Productions

RECENT PRODUCTIONS

Saturday
Nov302024

Big Bend: America's Wildest Frontier / The Wild Frontier of Texas

1x1 Hour for PBS, France Télévisions and ORF


Winner - Jackson Wild Awards USA

Nominated - Green Screen Awards - Germany

Showcasing the natural magic of one of the Earth’s most talked-about frontiers, ‘Big Bend’ explores an extraordinary part of the border between the United States and Mexico — a vast unspoiled wonderland of serene beauty and astounding desert landscapes home to some of North America’s most enchanting animals.

Friday
Nov292024

Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey / Cuba's Wild Journey

2x1 Hour for BBC & RTÉ     -   1x1 Hour for PBS, ORF   -   1x90 min  for France Télévisions 


Winner - Jackson Wild Awards USA

Nominated - News and Documentary Emmy Awards

Nominated - Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam

Nominated - Wildscreen Awards UK

Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey is the ultimate two hour special on the natural history of Cuba. Revealing enchanting animal behaviour set in stunning landscapes under the bluest skies in the Caribbean, and all  captured in 4K with the very latest camera technologies. Showcasing the wild magic of one of the Earth’s most intriguing countries, Emmy award-winning wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson takes viewers on an authored odyssey into the heart of Wild Cuba. Filmed over two years, the series reveals how sympathetic government policies allied to 60 years of blockades and isolation have helped preserve a time capsule of unspoiled landscapes and enchanting wildlife vistas and habitats on the Caribbean’s largest island.

Thursday
Nov282024

The Wild Gardener

2x1 Hour for BBC    /    4x30 minute for BBC NI

Winner - Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam 

Wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson returns home on a very personal project - to turn his old childhood garden into a haven for native wildlife. After 30 years of filming the world’s most iconic creatures, Colin heads back to Ireland and a garden he spent his childhood summers mowing and spraying until nothing stirred. But now he wants to transform his old playground into a sanctuary for the native plants and animals now struggling to survive on these islands and inspire viewers around the world to do the same.

Wednesday
Nov272024

Christy Ring: Man & Ball

“Hurling is more than a game and Christy Ring was more than an athlete. These two points – essential to understanding his place in Irish history – are grippingly conveyed in Christy Ring: Man and Ball” - The Irish Times

1x1 Hour for RTÉ

 

In the game of Hurling the word legend is often and easily thrown around when describing the greats of the game. But really there is only one who can be called the greatest: Christy Ring. Or rather, Ring...simply that, Ring. No first name is needed. Everyone knew him. Using unseen archives and never-before broadcast audio, ‘Christy Ring: Man and Ball’ examines the life, times, and cultural impact of one of Ireland's first real sporting superstars. 

Friday
Jun072019

The Game: The Story of Hurling

 

Filmed over two years, THE GAME is a ground-breaking documentary series celebrating Ireland’s blistering national sport.

3 x 1 hour series for RTÉ, GAA, BAI 

 

 

 

Sport is one of the most important cultural sinews of a nation and hurling forms a vital part of life across Ireland. In this landmark series, legendary players, expert commentators, passionate fans, captivating archive and thrilling visuals bring hurling’s remarkable story to life. Through 1000s of years of bitter rivalries, triumphs and upsets, The Game reveals the unique warmth, colour and camaraderie that hurling fosters both within and across communities throughout the island.

60 major interviews were carried out for the series and just about every living legend of the game contributed – from Henry Shefflin, Joe Canning, Lee Chin, DJ Carey, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Austin Gleeson, Anna Geary to Eddie Keher, Jimmy Barry Murphy, Anthony Daly, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Angela Downey, Ger Loughnane, Brian Cody and many more.

Filmed in cinema quality 4K over two years, THE GAME celebrates hurling, exploring its origins from the mists of prehistory through to its tremendous growth over the last century and how it can justifiably claim to be the fastest and most exciting field sport in the world.