Nutopia (production company)
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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.
Company type | Independent |
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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 |
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.