Nicola Hill

Managing Director, Orchard Studios

Nicola is the Managing Director of Orchard Studios, where she oversees Orchard's day-to-day operations, including production management and its legal and business affairs. Having started out in scripted production, Nicola was converted to the world of factual programming and helped build the Garden Productions into an unscripted powerhouse during her decade-long tenure as Director of Production, MD and co-CEO.

During this time, she oversaw the company's expansion and ground-breaking productions such as 24 Hours in Police Custody, Real PD, 24 Hours in A&E and Squid Game: The Challenge and brings extensive industry knowledge, expertise and guidance in supporting our vision as part of the Wonder Women advisory board.