The founder and chief executive of Bristol-based television production company Plimsoll Productions has been appointed as a visiting professor at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).
Grant Mansfield, will work with the university’s college of arts, technology and environment, to help inspire the next generation of programme makers.
The executive TV producer founded Bafta and Emmy-winning Plimsoll in 2013, and the company has gone on to make natural history and factual content for major networks, including Hostile Planet with Bear Grylls for National Geographic.