Tinopolis has merged the leadership of unscripted labels Firecracker Films and Mentorn Media, with former BBC Studios exec Hannah Wyatt replacing two senior figures at the super-indie.
Wyatt joins Tinopolis as chief executive of UK unscripted content, a newly-created role that will span the production output of the two labels and steer a new content strategy across unscripted, digital and audio.
Until last year, she was BBCS managing director of factual entertainment and events, delivering state occasions such as Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and the subsequent coronation of King Charles, as well as the BBC shows including Top Gear, The One Show and Antiques Roadshow, Channel 4’s Great Home Transformation and 5’s Lost Dog, Found Dog.
Prior to that, she was managing director of Boundless Productions, the Fremantle label behind BBC1’s The Apprentice and C4’s Grand Designs.
Firecracker chief creative officer Jes Wilkins has exited after 17 years with the indie, in which time he scored shows from C4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings to Open House: The Great Sex Experiment, Emma Willis: Delivering Babies for U&W, BBC1’s Celebrity Eid and BBC3’s Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, the doc that spawned the musical Everyone’s Talking About Jamie.
Also departing is Chris Brogden, a former Tinopolis creative director of entertainment who became Mentorn director of content six years ago and has overseen a portfolio including BBC1’s Question Time and 5’s Traffic Cops and Into the Congo with Ben Fogle.
Tinopolis chief executive Jennifer Roberts hailed Wyatt’s “wealth of knowledge of the content and IP markets and excellent relationships here and in the US”.
