After working as a lecturer at the BBC's Engineering Training Department and before moving into mainstream TV production at the studios at
Pebble Mill in Birmingham, he was studio director on the live lunchtime light entertainment show
Daytime Live and also directed
The Chelsea Flower Show,
Top Gear and
Scene Today. Between 1992 and 1994, Macnish produced the BBC series
The Human Animal written and presented by zoologist
Desmond Morris. In 1996, he produced
Salmon Against the Tides presented by
David Attenborough in a co-production between the BBC and
Discovery US. In 1991, Macnish set up Circlevision Productions in partnership with his wife Jayne. The company went on to produce commercial productions and broadcast series including the BBC space science series
Final Frontier and the observational documentary series following the
Beagle 2 project to look for life on Mars led by
Colin Pillinger. ==References==