All Firecrest Films articles
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News
In brief: Global Group leadership; More Murder Trial; BBCS music doc sales
Stephen Miron to step down from Global chief exec role
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Features
Best documentary series: Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland
“Brings the horrors of recent history to life more than any other doc series I can remember”
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News
Firecrest sets business director after financial bounce
Emma Curtis upped to newly created role after tripling turnover since joining
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Features
Firecrest Films
‘The short-term freelance culture in TV is a significant discriminatory obstacle, so we often engage people on longer contracts’
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News
BBC returns to Highland Cops and Hannah Fry
Police Scotland show and Secret Genius of Modern Life both heading back to BBC2
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Behind The Scenes
Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Renee and Andrew Macrae, BBC2
Taking cameras in to courtrooms is challengeing but an important step for open justice, says the creative director of Firecrest Films, Iain Scollay
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News
Denise Van Outen checks out supermarket own-brands for C4
Firecrest behind series exploring purse-friendly food
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News
C4 axes Rescue: Extreme Medics
Firecrest format won’t return but broadcaster denies reports of other cancellations
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News
Candour and Firecrest among recipients of £2m BFI funding
Recipients to receive between £50,000 to £144,000 over a three to five year period
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News
Four indies partner with debut TV directors for BBC Scotland
Tern lands two three-parters, Storyboard/Specky will deliver two singles and Firecrest wins a single doc
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Behind The Scenes
Highland Cops, BBC Scotland/BBC2
Series producer Andrew Abbott explains how his team captured the realities of policing across vast swathes of northern Scotland
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Features
Best multichannel programme: DRYCH: Fi, Rhyw ac Anabledd
‘It is a raw, positive and life-affirming film, and Rhys’s attitude to life is really moving. This is a brave and original commission for S4C’
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Features
Firecrest Films
‘We invest heavily in staff development and have a strong reputation for nurturing talent’
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Behind The Scenes
Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal, Amazon Prime
Series director Alice McMahon-Major on telling a complicated, emotional story while evoking the early days of the internet
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News
Guilt leads Bafta Scotland Awards with triple win
Happy Tramp North / Expectation and Firecrest each score three gongs
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Behind The Scenes
The Hunt for the World’s End Killers, BBC1 Scotland
Executive producerMick McAvoy on making a true-crime doc two-parter about a gruesome doube murder
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News
C4, Firecrest & Merman among Edinburgh TV Awards winners
PSB channel scoops six awards, with prizes for Motherland and Travels of a Lifetime producers
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News
Rescue: Extreme Medics takes off again at C4
‘Dramatic’ blue-light format scores second four-part run
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News
Firecrest adds former BBC producer Fiona Blair
Joins to oversee fourth series of Paramedics on Scene