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Top 25 Documentary production companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Documentary production companies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 726 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 726 documentary production companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,606 professional contacts across them, including 1,813 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers documentary production companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest documentary production companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 726 documentary production companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to documentary production companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Plimsoll	Partial evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	134 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Plimsoll Productions is a UK based independent production company which creates and produces non scripted shows for the national and international market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Nutopia	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	110 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2008 by Jane Root, former President of Discovery Networks US, Controller of BBC2 and co-founder of Wall to Wall, Nutopia is known for creating ground-breaking factual…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	OR Media LTD	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	103 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OR Media is a leading British production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	The Edge	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We create award-winning films and digital learning experiences that inform, inspire, and transform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	South Shore UK	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	91 contacts →
	Partial evidence “South Shore is an Independent Production Company run by some of the UK’s most experienced and highly decorated producers” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Acumen	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Acumen Media is one of the world's biggest Film producers focused specifically on B2B storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Blast Films	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blast!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	The Garden Productions	Partial evidence	Southwark, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	79 contacts →
	Partial evidence “THE GARDEN PRODUCTIONS LIMITED is a media production company based out of THE LONDON TELEVISION CENTRE UPPER GROUND, LONDON, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	October Films	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	73 contacts →
	Partial evidence “October Films is a prestigious and innovative independent production company based in London and New York.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Dragonfly Film And Television	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	72 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dragonfly is an award-winning production company based in London and Manchester.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	TBD Media Group	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TBD Media Group is one of the world's biggest Video Documentary producers focused specifically on B2B storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Woodcut Media LTD	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded by award-winning producer Kate Beal in 2014, Woodcut Media is a pioneering operation with a diverse team at its core, whose main ethos is to provide an honest and trusted…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Sheffield Docfest	Partial evidence	Sheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sheffield DocFest is the UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Darlow Smithson Productions	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	57 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) is one of the world’s leading factual production companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Mindhouse Productions	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	55 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mindhouse is a London-based independent television production company founded in 2019 by filmmakers Louis Theroux, Arron Fellows, Nancy Strang and Sophie Ardern.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Brinkworth Productions	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	51 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Brinkworth Productions is a dynamic and creative production company with very experienced personnel at its heart.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Rare TV	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “This established and successful landmark factual producer has recently expanded and now makes a broad range of prime-time Popular Factual and Specialist Factual entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Rogan Productions	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	47 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Rogan Productions specialises in using high-end documentary as a platform for creating challenging, human and delightful filmmaking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Dorothy ST Pictures	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dorothy St Pictures is driven by a desire to shine a light on the people, places and things that have been under-explored whilst providing a home for filmmakers, both new and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Raise The Roof Productions	Indirect evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Raise the Roof specialises in factual, popular factual and factual entertainment television programmes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Blink Films UK	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Blink Films is a BAFTA award winning production company based in London and Ireland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Firecracker Films	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Firecracker is responsible for some of the highest rating and most talked about factual television programmes of the last decade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Pioneer Productions	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pioneer Productions is one of the UK's most successful producers with a reputation for producing innovative and high-end branded content and popular programmes for both UK and US…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Chief Productions	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are CHIEF.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Offspring Films	Partial evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Offspring Films is a bright, young, independent production company specialising in factual programming and natural history.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: documentary production companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names documentary production companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of documentary production companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name documentary production companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Documentary production companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

39.4%Verified-email coverage

6.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

43.9%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

580

11-50

105

51-200

201-500

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 726 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among documentary production companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “documentary production companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names documentary production companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among documentary production companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,813 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Documentary production companies by metro

Documentary production companies in London319
Documentary production companies in Bristol27

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names documentary production companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many documentary production companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 726 documentary production companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Plimsoll, headquartered in Bristol, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most documentary production companies?

London leads with 319 headquartered companies, followed by Bristol (27) and Glasgow (22).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,813 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 726 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.