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Ed is an executive producer and acclaimed film-maker with a reputation for delivering ground-breaking and engaging series, often self-shot from the most extreme places on earth. BAFTA nominated, he has carved a significant name for himself in specialist factual television, both in front and behind the camera.
Ed has produced stand-out shows for all the major UK and US broadcasters. He has consistently delivered highly acclaimed series including the international hit ‘Alone In The Wild’ for Channel 4 and National Geographic Channel, which defined a new genre of survival programmes.
Ed took ‘rig’ filming to new extremes in the history series ‘Shackleton – Death Or Glory’ for DNI and PBS, covering the impossible, 800 mile crossing of the Southern Ocean in a wooden boat.
One of the foremost experts in filming in extreme environments, Ed has also produced five series on Everest including three seasons of the award winning ‘Everest Beyond The Limit’ for Discovery US and ‘Extreme Everest with Ant Middleton’ for Channel 4.
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Amanda is an award-winning executive producer with over thirty years’ experience making highly acclaimed documentary series and popular factual television for the UK and international broadcasters.
As executive producer for several UK indies she has overseen a wide range of output with a focus on delivering returnable access-driven series and winning business in this area.
As a Producer Director at the BBC she worked on flagship shows like QED and Animal Hospital and soon became the Deputy Editor of Tomorrows World. She won her first BAFTA nomination as show runner on the hugely successful documentary series The Farmer Wants A Wife which she devised for ITV. The series went on to become an international format and is still a long running hit. Since then she’s made a diverse range of successful, prime time, factual series including Gordon Ramsay’s Great Escape for Channel 4, Things I Hate About You for Bravo/NBC in the US and Mountain Vets for BBC2.
A popular trouble-shooting Exec’ Amanda has also been drafted in by both Channel 4 and the BBC to reshape and turn around several prime-time series, winning a BAFTA for This Farming Life for BBC2 – and creating a returnable series that’s now in its fifth run.
Amanda set up Fearless Television with Ed Wardle off the back of their first commission The Motorway, for Channel 5. Winning exclusive access to National Highways they produced a ratings winner. Described by Ben Frow as one of his ‘hit shows’, The Motorway is now a highly successful long running, returning documentary series.
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Emmy award winning executive producer Belinda Cherrington has a track record both developing and delivering successful, primetime, documentary, popular factual, history and adventure series for the UK and US markets including, Netflix, National Geographic/Disney Plus, Discovery Plus, Magnolia, Vice, PBS, Smithsonian, ITV 1, BBC 2, 3 and 4, Channel 5 and Channel 4.
Specialising in access-based film making she has over 20 years of experience creating successful working partnerships with a broad range of institutions including the US Navy, the UK Ministry of Defence, The Police, The National Health Service, The Royal College of Surgeons, The Attorney General, The International Olympic Committee – as well as a broad range of commercial entities, NGOs, individuals, and on-screen talent.
At Fearless her focus is developing new returning factual series that will support the company’s commitment to expansion and growth in the premium factual documentary and popular factual market.