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Meet
the team:
Tony
Francis Managing Director
A Leicester lad with a love of words, Tony is a highly experienced
journalist who has travelled the world. Working in every media
medium, at every level, he has covered events such as the Olympics
and World Cups for the likes of ITN and the Daily Telegraph.
He went onto found Kingfisher TV in 1988. Since then he has
written, produced, directed and fronted hundreds of hours of
television, on scores of different subjects from the serious
to surreal. Tony can currently be seen in front of the camera
fronting ITV1’s Heart of the Country and Tales from the
Country.
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Laura
Francis Producer/Director
Laura
wrote features for the national newspapers before deciding to
move into television ten years ago. Since then she has worked
in almost every area, regularly researching, producing, directing
and fronting her own features and documentaries. She is a director/reporter
on Heart of the Country and Carlton Country. Her latest documentaries
include 4 Steps to Heaven (C4) and Life Through The Lens (BBC2).
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Wendy Nelson Senior Producer
Wendy
Nelson trained with the Daily Mirror before embarking on a long
career in print and television journalism. She was the first
woman in Britain to head up a television newsroom before diversifying
into film production and direction from worldwide locations.
She has worked extensively for all the major British terrestrial
channels from live studio to primetime entertainment shows (RTS
Award 2001) and documentaries, including originating ‘Find
a Family’- a six year series for ITV finding homes for
children in care which won international acclaim. Wendy is also
the author of The Gender Trap – the biography of the world’s
first transsexual couple - and Adventure Play for the BBC.
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Karla
Pugh Production Co-ordinator
With over 20 years experience in television production, Karla
Pugh, is an organiser extraordinaire who has worked alongside
some of the most famous names in UK broadcasting. Tom Jones,
Kevin Whatley, Jane Asher, Frankie Howard, Neil Morrisey, Richard
Griffiths, Warren Clarke, Dennis Waterman have all been kept
in line by Karla, ensuring their shows ran smoothly, on-time
and on-budget. Karla currently oversees all aspects of production
organisation.
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Ian
Griffiths
A trained journalist, Ian wrote for his local newspaper before
moving onto television working on projects alongside the likes
of Sir Alex Ferguson, Monty Don, Ken Hom and even the lions
of Longleat!
Since joining Kingfisher, he has researched numerous items on
subjects as diverse as reclusive Kentish Monks to the Chinese
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Jayne
Stubbs
Financial wizard, horsewoman, farmer, mother of three Jayne
was multi-tasking before the term was invented. Since the beginning,
she has been keeper of the Kingfisher purse-strings. Jayne's
horticultural heritage is a constant source of stories and surprise.
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