Rogan Productions today announces the appointment of Mick McAvoy as Head of Rogan Scotland. Mick will join the company towards the end of the year, leading the Glasgow-based team.
Launched in October 2021 from the company's Glasgow base at The Hub, Pacific Quay, Rogan Scotland has built a fast-growing reputation over the past five years, picking up multiple industry awards, among them the RTS Scotland Award for Becoming Frida Kahlo (BBC) and earning several BAFTA Scotland nominations along the way. The team's slate spans high-profile feature documentaries including Channel 4 and Film4's The Secret of Me, made in partnership with Screen Scotland, The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone, alongside fast-turnaround current affairs titles. It sits alongside parent company Rogan Productions' wider slate such as BAFTA-winning Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix) and critically acclaimed Free Nelson Mandela (Channel 4).
Mick joins from Firecrest Films, where he has been Head of Documentaries, overseeing a slate that includes returning BBC series Paramedics on Scene and Highland Cops as well as Rescue: Extreme Medics for Channel 4 and the BAFTA-Scotland winning The Hunt for Peter Tobin. A multi-award-winning Executive Producer with a career spanning over two decades, Mick has previously held roles at Two Rivers Media, STV Productions and Mentorn Scotland. His credits include Piper Alpha: Fire in the Night and Dunblane: Our Story, both winners of the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Documentary, and Yes/No: Inside the Indyref, winner of the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Specialist Factual Programme. He also played a key role in developing long-running network series including Antiques Road Trip and Cowboy Trap, and has executive-produced titles for ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky, the BBC and Discovery, including Frankie Boyle's Tour of Scotland, Prisons: First and Last 24 Hours and Walking the Amazon.
Mick will succeed Mark Hedgecoe, who leaves Rogan in October to become Creative Director of STV Studios Factual after five years leading Rogan Scotland. James Rogan will serve as Acting Head of Rogan Scotland in the interim, until Mick arrives.
Mick McAvoy said: “I’m incredibly excited to be joining Rogan Scotland. I’ve long admired the ambition, creativity and quality of Rogan’s work, and I can’t wait to build on the success of the fantastic documentaries and series that Mark and the team have produced. I’m looking forward to helping deliver on the ambition for Rogan Scotland to become a world-leading factual producer, making landmark series and creating returning factual brands for audiences both in the UK and around the world.
I’m also hugely proud and grateful to have been part of the brilliant and talented team at Firecrest Films. It has been a genuine privilege to work alongside them and to have had the opportunity to work on some of the company’s very best series with some of the best people in the business.”
James Rogan, Co-CEO of Rogan Productions, added: “Mick is one of Scotland’s most accomplished factual programme-makers, with an exceptional track record spanning landmark documentaries, returning series and ambitious observational filmmaking. He combines creative curiosity and great storytelling with the experience and leadership needed to build teams, develop ideas and turn them into films that connect with huge audiences.
Rogan Scotland has achieved a great deal under Mark’s leadership, and Mick is the ideal person to lead its next chapter. We’re delighted to welcome him as we continue to grow in Scotland, working with the brilliant filmmakers here and build an ambitious slate for broadcasters and platforms in the UK and internationally.”
The appointment follows Rogan's recent announcement of Rogan South Africa, a new production base in Johannesburg, the company's first permanent international office, alongside a change in leadership structure that saw founders James and Soleta Rogan become Co-CEOs. Scotland remains central to Rogan's growing international footprint, now spanning London, Glasgow and Johannesburg.