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01/07/2025
Fremantle Launches A New Format Label

Fremantle has launched a new format label, Fremantle Global Originals, a stand-alone creative hub dedicated to the creation of original unscripted formats.
Headed up by Nick Mather, who takes on the role of EVP, the label will act as a creative engine supplying innovative format ideas to be produced across our global production network.
Fremantle Global Originals will focus on nurturing bold, scalable IP in close collaboration with our creative talent and partners. The launch forms a key part of our long-term strategy to diversify our IP pipeline and accelerate the development of returnable formats.
Nick joins from Wheelhouse Entertainment, where he served as EVP and co-created ambitious unscripted formats such as Million Dollar Secrets (Netflix), Got to Get Out (Hulu/Disney), Last Bite Hotel (Food Network), and Celebrity Puzzling (Channel 5). He will report into Fremantle UK CEO Amelia Brown and work closely with the Fremantle global network to ensure creative alignment.
With a proven track record of developing original IP with global appeal, Nick brings extensive experience from senior roles at some of the industry's leading production companies. His previous roles include Creative Director at Possessed, where he co-created hits like Sitting on a Fortune (ITV), Unbeatable (BBC), and Scared of the Dark (Channel 4). He also co-created the long-running Pointless (BBC) and cult favourite, Golden Balls (ITV) which has recently found renewed popularity on social media. As Managing Director of Remarkable TV, Nick also oversaw a wide entertainment slate and helped shape some of the company’s most recognisable formats.
Nick Mather, EVP adds: "Fremantle Global Originals is built on a simple idea; if you match motivated, forward-thinking creatives with Fremantle's towering international infrastructure, you create a uniquely exciting space. Somewhere where creative ambition is matched by a commitment to make big, bold ideas happen. I'm looking forward to taking big swings with big swingers - if I'm allowed to call them that."
Headed up by Nick Mather, who takes on the role of EVP, the label will act as a creative engine supplying innovative format ideas to be produced across our global production network.
Fremantle Global Originals will focus on nurturing bold, scalable IP in close collaboration with our creative talent and partners. The launch forms a key part of our long-term strategy to diversify our IP pipeline and accelerate the development of returnable formats.
Nick joins from Wheelhouse Entertainment, where he served as EVP and co-created ambitious unscripted formats such as Million Dollar Secrets (Netflix), Got to Get Out (Hulu/Disney), Last Bite Hotel (Food Network), and Celebrity Puzzling (Channel 5). He will report into Fremantle UK CEO Amelia Brown and work closely with the Fremantle global network to ensure creative alignment.
With a proven track record of developing original IP with global appeal, Nick brings extensive experience from senior roles at some of the industry's leading production companies. His previous roles include Creative Director at Possessed, where he co-created hits like Sitting on a Fortune (ITV), Unbeatable (BBC), and Scared of the Dark (Channel 4). He also co-created the long-running Pointless (BBC) and cult favourite, Golden Balls (ITV) which has recently found renewed popularity on social media. As Managing Director of Remarkable TV, Nick also oversaw a wide entertainment slate and helped shape some of the company’s most recognisable formats.
Nick Mather, EVP adds: "Fremantle Global Originals is built on a simple idea; if you match motivated, forward-thinking creatives with Fremantle's towering international infrastructure, you create a uniquely exciting space. Somewhere where creative ambition is matched by a commitment to make big, bold ideas happen. I'm looking forward to taking big swings with big swingers - if I'm allowed to call them that."
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