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Team

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Mandy Leith: Founding Director & Head of Production

Mandy has worked in TV for longer than she cares to share! She has worked across genres and formats, from dramas to landmark wildlife series to cinematic features. Her and Brian worked together at Scorer Associates on Congo, Africa’s Big Game and much more before founding BLP together. Since then, she has been head of production overseeing all of our productions, from our work for Disneynature to our current One Show shorts.

Brian Leith: Founding Director

Brian has worked in radio and TV in Bristol for almost 50 years (!). He produced or exec’d various landmark blu-chip series for the BBC, including Human Planet, Nature’s Great Events and Wild Arabia. 

He also produced award winning single docs like The Cultured Ape, Life On Air and Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life. 

After many years at indies and in the BBC, Brian and Mandy founded Brian Leith Productions together, with Brian going on to develop and exec Born in China, Ghost of the Mountains and The Age of Nature. Brian is now retired, but his vision and ideas still shape everything BLP do.

Emily Davies: Assistant Producer

Emily has been a cornerstone of BLP since joining in 2018. She has played a key role in securing new commissions, contributing to the development of ideas from their earliest stages and helping shape them into distinctive, compelling proposals.

An integral member of the team, Emily works across every stage of production — from development through to delivery — on landmark series including The Age of Nature and The Future of Nature, as well as numerous One Show films and many other programmes over the past eight years. Her breadth of experience and collaborative approach make her a valued presence across both development and production.

Debbie Hinnigan: Executive Producer

With over 25 years in production, Debbie has worked in all genres of TV. She has headed up
development teams as well as Exec’d in production – and she enjoys both. At the heart of it, she loves
telling stories and devising new ways of making them. She oversees and develops both short and
long form shows and is adept at finding other sources of funding and exploring new outlets
and platforms in order to reach a wider audience for our work.