Icon Films
Not to be confused with Icon Productions.
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| Type | Independent |
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| Industry | TV Production |
| Founded | Bristol, 1990 |
| Headquarters | Bristol, UK |
| Key people | Harry Marshall Laura Marshall Andie Clare Lucy Middleboe Steve Ashworth Owen Gay |
| Website | http://www.iconfilms.co.uk/ |
Icon Films is a British independent television production company that produces factual programmes for broadcast by networks both in the UK and US.[1] The company was founded in 1990 by Harry Marshall and Laura Marshall, and is based in Bristol.
Productions currently screening
Sandhurst, BBC2, 7pm from Sunday 25th March Sunday to Sunday 8th April 2012
Past productions
| Programme | Channel | Year of Production | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Monsters Season 5 | Animal Planet US | 2013 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| The Hunger - Death Race | Animal Planet US | 2012 | Presented by Guy Grieve |
| Animal Airport | Animal Planet | 2012 | |
| River Monsters Season 4 | Animal Planet US, ITV1, ITV4 | 2012 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Wild Scene Investigation | National Geographic Channels | 2012 | |
| Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist | National Geographic Channels | 2012 | |
| Beast Tracker | Discovery Channel | 2012 | |
| Secrets of Wild India | National Geographic | 2011 | Narrated by Sir David Attenborough |
| Jungle Gremlins of Java | BBC, Animal Planet | 2011 | |
| Bite of the Living Dead | Animal Planet US | 2011 | |
| Sandhurst | BBC4 | 2011 | |
| Desert Seas | Nat Geo | 2011 | Narrated by Sir David Attenborough |
| Beast Hunter / Beast Man | Nat Geo | 2011 | Presented by Pat Spain |
| River Monsters Goes Tribal | Animal Planet US | 2010 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| World's Deadliest Towns | Animal Planet US | 2010 | Presented by Dave Salmoni |
| River Monsters Series 3 | Animal Planet US, ITV1, ITV4 | 2010 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| One Million Snake Bites | BBC, Animal Planet | 2010 | |
| River Monsters Series 2 | Animal Planet US,[2] ITV1, ITV4, ITV Global Entertainment, Discovery UK | 2010 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| The Born Free Legacy | BBC4 | 2010 | |
| Weird Creatures with Nick Baker Series 3 | Animal Planet UK, Science Channel, ITV Gobal International | 2009 | Presented by Nick Baker |
| Airmen and the Headhunters | National Geographic Channels International, THIRTEEN and Channel 4 | 2009 | |
| The One Show | BBC One | 2009 | |
| River Monsters Series 1 | Animal Planet US,[2] ITV1, ITV4, ITV Global Entertainment, Discovery UK | 2009 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Flesh Eating River Monster | Five | 2008 | Presented by Jeremy Wade |
| Crocodile Blues | BBC, Animal Planet, ITV Global Entertainment | 2008 | Presented by Romulus Whitaker |
| Romulus Whitaker and the Dragon Chronicles | NGCI, WNET, ITV Global Entertainment | 2008 | Presented by Romulus Whitaker |
| All About Dung | History Channel US | 2008 | Presented by Monty Halls |
| The Mountains of the Monsoon | BBC, Animal Planet | 2007–2008 | Presented by Sandesh Kadur |
| Nick Baker's Weird Creatures Series 2 | Five, Animal Planet, ITV Global Entertainment | 2007 | Presented by Nick Baker |
| Travellers' Century | BBC Four | 2007 | Presented by Benedict Allen |
| Street Monkeys | NGCI, Granada International | 2007 | |
| Saving Planet Earth - Tigers | BBC | 2006 | Presented by Fiona Bruce |
| Nick Baker's Weird Creatures Series 1 | Five, Animal Planet | 2006 | Presented by Nick Baker |
| Supersize Crocs | WNET, Five, Granada International, NGCI | 2006 | Presented by Romulus Whitaker |
| Tiger Kill | BBC | 2006 | With Simon King and Alphonse Roy |
