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
51= Blast! Films
t 0207 267 4260 w blastfilms.co.uk md Edmund Coulthard head of production Claire Bosworth executive producer Simon Ford turnover £4.2 key shows Lennon Naked (BBC4) The Queen (C4) Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry (BBC2) genre fact, fact ent, drama
51= Splash Media
t 020 7255 5434 w splashmediatv.co.uk joint mds Jane Lush, Fenia Vardanis finance and commercial director Clare Nicholls head of factual Michael Massey turnover £4.2m key shows Piers Morgan On... (ITV1) Candy Cabs (BBC1) Win a Dream Life (BBC2) Fantasy Homes by the Sea (UKTV) genre ent, fact, fact ent, drama
51= True North
t 0113 394 5494 w truenorth.tv creative directors Jess Fowle, Andrew Sheldon ceo Glyn Middleton head of production Carol McKenzie staff 12 turnover £4.2m commissions 29 hrs commissioned 179 hrs tx’d 95 key shows Britain’s Underworld (NGCI) To Build or Not to Build (BBC1) Michaela’s Animal Road trip (Five) genre fact, fact ent, kids
54= Firecracker Films
t 0207 349 3400 w firecrackerfilms.com ceo Marker Soldinger director Sue Oriel staff 18 turover £4.1 commissions 14 hrs commissioned 28 key shows My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (C4) The Autistic Me (BBC3) The Mermaid Girl (Discovery, TLC, C4) Daredevils (C4) genre fact
54= Red Productions
t 0161 952 6284 w redproductioncompany.com ceo Nicola Shindler md Andrew Critchley staff 8 turnover £4.1m commissions 2 hrs commissioned 5.5 hrs tx’d 1.5 key shows Worried About The Boy (BBC) Single Father (BBC) genre drama
56 Electric Sky Productions
t 01273 224 280 w electricskyproductions.tv exec producer David Pounds, Andy Webb development producer Holly Bigsby staff 8 turnover £4.05m commissions 9 hrs commissioned 48 hrs tx’d 64 key shows First Love (Sky Arts) Kylie, Freddie Mercury, Sex Pistols (Bio HD), Eating Art (Sky Arts) genre fact, fact ent
57 Hartswood Films
t 020 8607 8736 w hartswoodfilms.co.uk chairman and producer Beryl Vertue producer Sue Vertue general manager Debbie Vertue producer and head of development Elaine Cameron staff 7 turnover £3.9m profit £695k commissions 1 hrs commissioned 4.5 hrs tx’d 0 key shows Sherlock (BBC) genre fact, drama, comedy
58 Green Inc Film & TV
t 028 9057 3000 w greeninc.tv md Stephen Stewart creative director Chris Jones head of production Helen Murray exec producer Siobhan O’Gorman staff 10-12 turnover £3.8m commissions 7 hrs commissioned 300 hrs tx’d 16.5 key shows The Afternoon Show Series 6 (RTE) The Friday Show (BBCNI) Stuffed (BBCNI) genre ent, fact ent
59= Blink Films
t 0207 749 3160 w blinkfilmsuk.com executive producers Dan Chambers, Justine Kershaw head of production Sarah Sapper staff 5 turnover £3.6m keys shows When Boris Met Dave (C4) Ancients Behaving Badly (History Channel) The Lion Cub from Harrods (Five) genre fact, fact ent
59= Oxford Film & TV
t 020 7483 3637 w oftv.co.uk creative director Nick Kent head of drama Mark Bentley head of documentaries Patrick Forbes head of production Annie Lee staff 12 turnover £3.6m profit £100k commissions 6 hrs commissioned 14.5 hrs tx’d 10 key shows The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (BBC2) Revealing Anne Lister (BBC2) Schama’s Obama (BBC2) genre fact, drama, fact ent
