Icon Films
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| Company type | Independent |
|---|---|
| Industry | TV Production |
| Founded | Bristol, 1990 |
| Headquarters | Bristol, UK |
Key people | Harry Marshall Laura Marshall Andie Clare Lucy Middleboe |
| Website | iconfilms |
Icon Films is a British independent television production company that produces factual programmes for broadcast by networks both in the UK and US.[1] The company was founded in 1990 by Harry Marshall and Laura Marshall, and is based in Bristol.
Current and past productions
[edit]| Programme | Channel | Year Completed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hippos (WT) | BBC Two | In Production | |
| Okavango | Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) | In Production | |
| Malawi Wildlife Rescue | Love Nature | In Production | |
| Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers | Animal Planet, ITV | 2018 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Animal Airport | More4 | 2018 | |
| Passions: Judy Garland by Marc Almond | Sky Arts | 2018 | |
| Legend Hunter | Travel Channel | 2018 | Presented by Pat Spain |
| The Flood | Nat Geo WILD | 2018 | Narrated by Angela Bassett |
| Africa's Wild Side | Nat Geo WILD | 2018 | |
| St. Peter’s Hospice Room to Care Appeal | St. Peter's Hospice (Digital) | 2017 | |
| Savage Kingdom: Uprising (Season 2) | Nat Geo WILD | 2017 | Narrated by Charles Dance |
| Primal Survivor | National Geographic Channel | 2017 | Presented by Hazen Audel |
| The Lost Kingdom of the Yeti | Animal Planet | 2017 | |
| Devon Cream Company | Devon Cream Company | 2017 | |
| Philip Larkin by Andrew Motion | Sky Arts | 2017 | |
| Elephant: King of the Kalahari | Nat Geo WILD | 2017 | |
| Great Hammerhead Invasion | Discovery Channel | 2017 | |
| Battle for the Pride | Nat Geo WILD | 2017 | |
| Man Eating Python | Discovery Channel | 2017 | |
| River Monsters Season 9 | Animal Planet, ITV | 2017 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Young Blood | Nat Geo WILD | 2017 | |
| Restless Leg Syndrome: Desperate for Help | Channel 5 | 2016 | |
| Clash of Africa's Giants | Animal Planet | 2016 | |
| Andrew Marr: My Brain & Me | BBC Two | 2016 | |
| Yeti or Not? | Animal Planet | 2016 | |
| Savage Kingdom Season 1 | Nat Geo WILD | 2016 | Narrated by Charles Dance |
| River Monsters Season 8 | Animal Planet US | 2016 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Million Pound Mega Yachts | Channel 4 | 2015 | |
| England's Vampires | Channel 4 | 2015 | |
| Vampire Legend | PBS Secrets of the Dead | 2015 | |
| The One Show Series 9 | BBC | 2015 | |
| Return of the Giant Killers – Africa's Lion King | BBC, Animal Planet | 2015 | |
| Primal Survivor | National Geographic Channels | 2015 | |
| River Monsters Prehistoric Terrors | Animal Planet US, Discovery Canada | 2015 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| River Monsters Season 7 | Animal Planet US | 2015 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Ben Franklin's Bones | PBS Secrets of the Dead | 2014 | |
| Betty White's Smartest Animals in America | Great American Country | 2014 | Presented by Betty White |
| Spawn of Jaws 2 – The Birth | Discovery Channel | 2014 | Presented by Michael Domeier |
| Survive the Tribe | National Geographic Channels | 2014 | Presented by Hazen Audel |
| Africa's Giant Killers | BBC2 | 2014 | |
| River Monsters Season 6 | Animal Planet US, ITV, | 2014 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Animals Through the Night – Sleepover at the Zoo | BBC4 | 2014 | Presented by Liz Bonnin |
| Betty White Goes Wild | National Geographic Channel | 2013 | Presented by Betty White |
| Seven Days that Made the Fuhrer | Channel 5 | 2013 | |
| Bigfoot Files | Channel 4 | 2013 | Presented by Mark Evans |
| Hustling America | Channel 5 | 2013 | Presented by Alexis Conran |
| Animal Airport Series 2 | Animal Planet UK | 2013 | |
| Spawn of Jaws | Discovery Channel | 2013 | Presented by Michael Domeier |
| Bones of the Buddha | National Geographic Channels PBS Secrets of the Dead, Season 12, Ep. 5 |
2013 | Presented by Charles Allen |
| River Monsters Season 5 | Animal Planet US, ITV, ITV4 | 2013 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| The Hunger – Death Race | Animal Planet US | 2012 | Presented by Guy Grieve |
| Animal Airport Series 1 | Animal Planet UK | 2012 | |
| River Monsters Season 4 | Animal Planet US, ITV1, ITV4 | 2012 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Wild Scene Investigation | National Geographic Channels | 2012 | |
| Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist | National Geographic Channels | 2012 | |
| Beast Tracker | Discovery Channel | 2012 | |
