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

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Pioneer Productions is an independent British television production company based in London, UK. The company has produced over 500 hours of science and technology, docu-drama, 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 and Emmy Award and awards at the Royal Television Society.

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 ==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 life-like CGI with [[dramas]] and drama-docs 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.
+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 (TV series)|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 [[France]], [[Italy]], [[US]] and [[Greece]]. Recently, [[Pioneer Productions]] has won and [[Emmy Award]] and awards at the [[Royal Television Society]].
+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 and [[Emmy Award]] and awards at the [[Royal Television Society]].
 ==External links==
+* {{official|http://www.pioneertv.com/}}
+* {{imdb company|0174816}}
 * [http://www.ngcipressroom.com/releases.aspx?id=273 National Geographic Channel press release]
 * [http://www.newmars.com/2002/03/21/britains-public-face-of-space/ Interview with Couper]
-* [http://www.imdb.com/company/co0174816/ IMDB page]
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