The owner of Glasgow-based Tern Television has announced a slew of fast turnaround commissions totalling £2.8 million.
Stock market-listed TV and content producer Zinc Media Group ‘s successes included last night’s programme on the trans-gender row caused by tennis champion Martina Navratilova.
Tern has a third series of Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs in production for BBC Two and BBC Scotland, as well as a Britain’s Worst Weather: 2019 for Channel 4, one for BBC Scotland and A Year to save My Life: George McGavin and Melanoma for BBC Four which aired this week.
Brook Lapping, the London based documentary and current affairs producer, has picked up a string of commissions and one-off singles including an Exposure for ITV, a Panorama titled The Race for Number 10 and The Trans Women Athlete Dispute with Martina Navratilova, which have both aired on BBC One this week, plus two other singles for BBC2 and BBC4.
Zinc’s popular factual division Reef TV has recently transmitted the critically acclaimed BBC2 documentary David Harewood: ‘Psychosis and Me’ , which aired as part of the BBC’s mental health season and Brexit: Behind Closed Doors which followed the EU negotiating team through the last 3 years of the negotiation with the UK on leaving the European Union.
Mark Browning, chief executive officer, said: “I am really pleased with the raft of new business that our teams have secured.
“The recommission of some familiar titles is critical to future growth, but recently we have also won a significant number of high value singles and fast turnaround programmes.
“This mixed economy of production revenues is crucial to building momentum, confidence and profile in the market place.”