| Secrets of Wild India | National Geographic Channel | 2011 | Narrated by Sir David Attenborough |
| Jungle Gremlins of Java | BBC, Animal Planet | 2011 | |
| Bite of the Living Dead | Animal Planet US | 2011 | |
| Sandhurst | BBC4 | 2011 | |
| Desert Seas | Nat Geo | 2011 | Narrated by Sir David Attenborough |
| Beast Hunter / Beast Man | Nat Geo | 2011 | Presented by Pat Spain |
| River Monsters Goes Tribal | Animal Planet US | 2010 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| World's Deadliest Towns | Animal Planet US | 2010 | Presented by Dave Salmoni |
| River Monsters Series 3 | Animal Planet US, ITV1, ITV4 | 2010 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| One Million Snake Bites | BBC, Animal Planet | 2010 | |
| River Monsters Series 2 | Animal Planet US,[2] ITV1, ITV4, ITV Global Entertainment, Discovery Channel UK | 2010 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| The Born Free Legacy | BBC4 | 2010 | |
| Weird Creatures with Nick Baker Series 3 | Animal Planet UK, Science Channel, ITV Global International | 2009 | Presented by Nick Baker |
| Airmen and the Headhunters | National Geographic Channels International, THIRTEEN and Channel 4 | 2009 | |
| The One Show | BBC One | 2009 | |
| River Monsters Series 1 | Animal Planet US,[2] ITV1, ITV4, ITV Global Entertainment, Discovery Channel UK | 2009 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Flesh Eating River Monster | Five | 2008 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Crocodile Blues | BBC, Animal Planet, ITV Global Entertainment | 2008 | Presented by Romulus Whitaker |
| Romulus Whitaker and the Dragon Chronicles | NGCI, WNET, ITV Global Entertainment | 2008 | Presented by Romulus Whitaker |
| All About Dung | History Channel US | 2008 | Presented by Monty Halls |
| The Mountains of the Monsoon | BBC, Animal Planet | 2007–2008 | Presented by Sandesh Kadur |
| Nick Baker's Weird Creatures Series 2 | Five, Animal Planet, ITV Global Entertainment | 2007 | Presented by Nick Baker |
| Travellers' Century | BBC Four | 2007 | Presented by Benedict Allen |
| Street Monkeys | NGCI, Granada International | 2007 | |
| Saving Planet Earth – Tigers | BBC | 2006 | Presented by Fiona Bruce |
| Nick Baker's Weird Creatures Series 1 | Five, Animal Planet | 2006 | Presented by Nick Baker |
| Supersize Crocs | WNET, Five, Granada International, NGCI | 2006 | Presented by Romulus Whitaker |
| Tiger Kill | BBC | 2006 | With Simon King and Alphonse Roy |
| Tom Harrisson – the Barefoot Anthropologist | BBC Four | 2006 | Presented by Sir David Attenborough |
| Paranormal Pigeons | Five, Animal Planet | 2005 | With Rupert Sheldrake and Tim Guildford |
| Last Lions of India | BBC | 2005 | |
| Gangsters' Wives | Five | 2005 | Presented by Kate Kray |
| Einstein's Brain | National Geographic Channels International, Channel 4 | 2004 | |
| The King Cobra and I | BBC | 2004 | Presented by Romulus Whitaker |
| Holy Cow! | DDE / PBS | 2003 | |
| Diagnosing Darwin | NCGI | 2003 | |
| White Slaves Pirate Gold | BBC | 2003 | |
| A Different Ball Game – South America | NGCI | 2002 | |
| Great Cats of India | Animal Planet / Granada | 2002 | |
| Out There: Shark Hunting | NGCI | 2002 | |
| Temple of the Tigers: India's Bandhavgarh Wilderness | DDE / PBS | 2001 | |
| Quest for the True Cross | Channel Four / Discovery / CTVC | 2001 | |
| Yeti – Hunt for the Wildman | Channel Four / Channel Four International / The Learning Channel | 2001 | |
| A Different Ball Game | NGCI | 2001 | |
| The Berkeley Estate with Chris Chapman | HTV West | 2001 | |
| Indian Journeys | BBC2 / PBS / CTVC | 2000 | |
| Journey into Amazonia | DDE / PBS | 1999 | |
| Anamalai – The Elephant Mountain | DDE / PBS | 1999 | |
| Nibha and the Elephants – Animal People | BBC | 1999 | |
| The Croc Crusader – Animal People | BBC | 1999 | |
| The Magic Keeper | Channel 4 | 1999 | |
| Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La | ABC Kane / DDE / PBS | 1998 | |
| Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon | BBC | 1997 | |
| Vintage Morris | HTV | 1997 | |
| The Elephant Men | Channel 4 / WNET | 1996 | |
| Heart of a Nomad | Channel 4 | 1994 | |
| Tibet and the End of Time | Time Life / NBC | 1994 | |
| Queen of the Elephants | Discovery | 1992 |
Awards
[edit]Icon Films won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Icon Films Main Page". Icon Films. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ a b "River Monsters with extreme angler Jeremy Wade". Animal Planet. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Grierson 2001". The Grierson Trust. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
External links
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