Based at the company's new West London HQ, Usher will oversee and grow the company's talent relationships while focusing on returnable factual series and factual-entertainment formats.
Recent productions for the wholly independent company, led by former Discovery commissioner Mark Procter, include:
- Channel 4 doc-series Married to a Psychopath
- the David Jason-fronted history film The Lancaster Bomber at 80
- global commission The Curse of the Highgate Vampire, and
- global commission 10-part farming ob-doc Born Mucky for the Discovery Network.
Reporting to Big Little Fish television's CEO Mark Procter, Usher's arrival comes after the company's co-founder Steve Jones stepped down at the end of 2021.
Procter says, "Big Little Fish launched just weeks before the pandemic but despite these most challenging times, we've had incredible success and support from channels and commissioners. Now to be talking about bringing in such a creative talent is thrilling. It's a new chapter for BLFTV and the projects Usher's already working on are hugely exciting."
Usher concludes, "I really admire everything that has been achieved already at Big Little Fish and the opportunity to help grow the company is irresistible. We know what we want to achieve together and it’s exactly the kind of project that I hoped to find."
Usher joins COO Georgina Surtees as part of the company's senior management team.
Surtees joined twelve months ago to oversee all business operations. She is currently leading a series of initiatives to nurture new talent in production management as well as preparing the company for a push for investment.
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