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*'''''Floods: The Year Britain Went Under''''' - (1 x 1hr - for Channel 4)
*'''''Floods: The Year Britain Went Under''''' - (1 x 1hr - for Channel 4)
*'''''Investigation Earth''''' - (1 x hr for Discovery)
*'''''Investigation Earth''''' - (1 x hr for Discovery)
*''''Into America’s West'''' - (8 x 1hr for Travel Channel)
*''''Into America’s West''''' - (8 x 1hr for Travel Channel)
*'''''Hindenburg''''' - (1 x 2hr- for Channel 4, Smithsonian Networks and ZDF)
*'''''Hindenburg''''' - (1 x 2hr- for Channel 4, Smithsonian Networks and ZDF)
*'''''The Living Body''''' - (1 x 2hr for National Geographic, Channel 4, RTL and M6)
*'''''The Living Body''''' - (1 x 2hr for National Geographic, Channel 4, RTL and M6)
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*'''''Krakatoa''''' - (1 x 102' for Channel 4/ PBS/ Channel 4 International)
*'''''Krakatoa''''' - (1 x 102' for Channel 4/ PBS/ Channel 4 International)


*'''''Extreme Homes of Europe''''' - (1 x 50' for HGTV)
*'''''Extreme Homes of Europe''''' - (1 x 50' for HGTV)

*'''''Million Dollar Machines''''' - (3 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/ Fremantle International Distribution)
*'''''Million Dollar Machines''''' - (3 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/ Fremantle International Distribution)
*'''''Tycoon Toys''''' - (2 x 50' for National Geographic Channel/ Fremantle International Distribution)
*'''''Tycoon Toys''''' - (2 x 50' for National Geographic Channel/ Fremantle International Distribution)
*'''''Kings of the Road''''' - (2 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/RDF)
*'''''Naked Science''''' - (32 x 50' for National Geographic Channel/ NGCI/ Fremantle International Distribution)
*'''''Dangerman: Adventures of Geoff Mackley''''' - (5 x 50' for Discovery Europe)
*'''''The Day the Earth was Born''''' - (2 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/WGBH (US) 2004 - Origins series/ Channel 4 International)
*'''''The Shroud of Christ''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/WNET (PBS) Secrets of the Dead/ Channel 4 International)
*'''''Space Shuttle: Human Time Bomb''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/ Channel 4 International)
*'''''Pete Waterman's Trains''''' - (4 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/Discovery Europe/ Channel 4 International)
*'''''Ultimate Machines''''' - (4 x 50' for Five (UK)/ Discovery Canada)
*'''''Tornado Alley''''' - (3 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/ Channel 4 International/ Discovery Canada/Canal D)
*'''''SARS: Killer Bug''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/ Channel 4 International)
*'''''The Great American Motorcycle''''' - (1 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/RDF)
*'''''Million Dollar Motors''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''World of Mysteries''''' - (8 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel, US)
*'''''Technocops''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Future Storm 2050 - Hell on Earth''''' - (1 x 50' for Discovery Europe/Mediaset)
*'''''Seven Wonders of the World''''' - (6 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/Southern Star)
*'''''Flight Fantastic''''' - (3 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel (US)/Five (UK)/Southern Star
*'''''Volcanic Vacations''''' - (2 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/Southern Star)
*'''''White Out''''' - (2 x 50' for TLC /Southern Star)
*'''''Life on Mars''''' - (1 x 25' for Five, UK)
*'''''Britain's Big Freeze''''' - (1 x 25' for Five, UK)
*'''''Who Wants to Live Forever?''''' - (1 x 25' for Five, UK)
*'''''The New Zodiac''''' - (1 x 25' for Five, UK)
*'''''Edge of the Universe''''' - (3 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/TLC (US)/ Channel 4 International)
*'''''Chicago O'Hare''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Skeletons of Ashkelon''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC/Five, UK)
*'''''Science of Shark Attacks''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC (US)/Five, UK)
*'''''Storm Hunters''''' - (2 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/ Channel Four (UK)/RDF)
*'''''Adrenaline Rush''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Volcano''''' - (2 x 50' for TLC/Channel 4 (UK)/Southern Star)
*'''''Alpine Rescue''''' - (6 x 25' for Five, UK)
*'''''Storm Force''''' - (10 x 50' for TLC/Southern Star)
*'''''Extreme Machines''''' - (58 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Military Planes - Extreme Machines Special''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Oil Rigs - Extreme Machines Special''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Weather Front''''' - (8 x 25' for Five, UK)
*'''''Oklahoma Fury''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/TLC/ Channel Four International)
*'''''Exodus Earth''''' - (1 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Talking with Aliens''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox /TLC (US) / Channel Four International)
*'''''Universe''''' - (4 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/TLC (US)/ Channel Four International)
*'''''Tornado''''' - (4 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Killer Earth''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/ Channel Four International)
*'''''Blast Off: Stories from the Final Frontier''''' - (1 x 100' special for TLC)
*'''''Raging Planet''''' - (10 x 50' for The Discovery Channel (US)/Channel 4,UK)
*'''''Black Holes''''' - 1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/Discovery Channel (US)/ABC (Australia)
*'''''Rescue International''''' - (5 x 50' for TLC)
*'''''Wonders of Weather''''' - (28 x 25' for TLC)
*'''''Avalanche''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/Discovery (US)/ Channel Four International)
*'''''On Jupiter''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/ Discovery Channel (US)/ Channel Four International)
*'''''Arthur C. Clarke - Visionaries''''' - (1 x 50' for Discovery Europe)
*'''''Landslide - The Runaway Mountain''''' - (1 x 50' for BBC Horizon)
*'''''Electric Skies''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/ TLC (US)/ Channel Four International)
*'''''Dr Dogs''''' - (1x 50' for The Learning Channel)
*'''''Body Atlas''''' - (13 x 25' for TLC)
*'''''Space Shuttle Discovery''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)
*'''''ET: Please Phone Earth''''' - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)
*'''''Neptune Encounter''''' - (1 x 50' for YTV (UK)/Broadcast by ITV Network)
*'''''Games Climbers Play''''' - (1 x 25' for BBC)



