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THE TEAM

Nicky Cox

CEO

Nicky Cox

CEO

Nicky is editor-in-chief of First News, the UK’s only newspaper for children with 2.3 million readers (more than The Times, Telegraph and Guardian put together) which she launched in 2006. Nicky was BBC Worldwide’s children’s editorial director for 14 years.

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Chris Rogers

Creative Director

Chris Rogers

Creative Director

Chris is a multi-award winning and Emmy-nominated presenter and investigative journalist. He has uncovered some of the most shocking global human rights abuses and criminality for programmes such as BBC Panorama and has presented BBC Newsround and Sky News.

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Marshall Corwin

Creative Director

Marshall Corwin

Creative Director

Marshall is an Emmy and 4x BAFTA-winning series editor, producer and director with more than 20 years of network TV experience. He recently completed a season as Showrunner on the Discovery hit show Gold Rush, and produced and directed the Bear Grylls Survival School series.

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Roger Farrant

Executive Producer, Fresh Start Media Bristol

Roger Farrant

Executive Producer, Fresh Start Media Bristol

Roger is a multi award-winning programme maker and journalist with a long list of credits covering factual formats, documentaries, current affairs, news and sport.

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Ian Pyke

Head Of Production

Ian Pyke

Head Of Production

Ian is a Production Management specialist with a background in Children’s, Sport, Factual and Live Cinema programmes for the BBC, Sky, Premier League Channel and The British Museum. He is now the Head of Production for Fresh Start Media.

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Simona Karabyn

Senior Producer

Simona Karabyn

Senior Producer

Simona joined Fresh Start Media in 2019, and works primarily as the Senior Producer of our award winning weekly Sky News and Sky kids news show, FYI, but has also been our producer on other projects such as our Sky Kids technology series, WOW! and more.

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Leonie Scott Boras

Assistant Producer

Leonie Scott Boras

Assistant Producer

Leonie Scott Boras is our Assistant Producer working across Fresh Start Media productions. Leonie is an FSM success story, joining the company as a work experience placement.

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Caitlin Brennan

Senior Researcher

Caitlin Brennan

Senior Researcher

Caitlin is another Fresh Start Media success story. She joined the company in 2019 as a junior researcher on our education programmes for Discovery and First News.

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Kat Macaulay

Producer, Director, Shooter, Fresh Start Media Bristol

Kat Macaulay

Producer, Director, Shooter, Fresh Start Media Bristol

Kat is an award winning, experienced and multi skilled Self-Shooting PD with 20 years experience at the BBC, making short form documentaries for News and Current Affairs including BBC Panorama.

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Kathryn Rogers

Shooter, Producer, Director

Kathryn Rogers

Shooter, Producer, Director

Kathryn works across Fresh Start Media productions, alongside our pool of freelance camera talent.

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Anoop Singh Kung

Shooter, Producer, Director

Anoop Singh Kung

Shooter, Producer, Director

Anoop works across our slate of Fresh Start Media children's and Youth programmes including our Kidversation short form documentaries, celebrity interview series Braydon Meets (Sky Kids / Sky One), and more.

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Julia McClean

Production Coordinator

Julia McClean

Production Coordinator

Julia has been with Fresh Start Media since the beginning working across multiple projects across the globe supporting our Head of Production. She can find a flight, hotel and a film crew in some of the most remote parts of the globe.

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Jessica Osborne

Production Cordinator and Researcher

Jessica Osborne

Production Cordinator and Researcher

Jessica joined Fresh Start Media through our internship programme, an opportunity for young talent to learn the ropes of media production on the job.

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The ecoflix team

Ecoflix

Fresh Start Media’s dedicated ecoflix team make weekly shows and strands for ecoflix – the world’s first not for profit streaming channel. We make and acquire amazing documentaries and programmes that showcase the planet and it’s wildlife, and every penny the channel makes goes back into projects that protect the world we share with animals.

Fresh Start Media’s original programmes for ecoflix include:

The Sanctuary; Going Wild with John and James Eco-Trailblazers; Changemakers and The Pulse.

Find out more at ecoflix.com

Ian O’Reilly

Series Producer

ian.oreilly@freshstartmedia.tv

Tony Pius

Assistant Producer

tony.pius@freshstartmedia.tv

Frazer Randalls

Junior Producer

frazer.randalls@freshstartmedia.tv

Daisy English

Acquisitions Co-ordinator

daisy.english@freshstartmedia.tv

Awards and Nominations

2022 Kidscreen Awards
Diversity TV Excellence Award Winner
Content innovation awards 2021 Winner
Content innovation awards 2021
2020 Kidscreen Awards
Broadcast Awards 2020 - Finalist
Broadcast Digital Awards 2020
BANFF Festival 2019 - Rockie Nominee
Children and Youth Rose d'Or Nominees 2020
Broadcast Digital Awards 2019 - Finalist
Content Innovation Awards 2019 - Shortlisted
Voice of the Listener & Viewer - Winner

Latest productions

Series

EcoFlix
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Education

The Princess Diana Awards Anti-Bullying charity
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Documentaries, Series

Free Billy
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Children’s Factual, Documentaries, Education

Sky Kids: COP26 Introduction from HRH The Prince of Wales
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Documentaries

COP26: Behind the Scenes
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