| Tom Harrisson - the Barefoot Anthropologist | BBC Four | 2006 | Presented by Sir David Attenborough |
| Paranormal Pigeons | Five, Animal Planet | 2005 | With Rupert Sheldrake and Tim Guildford |
| Last Lions of India | BBC | 2005 | |
| Gangsters' Wives | Five | 2005 | Presented by Kate Kray |
| Einstein's Brain | National Geographic Channels International, Channel 4 | 2004 | |
| The King Cobra and I | BBC | 2004 | Presented by Romulus Whitaker |
| Holy Cow! | DDE / PBS | 2003 | |
| Diagnosing Darwin | NCGI | 2003 | |
| White Slaves Pirate Gold | BBC | 2003 | |
| A Different Ball Game - South America | NGCI | 2002 | |
| Great Cats of India | Animal Planet / Granada | 2002 | |
| Out There: Shark Hunting | NGCI | 2002 | |
| Temple of the Tigers: India's Bandhavgarh Wilderness | DDE / PBS | 2001 | |
| Quest for the True Cross | Channel Four / Discovery / CTVC | 2001 | |
| Yeti - Hunt for the Wildman | Channel Four / Channel Four International / The Learning Channel | 2001 | |
| A Different Ball Game | NGCI | 2001 | |
| The Berkeley Estate with Chris Chapman | HTV West | 2001 | |
| Indian Journeys | BBC2 / PBS / CTVC | 2000 | |
| Journey into Amazonia | DDE / PBS | 1999 | |
| Anamalai – The Elephant Mountain | DDE / PBS | 1999 | |
| Nibha and the Elephants – Animal People | BBC | 1999 | |
| The Croc Crusader – Animal People | BBC | 1999 | |
| The Magic Keeper | Channel 4 | 1999 | |
| Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La | ABC Kane / DDE / PBS | 1998 | |
| Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon | BBC | 1997 | |
| Vintage Morris | HTV | 1997 | |
| The Elephant Men | Channel 4 / WNET | 1996 | |
| Heart of a Nomad | Channel 4 | 1994 | |
| Tibet and the End of Time | Time Life / NBC | 1994 | |
| Queen of the Elephants | Discovery | 1992 |
Awards
- 2011
One Million Snake Bites:
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- International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF) Missoula, Best Point of View,
- IWFF Missoula, Merit for Narration,
- Hugo Television Awards, Silver Hugo for Science and Nature Documentary TV Production
River Monsters Series:
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- Hugo Television Awards, Silver Plaque for Educational Documentary TV Series
The Born Free Legacy:
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- Hugo Television Awards, Certificate of Merit for History and Biography Documentary
- 2010
Weird Creatures with Nick Baker Series 3
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- IWFF Missoula, Honourable Mention for Graphics
- IWFF Missoula, Honourable Mention for Editing
Headhunters of World War II
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- Hugo Television Awards, Gold Plaque for Historical Biography Documentary
Flesh Eating River Monster
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- RTS West of England, Winner Specialist Factual other than Natural History
- IWFF Missoula, Honourable Mention for Story Telling & Investigative Reporting
Duncan Fairs Nonimated by Icon Films
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- RTS West of England, Winner Craft Award for Camera
- 2001
Indian Journeys
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- Grierson Award, Best Documentary Series [3]
Key people
- Harry Marshall - Creative Director
- Laura Marshall - Managing Director
- Andie Clare - Director of Production
- Lucy Middelboe - Commercial Director
- Steve Ashworth - Head of Finance
- Owen Gay - Head of Popular Factual
- Matt Cole - Head of General Factual
References
- ^ "Icon Films Main Page". Icon Films. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ a b "River Monsters with extreme angler Jeremy Wade". Animal Planet. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ "Grierson 2001". The Grierson Trust. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
