has run numerous factual series including, Parking Mad Britain, Rescue Dog to Super Dog, The Secret Life of the Family, Holiday Airport and Big Family Mansion. Karen also oversees Plimsoll’s daytime production of Coast & Country Auction. Before joining Plimsoll she was an Executive Producer in the BBC Features department. Her credits included Home Comforts, James Martin's Food Map of Britain and Christine Walken's Gardens from Above. Karen has also Series Produced a slate of Show's including Ladette to Lady, Taking on Tyson and Hairy Bikers Best of British, and Dawn O'Porters - This Old Thing. Please click here to view our Factual Entertainment Showreel

Rachel oversees Specialist Factual and Documentaries for Plimsoll including the acclaimed C4 show, First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man. Until recently Rachel was Specialist Factual Commissioning Editor for the BBC where she oversaw shows like Brian Cox’s Forces of Nature, Sarah Parcak & Dan Snow’s Vikings Uncovered, The Greatest Tomb On Earth: Secrets of Ancient China, Italy’s Invisible Cities with Alexander Armstrong, Mary Berry’s Easter Feast, the viral Trainspotting Live and was the BBC’s exec on all things orbital including astronaut Tim Peake’s launch into space on Stargazing Live. A journalist by training and former Panorama producer, in the indie sector she re-buried the infamous, Richard III: The King in The Carpark for Channel 4, exec'd the BBC1 living history hit 24 Hours In The Past, oversaw BAFTA and RTS winning series such as the BBC's The Choir, Tribal Wives, the comedy doc real Fawlty Towers rig show The Hotel for Channel 4 and even has a no.1 cart hit in her credits - the 2014 Children In Need charity single!

Kate leads development for Plimsoll and also has Executive Produced several of its documentaries, including Million Pound Council House. Her development team has won commissions totaling hundreds of hours, with series on all the terrestrial UK broadcasters, plus Discovery, Nat Geo and other international buyers. Before joining Plimsoll Kate was an Executive Producer in the BBC Features Department where she oversaw DIYSOS and a slate of daytime output including Flog It! and Bargain Hunt. Previously she was a Commissioning Executive for Documentaries at the BBC where she oversaw documentary series and singles for BBC1 and BBC2. She has also series produced landmark Science series including Edge of Life for BBC1 and the flagship series Horizon for BBC2.

Lynn Sinclair is the Head of Production for Plimsoll Productions and joined the team in July 2015. Lynn is responsible for the production management of the business and is directly involved with development, production and delivery of the diverse output of all of our programming. She also ensures the safe delivery of our programmes to Magnify Media who distribute our content globally. Previously, Lynn worked at BBC Earth Productions Ltd as Head of Production. Lynn was responsible for the running of this multi-platform business. She managed a wide variety of content, which included theatrics, Enchanted Kingdom (3d); Walking with Dinosaurs (3d); One Life; Giant Screen films – Prehistoric Planet, Tiny Giants and Wild Africa; television series Wild School and digital content production, Earth Unplugged, You Tube, plus various other branded content as well as a series of films for the visitor attraction ORBI for SEGA in Japan. Before working at BBC Earth, Lynn worked as Head of Production at Tigress Productions for over 10 years where she looked after over 50 hours of specialist factual content per year, over 3 bases, delivering to a wide variety of clients.

A media executive with 20 years of strategic, operational and financial experience in the TV Broadcast, Production and Distribution, and Music, Record, Publishing and Live Events. Jonathan spent 6 Years at DRG, the UK’s largest Independent International TV Distributor, initially as Chief Operating Officer, acting as business partner to the CEO, adding rigor to strategic decisions, devising and implementing growth objectives, identifying risks and opportunities, then taking the lead managing performance. He was then appointed Group Managing Director , leading DRG through a successful sale process. He has held senior financial roles at BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 and prior to DRG spent 4 years at Ingenious Media, an investment house specializing in Media and Entertainment, advising Investee companies both pre and post private equity funding.

Immediately before joining Plimsoll, Tom series produced PLANET EARTH II.  This hugely successful series has reached audiences above 13 million in the UK alone and has become the most watched Natural History series for over 25 years. Prior to that during his 20 year tenure at the BBC’s Natural History Unit he played a key role in originating, developing, producing and directing a wide diversity of wildlife and science programming. Tom is perhaps best known for his award winning work on the BBC's major wildlife and anthropological blue-chip series including titles such as Planet Earth, Human Planet and Life Story.   Please click here to view our Natural History Showreel

Steven Clarke produces Plimsoll’s growing slate of specialist factual programmes, including the company’s most recent commission from Channel 4 history, The First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man, which garnered newspaper headlines and critical praise around the world. Steven has also produced the company’s first daytime series, the 10 part Coast & Country Auctions for BBC1; series directed the ambitious Predators series for Discovery International; and made the BAFTA nominated Puppy Secrets: The First 6 months for ITV1. Steven also wrote and produced the BAFTA winning factual drama, Dinosaur Hunters, for Channel 4/PBS. His credits include, BAFTA nominated history series’ Elizabeth and Six Wives of Henry VIII for Channel 4; Empire of the Seas, The Beauty of Maps and The King & The Playwright for the BBC; Murder Trail and Victoria Cross Heroes for Channel 5; Battle of Britain and Great Escape: The Untold Story for ITV1.

