Screenhouse is a multi award-winning production company working in television, online, and beyond for UK and international channels. We are based in Leeds in the UK, and have a strong track record of hundreds of television programmes, web sites, live shows and amazing science machines. We've won awards for many of our productions, including Royal Television Society Production Company of the Year in 2008.
Science on TV and beyond
We specialise in popular science series including the recent The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide for the BBC. We've also become known for our fast-turnaround space series Stardate, live or as live from Mission Control in Europe or the USA, for Discovery Science USA and the BBC. Check out the programme pages for a heritage of science broadcasting stretching back to 1991.
History
We make long-running history series and single films, including the award winning Timewatch: The Hidden Children, the extraordinary story of four children saved from the Nazis and hidden by incredibly brave families in France.
Documentary
Including Britain's Tallest Teens for ITV1 and most recently Beechings Tracks, the story of how the infamous Dr Richard Beeching massacred or improved (according to your point of view) the railway system of the north, for BBC4 and BBC North.
Training
With decades of TV experience behind us, we set up Screenhouse Training to try to put something back into the industry. With partners like Patrick Titley, we now run a number of courses for TV professionals and those starting out in the industry. And after many years of featuring scientists on screen, we also help scientists to communicate better. See our training pages for details.
Online
We've been making web sites and other interactive products for almost as long as we've been making television programmes. Watch this space for details of new multi-platform productions currently being planned.
Background
Screenhouse Productions Limited was set up in 1991 by Paul Bader, who is now Creative Director. He has been joined on the board by Chief Executive Barbara Govan.
The company was initially formed to make Local Heroes, the popular series in which Adam Hart-Davis cycled the country in pursuit of (dead) pioneers of science and invention. Two series were originally made for Yorkshire Television, then in 1994 we sold the series to the BBC2 where it ran for six more series covering over 200 heroes.
Details of our many productions can be found via the 'production' link above. If you would like to work with us, or have ideas we may be interested in, visit the working with us page. For more information about key personnel click here
