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| founders = [[Nigel Henbest]]<br/>[[Heather Couper]]
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==History==
==History==
Founded in 1988, by [[Nigel Henbest]], [[Heather Couper]] and Stuart Carter, Pioneer targeted [[science]] broadcasting in a period of global tele-media expansion, and sought relationships with US factual television broadcasters. In the 1990s it produced series entitled ''[[Raging Planet]]'',<ref>[http://www.pioneertv.com/about/about-us.aspx What We Do] on Pioneer Productions official website. Accessed 17 April 2013</ref> and ''Extreme Machines''. Later [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] films included ''[[Journey to the Edge of the Universe]]'', ''[[The Unsinkable Titanic (film)|The Unsinkable Titanic]]'', ''{{ill|Hindenburg: The Last Flight|de|3=Hindenburg (2011)|lt=Hindenburg: The Last Flight}}'', ''[[Extraordinary Animals]]'', ''[[In the Womb]]'', and ''[[Catastrophe (2008 TV series)|Catastrophe]]''. In 2009 it helped produce the six-part series ''[[Christianity: A History]]'' for [[Channel 4]].
Founded in 1988, by [[Nigel Henbest]], [[Heather Couper]] and Stuart Carter, Pioneer targeted [[science]] broadcasting in a period of global tele-media expansion, and sought relationships with US factual television broadcasters. In the 1990s it produced series entitled ''[[Raging Planet]]'',<ref>[http://www.pioneertv.com/about/about-us.aspx What We Do] on Pioneer Productions official website. Accessed 17 April 2013</ref> and ''[[Extreme Machines]]''. Later [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] films included ''[[Journey to the Edge of the Universe]]'', ''[[The Unsinkable Titanic (film)|The Unsinkable Titanic]]'', ''{{ill|Hindenburg: The Last Flight|de|3=Hindenburg (2011)|lt=Hindenburg: The Last Flight}}'', ''[[Extraordinary Animals]]'', ''[[In the Womb]]'', and ''[[Catastrophe (2008 TV series)|Catastrophe]]''. In 2009 it helped produce the six-part series ''[[Christianity: A History]]'' for [[Channel 4]].


==Awards==
==Awards==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|https://pioneertv.com/}}
* {{imdb company|0174816}}


[[Category:Television production companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Television production companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1988]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1988]]





Latest revision as of 11:04, 28 November 2024

Pioneer Productions
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelevision
GenreEntertainment
Science
History
Drama
Founded1988
FoundersNigel Henbest
Heather Couper
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Stuart Carter, Jeremy Dear, Kirstie McLure,
WebsiteOfficial website

Pioneer Productions is a British television production company based in London, United Kingdom, specialising in scientific and other documentary productions.

History

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Founded in 1988, by Nigel Henbest, Heather Couper and Stuart Carter, Pioneer targeted science broadcasting in a period of global tele-media expansion, and sought relationships with US factual television broadcasters. In the 1990s it produced series entitled Raging Planet,[1] and Extreme Machines. Later CGI films included Journey to the Edge of the Universe, The Unsinkable Titanic, Hindenburg: The Last Flight [de], Extraordinary Animals, In the Womb, and Catastrophe. In 2009 it helped produce the six-part series Christianity: A History for Channel 4.

Awards

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Pioneer has won the "Best Science Film" award twice at the Banff World Media Festival,[citation needed] the Grand Award at the New York Television Festival, 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.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ What We Do on Pioneer Productions official website. Accessed 17 April 2013
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