TOP 100 PRODUCTION 100
47 AURORA (All3Media) md Lawrence Duffy fd Lee Attreed dir of operations David O’Carroll chief strategy officer Barry Flanigan turnover £11.4m shows Formula E (BBC/ Eurosport), Extreme E (ITV/Sky), Goodwood Speedweek (ITV), Sail GP (Intl broadcasters)
Like many sports producers, Aurora has been hard hit during the pandemic as a result of event cancellations and delays. It says revenue projects reduced by 50% in the year due to Covid-19, but thinks the outlook is better from mid-2022 onwards.
48 BRINKWORTH md Malcolm Brinkworth head of creative Xander Brinkworth head of production Gail Pinkerton turnover £11m shows Accused: Guilty or Innocent? (A&E), 999: Critical Condition (C5), Police: Hour of Duty (C5), Suspect (C5)
Factual producer Brinkworth has grown its international business during the pandemic; international commissions now account for 66% of its turnover. It has also managed to produce multiple observational series during the pandemic, including new C5 series Suspect and Police: Hour of Duty.
49 STELLIFY
(Sony Pictures Television) ceo Kieran Doherty, Matthew Worthy dir of operations Vikkie Taggart turnover £10.7m shows Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (ITV), Celebrity Snoop Dogs Xmas Special (C4) Barber Shop for Bald Men, (BBC1) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?: The Million Pound Question (ITV)
50 RONDO MEDIA ceo Gareth Williams director, music & events Hefin Owen ep, drama Bedwyr Rees ep, factual Caryl Ebenezer ep sport Seiriol Dawes-Hughes turnover £10.5m shows Rownd a Rownd (S4C), Sgorio (S4C), Llangollen 2021 (S4C/BBC)
51 LION (All3Media) mds Claire Poyser, Kate Little cco Richard Bradley chief content officer Nick Catliff turnover £10.4m shows Homes Under The Hammer (BBC1), Step Up to the Plate (CBBC), Inside the Tower of London (C5)
Rownd a Rownd
Lion picked up a number of Netflix orders this year: entertainment format Sexy Beasts and history doc Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb. It has also made 50 shorts for Xbox game Age of Empires IV.
52= SPUN GOLD ceo Nick Bullen md Daniela Neuman coo Alex Coffey head of fact ent Matt Young fd Angus Nisbet turnover £10m shows Inside Monaco (BBC), Meat the Family (C4), The Grinch Musical (NBC), Real Full Monty On Ice (ITV)
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Belfast-based entertainment producer Stellify created new format Barber Shop for Bald Men during the pandemic. The Who Wants to be a Millionaire? indie has also pushed into scripted, and launched an all Ireland screenwriting prize as part of a search for returnable, high concept crime dramas.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
52= ZIG ZAG ceo Danny Fenton md Matt Graff head of ent Andy Scott head of production Wendi Rose coo Mia Freedman turnover £10m shows Let Me Take you Down: The Assassination of John Lennon (Sky Docs), Gareth Southgate: Raise Your Game (YouTube), Ultimate Goal (BT Sport), Sonsational (Amazon)
Inside Monaco
Zig Zag kept five shows going throughout lockdown. Looking ahead, the indie has more US productions on its books.
54 STV STUDIOS (STV Group) md David Mortimer coo Paul Sheehan creative directors Gary Chippington, Sarah Brown, Craig Hunter turnover £9.1m shows Antiques Road Trip (BBC1), Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV), The Yorkshire Auction House Series 1 (Really/ Discovery+), Is Covid Racist? (C4)
STV has increased its commissions for UK broadcasters: orders include C4 drama Screw; C4 factual series Murder Island; and daytime show Bridge of Lies.
55 TRUE NORTH (Sky Studios) creative directors Fiona O’Sullivan, Andrew Sheldon, Jess Fowle coo Norma Wisnevitz turnover £9.01m shows Teen Mom UK: Their Stories (MTV), Darcey Bussell’s Wild Coasts of Scotland (More4), A New Life In The Sun (C4)
56= ATLANTIC ceo Anthony Geffen md Claudia Perkins head of business affairs Mimi Gilligan turnover £9m shows Expedition Deep Ocean (Discovery), Endurance: The Hunt for Shackleton’s Ice Ship (History), David Attenborough’s Global Adventure (ABC/Sky)
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The factual producer won orders from the BBC, Netflix, Sky, PBS and ATV in the past year, and three immersive storytelling orders from Facebook. It received two Emmy nods for Micro Monsters VR.
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56= FILM WAVE ceo Paul Trijbits head of drama Emma Clarke producer JJ Lousberg business & creative development Sylivie Richards head of finance Laura Douras story producer Kiren Dhadwal turnover £9m shows The Letter for The King (Netflix)
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