Mentorn Media's output has a breadth and quality that ranks it
as one of the UK's foremost producers. Established in 1985, Mentorn
Media is one of the UK's longest established independent television
production companies, making thousands of hours for broadcasters in
the UK and worldwide. Our offices in London, Cardiff and Glasgow
produce programmes across a range of genres. We are one of the
biggest independent companies in the UK, and pride ourselves on
building strong relationships of trust with institutions,
government departments, businesses and members of the public who
provide access.
Question Time, The Big Questions, Traffic Cops, Motorway
Cops, and Cowboy Trap are recognized brands in the
BBC's output, placing Mentorn Media as the sixth biggest supplier
in terms of hours to the BBC. We have begun the second series of
BBC Three current affairs studio show Free Speech and
recently produced the acclaimed Panorama documentary: Stephen
Lawrence - A Time For Justice.
Over the last couple of years Mentorn Media has produced two
series of The School Musical and in 2010, An Idiot
Abroad with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl
Pilkington for Sky1, as well as the award winning documentary
series Fish Town for Sky Atlantic broadcast in 2011.
Programming for Channel 4 includes live political debates,
single hours for strands such as Cutting Edge, Dispatches and What
Really Happened, and a four-part series centred on Katie Piper, the
remarkable young woman who survived a disfiguring acid attack in
2010. In February 2013 The Fried Chicken Shop: Life In A
Day - a documentary exploring urban life through the prism of
a South London takeaway - aired to critical acclaim on Channel
4.
Other recent Mentorn films include ITV1 documentary, The
Kids Are Alright and two BBC 3 documentaries Reggie Yates
On Gangs and Dying for Clear Skin.
Mentorn Media was extremely proud to have
produced the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed For
Neda for HBO and C4 broadcast on the anniversary of the death
of Neda Agha-Soltan, murdered during the disputed elections in Iran
in 2009. We have also delivered a total of seven commissions within
the last three years to BBC Wales which include: Hidden
Houses of Wales with Laurence Llewellyn Bowen and Hotel
Stephanie, whilst for BBC Scotland we have now made three
series of Clans.
Mentorn Media's drama arm, Daybreak Pictures,
continues to produce worldwide award winning scripted content,
including such critically acclaimed works as Endgame,
three Peter Kosminsky dramas Britz, The Government
Inspector and The Promise alongside the recent
Channel 4 series Sirens and feature film Hyde Park on
The Hudson starring Bill Murray.