Firecrest Films

About Us

Firecrest Films is an independent production company with an outstanding reputation for award-winning factual documentaries, and for for our positive and enabling company culture, which has frequently been cited as "best in class".

In July 2024 we were named the best multichannel TV production company in the UK at the Broadcast Digital awards. We were named Britain's best small independent production company at the 2022 Edinburgh TV Festival, and for five consecutive years have been cited as one of the Best Places to Work in TV by Broadcast magazine.

We are proudly based in Govan, Glasgow, investing in local talent and making films which impact all over the world.

We specialise in ambitious premium documentaries for major UK broadcasters and streamers. We've received more than 60 award nominations in the last five years, and have won 15 BAFTA awards, most recently bagging Amazon's first ever BAFTA win for our box set series Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal.

Our films have achieved record ratings, huge social media pickup, and made front page news. More than 15m people watched coverage of our BBC documentary Liar: the Fake Grooming Scandal within 24 hours of launch.

Our output also includes the multi-award winning BBC series Murder Trial with unique access to the country's most high profile trials through in court filming, groundbreaking BBC series Murder Case, and high rating series like Highland Cops (BBC), Supershoppers, Luxury For Less and Secrets of... with Denise Van Outen (all Channel 4). We also specialise in investigative films and have made more than two dozen current affairs films for BBC Panorama and Channel 4 Dispatches.

Our success and growth has been made possible by identifying the very best people on our doorstep and giving them the opportunities and skills to step up.

We are renowned for our commitment to training and growing the next generation of TV talent, and partner with broadcasters, streamers and other industry bodies to offer significant roles, placements and mentoring. We also fund our own initiative, the Firecrest Talent Development Scheme, which has boosted the careers of more than 30 people. In June 2024 the scheme won the inaugural Royal Television Society Impact Award, recognising its significant and lasting impact on the TV sector in Scotland.

In 2022 Firecrest was named one of the best companies in TV for new talent at the New Voice Awards, and we've also been cited by Broadcast magazine as the fastest growing independent TV company outside London.