Amy joined Plimsoll as the showrunner on the hit show, Rescue Dog to Super Dog  for C4 in 2016. She now plays an important role in Plimsoll’s expanding Factual Entertainment Department. Amy cut her teeth on the Big Breakfast in the early 90’s and went on to carve out a long and successful career as both an Executive and Series Producer. She has taken the key role in a raft of successful programmes including the award winning series’ One Born Every Minute, Grand Designs and The Real Holiday Show for C4, Changing Rooms, Restored to Glory, Lorraine’s Fast Fresh and Easy Food and Ice Stars for the BBC and No Place Like Home for ITV. Please click here to view our Factual Entertainment Showreel

Hannah is the series producer of Plimsoll’s ambitious Camp Zambia/Camp Sri Lanka project which has produced more than seventy natural history films over the last three years  -- meaning Hannah has spent almost as much time living in a tent in the wilderness as she has in the office!  An accomplished producer, director and writer, Hannah’s career has taken her from the rooftops of Jaipur in India for Planet Earth II and Nat Geo's award-winning Monkey Thieves, to the undergrowth of the Amazon rainforest and the top of Mount Kenya for Discovery's Wildest… strand. Closer to home she's also produced and directed multiple short films for Springwatch and the One Show.

  Please click here to view our Natural History Showreel

Andrea Jackson has been a formats and distribution specialist for 20 years. Starting out at formats pioneer, Action Time (now part of ITV Global), she went on to set up a new format sales business at  Mentorn Barraclough Carey, building the Robot Wars brand into a global hit. Andrea went on to launch production and distribution business, Zeal Entertainment. With international hits such as Pepsi Chart Show and the Singing Bee, Zeal rapidly built a reputation as a creative and innovative business.

Bill is one of a handful of unique specialists in LIVE wildlife TV, having produced the BAFTA winning Big Blue Live for the BBC and the UK’s longest running LIVE wildlife show, Springwatch. At Plimsoll he’s produced the global wildlife extravaganza, Earth Live for National Geographic, and Series Produced Wild Britain for Channel 5. Among other things, Bill’s also produced an award-winning show for the BBC’s Natural World and Wildest Africa for Discovery.   Please click here to view our Natural History Showreel

Alison has bookended her career as a series producer at the BBC with work in the charitable sector. After a twelve year career in television, Alison has reconnected with working in the community as a fundraiser for charities such at the NSPCC and The Rowans Hospice. Plimsoll is currently working with the Stephen Lawrence Trust, UWE and Channel 4 on initiatives to increase diversity and encourage inclusivity in the industry. Alison is developing local community partnerships and has set up a number of work experience opportunities with Babbasa Youth Empowerment Project.

Jess is a development professional, working across a range of natural history, specialist factual and factual entertainment shows. She's developed shows such as Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II, The Dark, Snow Babies and Harvest Live for the BBC. Jess has been a part of the development team at Plimsoll for several years, developing many of their hits: Story of Cats, Life at the Extreme with Davina McCall and Puppy Secrets for ITV; Million Pound Council House for Five; Predators and Life of Dogs for Discovery, alongside many others. Jess also worked in production, making specialist factual series including Wonders of the Solar System, Horizon, Bang Goes the Theory and Supersized Earth.

Lucy joined Plimsoll as a production manager on Camp Zambia, Plimsoll’s ambitious project delivering 50 hours of natural history programming across 2 years. Lucy now works closely with the Head of Production, Lynn Sinclair supporting all Plimsoll’s diverse output. Prior to joining Plimsoll, Lucy worked at various London based independent production companies working on reality, wildlife, factual and factual entertainment series for all of the major UK broadcasters. He production credits include The Apprentice, Young Apprentice, Gordon Ramsay’s F Word, The Farm, The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and The Sex Education Show.

Delia plays an important role in recruiting and looking after Plimsoll's staff as HR & Talent Manager. She has wide experience of the TV industry having been Talent Manager at BBC Earth Productions, where she recruited production talent for TV, Digital, Virtual Reality and Giant Screen. Coupled with this, Delia has a wealth of HR experience gained from working for large established organisations such as Rolls-Royce and the National Trust to small fast growing start-up companies where making organisations future facing is key. Delia builds creative environments that are positive, open, collaborative and fun.