The UK's top 40 film production companies
Televisual's inaugural film survey kicks off with a showcase of the UK's leading film production companies. Tim Dams profiles the indies behind some of Britain's biggest and best films
81 Touch Productions
www.touchproductions.co.uk md Malcolm Brinkworth head of production David Postlethwaite fd Erica Wolfe Murray staff 5 turnover £1.75m commissions 6 hrs 12 hrs tx’d 1 key shows Taking on Tyson (Animal Planet US) Tattoo School (TLC) Love in Numbers (TLC)
82 Fulcrum TV
www.fulcrumtv.com directors Richard Belfield, Mel Morpeth head of production Adam Berman staff 5 turnover £1.6m commissions 4 hrs 5 hrs tx’d 5 key shows Saxon Gold: Unlocking the Secret (Nat Geo) Inside the Muslim Brotherhood (Nat Geo) It Shouldn’t Happen at a Vets (BBC)
83 HCA Entertainment
www.hcaentertainment.com ceo Henry Cole head of production Hamish Rieck financial controller Roberta Ogilvy Brown staff 5 turnover £1.5m commissions 8 hrs 25 hrs tx’d 25 key shows Grimefighters (ITV1) The Motorbike Show (ITV4) Supersize Grime (C5)
84 Back2Back
www.back2back.tv md David Notman-Watt chairman Simon Shaps staff 7 turnover £1.4m profit £180k commissions 4 hrs 23 hrs tx’d 23 key shows The Hunks (Sky Living) Extraordinary Dogs (C5) Madagascar: State of Denial (Al Jazeera)
85 Attaboy tv
www.attaboytv.com company director Andrew Shaw producer Daniel Allum production manager Tas Awan staff 5 turnover £1.33m commissions 1 hrs 10 hrs tx’d 10 key shows Wheeler Dealer Series 7 (Discovery) Wheeler Dealer Series 8 (Discovery)
86 Testimony Films
www.testimonyfilms.com producer/director Steve Humphries editor/director Nick Maddocks staff 6 turnover £1.3m profit £20k commissions 10 hrs 12 hrs tx’d 20 key shows A Century of Fatherhood (BBC4) Secrets of the Blitz (C5) The First Day of The Blitz (Yesterday)
87 Raw Cut
www.rawcut.tv director Bill Rudgard director Steve Warr staff 7 turnover £1.2m commissions 4 hrs 23 hrs tx’d 21 key shows Police Interceptors (FIVE) Neighbourhood Blues (BBC1)
88 = Minnow Films
www.minnowfilms.co.uk md Morgan Matthews head of prod Clare Voyce staff 6 turnover £1.1m commissions 6 hrs 7.5 hrs tx’d 5 key shows Scenes from a Teenage Killing (BBC4)
88 = Modern Television
www.moderntv.co.uk director Griff Rhys Jones director Clare Byrne head of development Sarah Broughton staff 6 turnover £1.1m profit £70k commissions 3 hrs 10 hrs tx’d 10 key shows Hidden Treasures Of...(BBC2) Monte Carlo or Bust (ITV1) Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones (BBC1)
88 = Skyworks
www.skyworks.co.uk md Damian Keogh director Colin Mills director Richard Mervyn staff 9 turnover £1.1m profit £100k commissions 1 hrs 1 key shows Dan Snow’s Norman Walks (BBC4) Julia Brabury’s Canal Walks (BBC4) World from Above (International Distribution)