Pioneer Productions

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Pioneer Productions
Type Television Production
Industry Television
Genre Entertainment, Science, History, Drama
Founded 1988
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Area served Worldwide
Key people Stuart Carter, Jeremy Dear, Kirstie McLure, Peter Dunkerly
Website http://www.pioneertv.com/

Pioneer Productions is an independent British television production company based in London, United Kingdom. The company has produced over 500 hours of science and technology, docudrama, lifestyle, current affairs and history programming for both the US and International markets. Broadcast in over 60 countries worldwide, Pioneer's output has achieved success at a range of television industry awards. International clients include PBS, Discovery Channel, Discovery Canada, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Europe, History Channel, ABC, TLC, WGBH-TV, WNET, Travel Channel, and HGTV. In the UK, Pioneer works closely with the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Five.

History

Founded in 1988, Pioneer's early projects helped feed a growing taste for science broadcasting in a period of global tele-media expansion. Early on, the company began to forge close relationships with US factual television broadcasters, supporting a growth trend in transatlantic media collaboration. In the 90’s Pioneer sought to document the extreme in series such as Raging Planet and Extreme Machines as well as developing the latest special effects used in series such as Body Atlas. The new century saw the company continue to progress, creating pure CGI films such as Journey to the Edge of the Universe and combining realistic CGI with docudramas such as in The Unsinkable Titanic and Hindenburg. Today, Pioneer continues to use cutting edge filming and effects techniques to maintain an innovative approach towards television, evident in programmes such as Extraordinary Animals, In the Womb, and Catastrophe.

Awards

Since its foundation, Pioneer has performed well at a range of television awards. The only independent company to win the Best Science film twice at the Banff TV festival, the company has also won the Grand Award at the New York Television Festival together with a UK Indie award, Sony Award, Cine Golden Eagles, and other prizes in the U.S., France, Italy, and Greece. Recently, Pioneer Productions has won an Emmy Award and awards at the Royal Television Society.

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