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ORIGINALITY, PASSION & EDGE

Wild Blue Media

Lost Treasures of the Maya
Ancient china from above
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About Wild Blue Media

Wild Blue Media is an award winning London-based independent production company.  WBM specialises in creating ground-breaking factual content across the globe to captivate domestic and international audiences.

 

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ABOUTUS

Our Team

Founder & M.D.

Gary Hunter
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Founder & M.D.

Gary Hunter

Gary Hunter is one of the UK's most accomplished producers whose credits include the BAFTA winning Coast, Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds, and SAS: Are You Tough Enough? He is credited with the redesign and relaunch of Top Gear in 2002, executive producing the first five series; he originated Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection and Last Man Standing; in 2012 he won an Emmy Award for the BBC/NatGeo/Red Bull feature documentary Space Dive

Founder & M.D.

Gary Hunter
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Cameron Balbirnie

Creative Director

Creative Director

Cameron Balbirnie

Former BBC exec Cameron Balbirnie has created major productions across a range of genres over 25 years - from the original concepts of the BBC/Discovery drama Supervolcano and BBC/PBS Hiroshima to A History of Ancient Britain and The Vikings Uncovered. He is especially known for delivering high adrenaline factual adventures in remote locations including Last Man Standing, Operation Grand Canyon, Operation Gold Rush, and Extreme Mountain Challenge.

Cameron Balbirnie

Creative Director

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Head of Production

Jane Taylor

Head of Production

Jane Taylor

Jane spent over twenty years at the BBC mostly in London Factual, but also in Commissioning, Events & Sport overseeing a number of high profile projects as Production Exec including Operation Grand Canyon and Italy's Invisible Cities. With experience on working on everything from huge blue chip landmark co-productions to observational documentaries, studio shows to Outside Broadcasts, Jane has covered them all.

Head of Production

Jane Taylor
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Will Robson

Head of Development

Head of Development

Will Robson
Will Robson

Head of Development

Will has worked in development for over a decade at indies including Studio Lambert, Dragonfly and BBC Studios. 

He was worked on projects for many UK and international broadcasters across a variety of genres: from specialist factual events like Plane Crash, documentaries like Seven Days and fast-turnaround specials like Terror At Sea: The Sinking of The Concordia.

OUR TEAM
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Assistant Producer

Rachel Vakin
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Series Producer

Ashley Morris
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Alex Willis-Bray

Line Producer

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Elanor Lee

Line Producer

Our Work

OUR WORK

Just released – Our intrepid team returns to China to seek out more ancient cities and spectacular treasures.

Series for National Geographic & CICC.

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A YEAR IN THE ICE :

THE ARCTIC DRIFT

Grierson winning documentary following the largest Arctic expedition in Earth's history, on a mission to understand climate change.

For Channel4, NOVA & France TV

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In a spectacular Lost Cities Special, Albert Lin sets out to solve an ancient mystery and find a giant lost Maya city.

For National Geographic

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New series where a high-tech treasure map is re-writing the history of one of the world's most mysterious ancient civilisations.

Series for National Geographic.

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VIKING WARRIOR WOMEN

Explorer Ella Al-Shamahi uses cutting-edge science to reveal evidence about the hidden strengths of Viking women.

For National Geographic.

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STONEHENGE

THE HIDDEN SECRETS

Documentary presented by Rob Bell, following experts as they use cutting-edge technology to uncover a previously unknown subterranean ring..

For Science Channel & Channel 5

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LOST CITIES OF THE MAYA: REVEALED

Spectacular one-hour special offering exclusive access to new research, revealing long lost Mayan cities..

For Channel 4 & National Geographic

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Epic adventure using new satellite imagery and cutting-edge technology to solve mysteries, explore secrets and reveal the wonders of Ancient China.

Series for National Geographic & CICC.

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Archaeologist and explorer Ella Al-Shamahi goes in search of legendary cities and civilisations in the Amazon.

Series for Channel 4 & Discovery.

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