| Company type | Independent |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television production |
| Founded | London, 2008 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Jane Root (Founder & Chief Executive) Carl Griffin (Managing Director) Helena Tait (Chief Operating Officer) Caroline McCool (Head of Production) Natalie Spanier (Head of Talent) Simon Willgoss (Head of Development) |
| Website | www |
Nutopia is an independent television production company established in 2008 with offices in London and Washington, D.C. It specializes in making non-scripted and documentary television programmes, including America: The Story of Us for History, One Strange Rock for National Geographic and Civilisations for BBC.
Jane Root, former president of the Discovery Channel USA and Controller of BBC2, and Laura Franses co-founded the production company with board members Michael Jackson and Sir Peter Bazalgette.[1] Franses left the company in 2012.
Nutopia's first production was the 12-hour America: The Story of Us series for History US,[1] and has since produced shows for networks including History Channel, The National Geographic[2] CNN, ITV, PBS, Channel 4, BBC and Sky Atlantic amongst others. Nutopia followed America The Story of US with documentaries of the same format, including Mankind: The Story of All of Us and Australia: The Story of Us.
Most recent Nutopia projects include One Strange Rock, Civilisations and Jesus: His Life.
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