Northern Upstart Ltd is a UK independent media production company based in
Newcastle upon Tyne
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United Kingdom
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It was founded in 2009 by Judith Holder and Mark Murray. Holder started her career at
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 unt ...
producing Clive James and Dame Edna, but has worked for over 30 years in production at both the
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. Murray has spent many years in production at BBC and ITV making shows such as ''After They Were Famous'', ''The 100 Greatest...'' and
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Northern Upstart produced programmes include ''Let the Stories Begin'' (Sky Atlantic HD / Sky1), ''Mark Knopfler:A Life in Songs'' (BBC4) and ''Are You Having a Laugh? TV and Disability'' (BBC2).
Northern Upstart won a Royal Television Society Award along with Markthreemedia at The North East & The Border Centre's Awards 2010 in the Best Drama or Entertainment category for ''Are You Having a Laugh? TV and Disability''.