NERD (New Entertainment Research & Design) [1] is a British television production company founded in 2010 by Jago Lee and John Farrar. The company specialises in formatted and scripted entertainment for the UK and US markets.
In March 2010 The Guardian newspaper reported that the EMMY award winning Survivor creator Charlie Parsons was investing in NERD (MediaGuardian.co.uk, 25 March 2010) [2], and had become the company's Chairman.