Pioneer Productions is one of the UK’s most successful independent production companies. We have developed an outstanding reputation for producing innovative, high quality and popular programmes for both the UK and US markets. Our investment in nurturing creative and editorial skills has meant the company continues to attract the leading on and off-screen talent.
Pioneer Productions has been at the forefront of factual innovations. In the 90’s it led the charge into filming the impossible; capturing some of the most extreme weather on our planet in series such as Raging Planet, developing the use of special effects sequences to see inside the human and animal bodies in series such as In The Womb, creating pure CGI films such as Journey to the Edge of the Universe and combining life-like CGI into dramas and drama-docs such as The Unsinkable Titanic and Hindenburg.
Pioneer Productions is prolific across a broad range of programme genres including lifestyle, factual entertainment, history, science and drama-docs. The company has made over 700 hours of programming, sold in over 60 countries worldwide. Our critically-acclaimed productions have attracted both high audience viewing figures as well as 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.
Pioneer’s many awards include numerous Medals – it is the only independent company to win the coveted Best Science film at the Banff TV festival. Pioneer has also won the Grand Award — at the New York Television Festival, a UK Indie award, a Sony award, Cine Golden Eagles, and other prizes in France, Italy, US and Greece. Our shows have also won prestigious awards at the Emmys and the Royal Television Society.
