Fred Hepburn

An award winning executive producer and showrunner with a track record of producing ambitious series and features for a global audience, Fred has delivered series to Hulu, Nat Geo, Discovery Networks, BBC, ITV, Channel Five and more. Whether it's archive led retrospective storytelling or access driven unfolding narrative, everything he produces has high visual ambition and rigorous journalism at its heart. Fred's shows are attention grabbing and critically acclaimed, spanning a whole range of subjects from history, science and pop culture to investigations, natural history and current affairs. He's experienced at tackling tough topics, dealing with complex legal issues and filming in dangerous environments. He has secured interviews with everybody from cartel hitmen (Narco Wars , Nat Geo / Disney) to online adulterers (The Ashley Madison Affair Hulu) as well as numerous A list celebs, (80s,90s, 2000s, Nat Geo) Along the way he's negotiated access to everything from a nuclear fusion laboratory to Pablo Escobar's holiday snaps. Fred enjoys turning tricky subjects into good tv - his Grierson winning feature documentary (After Life: the Strange Science of Decay - BBC / Discovery) took a taboo subject and transformed it into a a multi award winning doc (Grierson, BAFTA Scotland, Rockies, Broadcast Digital and more) and he adapted a New York Times best seller on theoretical physics into a ratings busting hit for Discovery Networks (Sci Fi Science) Other career highlights include London's Most Dangerous Drug, the first TV show to investigate crystal meth use the UK which became the focus of debate in the House of Commons and helping create Nutopia's 'Decades' brand, a successful big budget, pop culture/history format for Nat Geo that is still running more than 10 years later.