Big Wave Productions Expands to Cornwall

The specialist factual producer Big Wave Productions is building out its footprint in the U.K. with the opening of a new office in Cornwall.

Big Wave’s new Cornwall office will be headed by producer and director Mike Cunliffe. Cunliffe’s career has spanned the full spectrum of factual, factual entertainment and entertainment programming. He has worked with Big Wave on many projects, including Operation Whale for ITV and The Measure of All Things for the BBC.

Cunliffe said: “I’m incredibly happy to have found a home with Big Wave Television. They are truly immersed in the natural world, telling incredible stories of inspirational people and environments. TV is in one of its most golden periods in terms of opportunity and the pure brilliance of ideas that are now regularly brought to the screen. The creative challenge and the intense satisfaction of working in the industry continue to make me happily jump out of bed to develop and make great TV.”

Kirstie McLure, managing director at Big Wave Productions, said: “Telling stories in and around the natural world is the beating heart of Big Wave. With two biologists in our senior creative team, we know the subject like no other and understand the rich seam of stories which being close to the ocean gives us. Cornwall has one of the U.K.’s most iconic coastlines, outstanding wildlife, and fascinating human and cultural stories. It is the perfect location from which to create visually stunning, compelling and inspiring programs for the domestic and international market.”