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PRODUCTION 100 TOP 100
68= PIONEER (Tinopolis) ceo Jonathan Hewes
creative dir Thomas Viner head of factual Peter Collins turnover £6m shows Ocean Autopsy (BBC4), Tweets From The White House (C4), V-Day (Smithsonian Channel)
68= SIXTEEN SOUTH creative director Colin Williams studio manager Rachellle Williams financial controller Noeleen Breen turnover £6m shows Claude (ITVBe), WildWoods (ITVBe), Lily’s Driftwood Bay (ITVBe)
Ocean Autopsy
The kids TV producer has begun production on new pre-school series ODO for C5 and Kika in Germany. The series was pre- sold to 11 broadcasters, including Canal+ , and has also sold to HBO Max in the US and Latin America.
71 DOUBLE ACT co-owners Alastair Cook, Rob Davis creative dir Larry Walford head of prod Will Cross turnover £5.9m shows Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (Animal Planet), Animal S.O.S (Nat Geo Wild), Secrets of the Zoo: North Carolina (Nat Geo Wild)
72 BIGGER BANG mds Ben Bowie, Iain Riddick consultant md Kristina Obradovic head of production Donna Blackburn turnover £5.8m shows Secrets of the Solar System (UKTV), Engineering the Future (Curiosity Stream), Conspiracies Decoded (Discovery), Searching For Secrets (Smithsonian)
Rocky Mountain Vet
Bigger Bang picked up an Emmy nomination for Secrets of the Solar System, and its first commissions from The Science Channel US and Smithsonian.
73 DSP (Banijay) md Donna Clark head of production Victoria Thomas development exec Jessica Gomez turnover £5.5m shows Interior Design Masters (BBC2), In Cold Blood (ITV), Made In A Day (Nat Geo)
DSP filmed the second series of Interior Design Master with new presenter Alan Carr at the height of the pandemic - and saw the show transfer from BBC2 to BBC1 with two new series greenlit. It has begun filming on new C5 drama Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar.
74 RARE TV md Alexander Gardiner creative director Rory Wheeler dir of content Emma Barker head of production Ben Sutton turnover £5.1m shows Ice Airport Alaska (Smithsonian), Digging For Britain (BBC4), Mountain Vets (BBC2), Chitty Flies Again with David Walliams (C4)
75 ENDOR (Red Arrow Studios) md Hilary Bevan Jones fd Ian McBain ep and strategy Carlo Dusi creative director Sara Johnson turnover £5m shows Blithe Spirit (Sky), Vienna Blood (BBC)
Ice Airport Alaska
Endor is co-producing with Red Production the big budget drama Anansi Boys, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, for Amazon. Its thriller Vienna Blood was also recommissioned for a second series after launching on BBC1 in 2019.
76 LEOPARD PICTURES (Argonon) md Kristian Smith founding director Joey Attawia head of production Gary Matsell head of development Laurie Kirkham turnover £4.9m shows Worzel Gummidge (BBC1), Catherine Tate’s Hard Cell (Netflix)
Worzel Gummidge
77 WORKERBEE (Banijay) md Rick Murray creative director Michelle Chappell head of production Nicola Hirsch turnover £4.8m shows The Bridge (C4), Bruno V Tyson (Sky Docs), Being… (BBC One), Goblin Works Mod Shop (Discovery+)
78 INITIAL (Banijay) creative directors Cat Lynch, Katy Manly director of production Jody Collins turnover £4.7m shows Tenable (ITV), Soccer Aid (ITV), On Yer Bike (ITV), Darling, What Have You Done to Your Hair? (E4)
The Bridge
Initial delivered Soccer Aid, one of the first big live sporting events to happen after the first lockdown. It raised a record £10m for Unicef. A big new commission has had to be pushed into 2022 due to Covid.
Autumn 2021 P29
79 MAVERICK (All3Media) ceo Simon Knight creative director Hannah Brownhill coo Sophy Walker turnover £4.5m shows Operation Ouch (CBBC), Do Try This At Home (CBBC), 10 Ways to Lose 10 Years (C5), The Elephant Hospital (C5)
80 BRITESPARK (Argonon) creative dir Nick Godwin dir of programmes Tom Porter turnover £4.4m shows Dispatches: Royals for Hire (C4), Deepfakes: Can You Trust Your Eyes (C4), World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (C5), Engineering Catastrophes (Science Channel)
Operation Ouch
televisual.com
The factual producer says its big achievement has been growing the business in the midst of the pandemic, despite budgets tightening, costs rising, and international travel challenges.
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