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"