==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:27, 12 June 2009

Pioneer Productions
Company typeProduction company
IndustryTelevision
GenreEntertainment, Science, History, Drama
Founded1988
FoundersNigel Henbest
Heather Couper
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Area served
International
Key people
Stuart Carter, Jeremy Dear, Kirstie McLure, Peter Dunkerly
Websitewww.pioneertv.com

Pioneer Productions is an independent British television production company based in London. The company has produced over 400 hours of adventure, magazine, science and technology, docu-drama, lifestyle, current affairs and history programming for both the US and International markets. The critically-acclaimed productions have attracted high audience viewing figures in over 60 countries worldwide, leading to many prestigious awards. Pioneer’s clients include Discovery Channel, PBS, National Geographic Channel, History, ABC, TLC, Discovery Canada, WGBH, WNET, Discovery Europe, Travel Channel, HGTV, and in the UK, Channel 4, the BBC, ITV and Five.

Filmography

  • Christianity: A History - (8x 48 Co Production with CTVC for Channel 4)
  • The Unsinkable Titanic - (1 x 90 Co Production with Handel Productions for Channel 4, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Canada and Fremantle Media)
  • Extraordinary Animals in the Womb - (1 x 96 Co Production with Fox for Channel 4, Granada International, National Geographic Channel and National Geographic Channel International)
  • Catastrophe - (5 x 45 for Channel 4, Discovery)
  • Floods: The Year Britain Went Under - (1 x 1hr - for Channel 4)
  • Investigation Earth - (1 x hr for Discovery)
  • 'Into America’s West - (8 x 1hr for Travel Channel)
  • Hindenburg - (1 x 2hr- for Channel 4, Smithsonian Networks and ZDF)
  • The Living Body - (1 x 2hr for National Geographic, Channel 4, RTL and M6)
  • How the Earth Was Made - (1x 2hr for The History Channel)
  • Into Alaska - (8 x 1hr The Travel Channel)
  • The Bible Revolution - (1 x 100’ for Channel 4 & Granada) + (1 x 50’ for PBS)
  • Britain's Worst Weather - (4 x 50' for Channel 4 UK)
  • Miracles in the Womb - (1 x 100 for National Geographic Channel & NGCI co-produced by Fox) + (1 x 75 for Channel 4 & C4i co-produced by Fox)
  • Animals in the Womb - (1 x 100 for National Geographic/ Channel 4/ Fox)
  • Challenger: Countdown to Disaster' - (1 x 100' for Channel 4 & NGC & C4i)
  • Keys to the Castle - (1 x 50 for HGTV)
  • Life Before Birth / In The Womb = (1 x 100' for National Geographic Channel / Channel 4 / National Geographic International/Channel 4 International)
  • The Hurricane that Drowned New Orleans / The Storm that Drowned A City - (1 x 50' for WGBH & Five)
  • The Year the Earth Went Wild - (1 x 100' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox Special)
  • Inside a Lightning Bolt - (1 x 50' for Sky)
  • The Vacation You Need - (1 x 50 for The Travel Channel)
  • Amazon Adventurers - (2 x 50' for The History Channel)
  • World's Most Extreme Homes - (52 x 30' for HGTV)
  • Riding with Rossi - (5 x 50' for The Travel Channel)
  • The Wave That Shook The World - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)
  • Krakatoa - (1 x 102' for Channel 4/ PBS/ Channel 4 International)
  • Extreme Homes of Europe - (1 x 50' for HGTV)
  • Million Dollar Machines - (3 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/ Fremantle International Distribution)
  • Tycoon Toys - (2 x 50' for National Geographic Channel/ Fremantle International Distribution)
  • Kings of the Road - (2 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/RDF)
  • Naked Science - (32 x 50' for National Geographic Channel/ NGCI/ Fremantle International Distribution)
  • Dangerman: Adventures of Geoff Mackley - (5 x 50' for Discovery Europe)
  • The Day the Earth was Born - (2 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/WGBH (US) 2004 - Origins series/ Channel 4 International)
