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We’ve travelled coast to coast interviewing more notable Americans in two great American cities; New York and Los Angeles. Among those we interviewed on the East coast were Michael Douglas, Newt Gingrich, and Rudy Giuliani. Meanwhile on the West coast we caught up with Jane Fonda, Sheryl Crow, and John Lasseter. More interviews will continue [...]
“America: The Story of Us” is being produced by Jane Root, a veteran British television executive who knows how to do epic television: She oversaw the launch of Discovery Channel’s “Planet Earth” when she ran that network. History is casting the project, inspired by the sense of momentousness that followed President Obama’s election, as the [...]
Streep, Douglas will tell story of ‘America’
History has lined up Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Colin Powell, Brian Williams and other notables to participate in the docu series that the cabler is calling the most ambitious original programming initiative in its own history.
Set to bow next year, the 12-part “America The Story of Us” series will [...]
Key People
Jane Root
Founder and Chief Executive
“Before creating Nutopia Jane was President of Discovery Channel US, prior to this she ran BBC 2 and was the former founder of Wall to Wall” 
Laura Franses
Managing Director
“Laura co-founded Nutopia with Jane in June 2008, and oversees the commercial and operational aspects of the company.” 
Peter Bazalgette
Board Member
“Peter is non-Executive Chairman of two of Sony’s TV divisions in the UK, a member of BBH’s Advisory Board and former CCO at Endemol.” 
Michael Jackson
Board Member
“Michael is currently senior advisor at IAC New York, former chairman of Vivendi Universal TV Group, CEO of channel 4 and controller and director of television for BBC 1 and BBC 2.”