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WHO WE ARE

James Hickman
MIM Co-Founder

Made in Manchester is an award-winning international production company founded in 2005 by presenter and journalist Ashley Byrne and 5 Times World Butterfly Swimming Champion James Hickman. The company’s first productions included the RTS nominated ITV doc Cartoon Kings (about Cosgrove Hall Films) and From Bomb To Boom (an ITV documentary about Manchester 10 years after the IRA bomb). The company has produced hundreds of programmes and series for the BBC’s main radio networks including Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, 5Live, 6Music and the BBC World Service. MIM also produces programmes for BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Scotland and several commercial stations. The company also produces two regular podcasts - "Distinct Nostalgia" and "Bisexual Brunch"

Ashley Byrne - Presenter/Exec producer
and Creative Director 

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Kurt Brookes - Deputy Creative Director/Development Director

Andrew Edwards - Head of Production Research

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 Wayne Wright - Producer & Researcher

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Mark Burrows - Technical Producer/Sound Editor

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Maya Mitter - Presenter/Producer 

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Caroline Heywood - Producer

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Kerri McIlroy - Presenter and Producer

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Jonathan Holloway - Presenter and Producer

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Constance Mallerat - Producer: South America

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Justice Baidoo - Presenter, Producer: West Africa

Yoshie Matsumoto - Reporter/Presenter: Japan

Wendy Tang - Reporter/Presenter: Hong Kong

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Brishbhanu Baruah - Reporter/Presenter: India

Other Team Members

Marverine Cole - Presenter/Producer

Simon Zonenblick -
Producer/Researcher
Distinct Nostalgia

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Carl Chetty -
Writer
(Drama & Comedy)

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Richard Higgins - Researcher/Archivist

Rebecca Applin - Composer/Musician

Kiron Reid -

Lawyer / Specialist legal researcher

Ian McCormick - Producer/Creator of Day I Met strand 

© 2025 by Made in Manchester Ltd.

Suite 160, 19 Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1AN

Made in Manchester Limited is registered in England.

Company No: 5370816    VAT No: GB868546078

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