IWC Media is the largest independent television production company in Scotland. IWC Media became part of the RDF Media Group in 2005 and in 2010 the group was acquired by Zodiak Entertainment.
IWC has a well-established reputation for making popular, intelligent and awardwinning programmes for all the British terrestrial and digital channels, and for channels such as Discovery, the History Channel and National Geographic Channel in America. Our output ranges from popular factual, lifestyle and formats for peak-time and daytime, to documentary, landmark, and blue-chip science and history. We are incredibly proud of the range of programmes that we make, the training we provide, and the standards we maintain. We have offices in Glasgow and London, and a core staff of around 35.
Our current programmes include:
The Genius of Britain (5 x 60) Channel 4
A landmark series celebrating the great visionaries of British science, presented by some of our greatest living scientists: Stephen Hawking, David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins, Robert Winston and James Dyson
Modern Masters (6 x 60) BBC1
An accessible and entertaining series on four legends of Modern Art: Matisse, Dali, Warhol and Picasso. Presented by charismatic arts journalist Alastair Sooke
Cutting Edge: The Air Hospital (1 x 60) Channel 4
A nail-biting documentary which follows the elite pilots and medics who fly critically injured
troops home from the war in Afghanistan
Lost Kingdoms of Africa (4 x 60) BBC4 and BBC2
A landmark series which brings to life some of the forgotten Kingdoms of pre-colonial Africa.
Presented by respected cultural historian, Gus Casely-Hayford
Location, Location, Location Channel 4
Our long-running, benchmark property format with professional house-hunters, Kirstie Allsopp
and Phil Spencer. Now entering its eleventh year and still going strong
Extreme Fishing with Robson Green Five
The hugely successful fishing travelogue presented by actor Robson Green
Kirstie’s Homemade Home Channel 4
Popular home-craft format following Kirstie Allsopp’s attempts to renovate her home
Iron Chef UK Channel 4
The UK version of the hugely successful American cookery gameshow, for daytime
Wreck or Ready? BBCDaytime
A brand new format delivering high-quality multiple episodes on a fast turnaround schedule
Many of our programmes have won awards. These include:
Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's (2 x 60) BBC2
BAFTA Scotland for the Best Factual Series
Broadcast Award for the Best Documentary Series
The Genius of Charles Darwin (3 x 60) Channel 4
Broadcast Award for the Best Documentary Series
Scottish BAFTA for the Best Factual Series
Mountain with Griff Rhys Jones (5 x 60) BBC1
Scottish BAFTA for the Best Factual Entertainment Programme
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2 x 60) BBC2
International Emmy Award for the Best Documentary
The Root of All Evil with Richard Dawkins (2 x 60) Channel 4
Scottish BAFTA for the Best Feature Documentary
Ross Kemp on Gangs (4 x 60) Sky One
Broadcasting Press Guild Award for the Best Multi-Channel Documentary
And our recent output includes:
The Detonators (Discovery); The Joy of Motoring (BBC4); Scots Who Made the
Modern World (BBC Scotland); The Pre-Raphaelites (BBC4); Michaela’s Zoo Babies (Five); Rory and Paddy’s Great Adventure (Five); A Woman in Love and War: Vera Britain (BBC One); Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe (Channel 4); The Enemies of Reason with Richard Dawkins (Channel 4); Robbie Coltrane’s B-Road Britain (ITV1); A Year in the Life of J. K. Rowling (ITV1); Crimes that Shook the World (Discovery); Ten Days That Made the Queen (Channel 4); UK’s Toughest Jobs (Sky One); Mean Machines (Discovery)
