Firecrest Films

About Us

Firecrest Films is an independent television producer with an outstanding reputation for award-winning factual programmes. We make films and series for major UK broadcasters and streamers from our home in the stunning Fairfields building in Govan, Glasgow.

Last year we won 11 awards for our output and were named the best small indie in the UK at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

We are known as a company that supports and invests in our staff, and are proud to have been named one of the best companies to work for in TV by Broadcast magazine four years running. Broadcast has also cited Firecrest as the fastest growing independent TV company outside London.

Our output ranges from fact ent formats to award winning documentaries, all packed with content and revelation. Our premium documentary output includes multi-award winning series like Murder Case, Murder Trial, and The Hunt For Bible John - all for the BBC, and the critically acclaimed Three Mothers, Two Babies and A Scandal for Amazon Prime. Our returning ob docs include 9pm series Highland Cops and Paramedics On Scene - both for the BBC, and our factual series include the ratings hit Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

We are also known for our high rating consumer series, which include Luxury For Less (6 x 60 Channel 4), Secrets of the Middle Aisle and Secrets of the Supermarket Own Brands with Denise Van Outen (C4) , Primark / Burger King / Subway / Toby Carvery - How Do They Do It? (4 x 60 Channel 5) and eight series of Supershoppers for Channel 4.

We also have a range of single docs including The Welsh Valley That Won The Lottery, and current affairs investigations like The Truth About Nike and Adidas and Football's Gambling Addiction.