  • The Shroud of Christ - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/WNET (PBS) Secrets of the Dead/ Channel 4 International)
  • Space Shuttle: Human Time Bomb - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/ Channel 4 International)
  • Pete Waterman's Trains - (4 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/Discovery Europe/ Channel 4 International)
  • Ultimate Machines - (4 x 50' for Five (UK)/ Discovery Canada)
  • Tornado Alley - (3 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/ Channel 4 International/ Discovery Canada/Canal D)
  • SARS: Killer Bug - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/ Channel 4 International)
  • The Great American Motorcycle - (1 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/RDF)
  • Million Dollar Motors - (1 x 50' for TLC)
  • World of Mysteries - (8 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel, US)
  • Technocops - (1 x 50' for TLC)
  • Future Storm 2050 - Hell on Earth - (1 x 50' for Discovery Europe/Mediaset)
  • Seven Wonders of the World - (6 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/Southern Star)
  • Flight Fantastic - (3 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel (US)/Five (UK)/Southern Star
  • Volcanic Vacations - (2 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/Southern Star)
  • White Out - (2 x 50' for TLC /Southern Star)
  • Life on Mars - (1 x 25' for Five, UK)
  • Britain's Big Freeze - (1 x 25' for Five, UK)
  • Who Wants to Live Forever? - (1 x 25' for Five, UK)
  • The New Zodiac - (1 x 25' for Five, UK)
  • Edge of the Universe - (3 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/TLC (US)/ Channel 4 International)
  • Chicago O'Hare - (1 x 50' for TLC)
  • Skeletons of Ashkelon - (1 x 50' for TLC/Five, UK)
  • Science of Shark Attacks - (1 x 50' for TLC (US)/Five, UK)
  • Storm Hunters - (2 x 50' for Discovery Travel Channel/ Channel Four (UK)/RDF)
  • Adrenaline Rush - (1 x 50' for TLC)
  • Volcano - (2 x 50' for TLC/Channel 4 (UK)/Southern Star)
  • Alpine Rescue - (6 x 25' for Five, UK)
  • Storm Force - (10 x 50' for TLC/Southern Star)
  • Extreme Machines - (58 x 50' for TLC)
  • Military Planes - Extreme Machines Special - (1 x 50' for TLC)
  • Oil Rigs - Extreme Machines Special - (1 x 50' for TLC)
  • Weather Front - (8 x 25' for Five, UK)
  • Oklahoma Fury - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/TLC/ Channel Four International)
  • Exodus Earth - (1 x 50' for TLC)
  • Talking with Aliens - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox /TLC (US) / Channel Four International)
  • Universe - (4 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)/TLC (US)/ Channel Four International)
  • Tornado - (4 x 50' for TLC)
  • Killer Earth - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/ Channel Four International)
  • Blast Off: Stories from the Final Frontier - (1 x 100' special for TLC)
  • Raging Planet - (10 x 50' for The Discovery Channel (US)/Channel 4,UK)
  • Black Holes - 1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/Discovery Channel (US)/ABC (Australia)
  • Rescue International - (5 x 50' for TLC)
  • Wonders of Weather - (28 x 25' for TLC)
  • Avalanche - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/Discovery (US)/ Channel Four International)
  • On Jupiter - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/ Discovery Channel (US)/ Channel Four International)
  • Arthur C. Clarke - Visionaries - (1 x 50' for Discovery Europe)
  • Landslide - The Runaway Mountain - (1 x 50' for BBC Horizon)
  • Electric Skies - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK) Equinox/ TLC (US)/ Channel Four International)
  • Dr Dogs - (1x 50' for The Learning Channel)
  • Body Atlas - (13 x 25' for TLC)
  • Space Shuttle Discovery - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)
  • ET: Please Phone Earth - (1 x 50' for Channel 4 (UK)
  • Neptune Encounter - (1 x 50' for YTV (UK)/Broadcast by ITV Network)
  • Games Climbers Play - (1 x 25' for BBC)


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