What We Do
Extraordinary adventures deserve powerful stories.
We craft both to create iconic content, from digital campaigns for daring brands to award-winning film and TV.
Unforgettable places, real people, raw emotion, it’s all part of the recipe for content that cuts through the noise. Because where risk meets reward, magic happens.
How We Do It
We partner with visionaries to transform bold ideas into stunning, emotionally charged content, shaping stories that matter from first spark to final cut.
Our expertise in operating in remote locations – along with a global network of trusted partners – elevates even the most ambitious projects. Alongside industry-leading experts behind some of the biggest YouTube channels on the planet we ensure the story connects where it matters.
Whether it’s summits, deserts, or deep oceans, we operate where others don’t. And when the cameras roll, our directors, DOPs, and post teams deliver every frame to capture the raw, real, and unforgettable.
About BASE Studios
We’ve operated in 82 countries and every environment on Earth, from the jungles of the Congo to the polar ice caps, delivering some of the world’s most ambitious productions. We dropped Will Smith into a volcano for Welcome to Earth, pushed Chris Hemsworth to his limits in Limitless, and scaled untouched walls with Alex Honnold in Arctic Ascent.
Our strength is our collective experience — diverse backgrounds united to create something greater than the sum of their parts and push the boundaries of what’s possible.
Nick O’Meally BASE Founder and Executive Producer Nick is known for big ideas and bold execution, having produced and directed ambitious adventure shows in the most remote corners of the world. He is behind major formats for UK and global broadcasters such as Escape (Ch4), Trailblazers (Discovery) and Into the Wild, as well as Ranveer Vs Wild, Netflix India’s first interactive adventure show starring Ranveer Singh. He directed Bear Grylls on Amazon’s blockbuster series The World’s Toughest Race, while overseeing the launch of his YouTube channel. More recently, Nick took India’s Ultimate Warrior from idea to award-winning format for Discovery. He steers creative efforts across both global TV productions and BASE’s digital content studio.
Nick is known for big ideas and bold execution, having produced and directed ambitious adventure shows in the most remote corners of the world. He is behind major formats for UK and global broadcasters such as Escape (Ch4), Trailblazers (Discovery) and Into the Wild, as well as Ranveer Vs Wild, Netflix India’s first interactive adventure show starring Ranveer Singh. He directed Bear Grylls on Amazon’s blockbuster series The World’s Toughest Race, while overseeing the launch of his YouTube channel. More recently, Nick took India’s Ultimate Warrior from idea to award-winning format for Discovery. He steers creative efforts across both global TV productions and BASE’s digital content studio.
Danny Etheridge BASE Founder and Creative Director Danny is a battle-tested adventure DOP with two decades of shooting, directing, and producing high-stakes reality in some of the planet’s harshest conditions. He’s taken cameras across every terrain on Earth including nine series with Bear Grylls, from jungle treks to Bear’s first-ever Everest shoot. He earned major credits on Channel 4’s The Plane Crash, Mutiny, and groundbreaking format HUNTED and recently walked hundreds of miles backward filming Arctic Adventure for Channel 4. As a BASE co-founder, he has helped shape a number of award-winning formats, including India’s Ultimate Warrior for Discovery.
Danny is a battle-tested adventure DOP with two decades of shooting, directing, and producing high-stakes reality in some of the planet’s harshest conditions. He’s taken cameras across every terrain on Earth including nine series with Bear Grylls, from jungle treks to Bear’s first-ever Everest shoot. He earned major credits on Channel 4’s The Plane Crash, Mutiny, and groundbreaking format HUNTED and recently walked hundreds of miles backward filming Arctic Adventure for Channel 4. As a BASE co-founder, he has helped shape a number of award-winning formats, including India’s Ultimate Warrior for Discovery.
Tom Bodkin Managing Director Tom is one of the most globally respected risk and remote access specialists for TV and film, trusted on some of the biggest adventure productions in the world. His credits include Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Welcome to Earth and Pole to Pole with Will Smith, Arctic Ascent and Devil’s Climb with Alex Honnold, and the latest season of The Grand Tour. He’s also no stranger to high-profile reality, from SAS: Who Dares Wins to Tempting Fortune. With Tom on board, we can push further, go bigger, and do it all safely.
Tom is one of the most globally respected risk and remote access specialists for TV and film, trusted on some of the biggest adventure productions in the world. His credits include Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Welcome to Earth and Pole to Pole with Will Smith, Arctic Ascent and Devil’s Climb with Alex Honnold, and the latest season of The Grand Tour. He’s also no stranger to high-profile reality, from SAS: Who Dares Wins to Tempting Fortune. With Tom on board, we can push further, go bigger, and do it all safely.
Luke Logan-Malik BASE Commercial and Documentary Director Luke is a Commercial and documentary director with a decade of experience telling extraordinary stories for market leading brands such as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, McLaren, Ferrari, Land Rover and Manchester United. He translates brand messaging and ethos into compelling, human narratives that engage audiences, with over 100 millions views across his work and several ad awards collected along the way too.
Luke is a Commercial and documentary director with a decade of experience telling extraordinary stories for market leading brands such as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, McLaren, Ferrari, Land Rover and Manchester United. He translates brand messaging and ethos into compelling, human narratives that engage audiences, with over 100 millions views across his work and several ad awards collected along the way too.
Featured Project
Land Rover Defender – The Defender Trophy Launch
Inspired by the original Camel Trophy, Jaguar Land Rover wanted to capture the spirit of modern adventure, driven by purpose. We shaped an overland adventure race across southern Africa into a global TV and YouTube format.
Featured Project
Red Bull TV – Inside Adventure
The first truly AI-driven adventure format, using advanced virtual production, Inside Adventure brings past expeditions vividly back to life. From concept to final delivery, BASE developed the ideas and produced the final format for Red Bull TV which saw Red Bull athletes step into our custom-built studio, surrounded by expansive VR environments to recreate their original journey — allowing them (and viewers) to relive every moment in real time.
Featured Project
Discovery Channel – India’s Ultimate Warrior
Discovery Asia commissioned BASE to develop and produce a bold new reality competition format, bringing together sixteen fighters to battle for the title of India’s Ultimate Warrior. Hosted by Bollywood action icons Vidyut Jamwal and Akshay Kumar, the series blended cinematic storytelling with authentic combat to create one of Discovery Asia’s most ambitious productions to date, awarded Best Original Game Show at the Content Asia Awards 2022.
Featured Project
what3words × Land Rover Defender
Commissioned by what3words, BASE Studios created a cinematic campaign to demonstrate the pinpoint power and precision of their location technology for Land Rover Defender owners and enthusiasts. The result was a video-led, multi-channel package featuring a hero film, cover story in BASE magazine accompanied by an extended digital article, and social video content distributed across both Jaguar Land Rover and what3words platforms.
Featured Project
Mclaren – Flowstate
Relaunching the McLaren GT to a new market, the performance automotive brand wanted to take on the Grand Tourer leaders head-on. We were tasked with writing and executing an idea that ensured the GT stood out as a more refined and long-distance-focused offering within the McLaren line-up.
