The group produces and distributes factual entertainment, documentary, reality, arts, drama, and children's programming for various television networks and channels worldwide, although they focus on the UK, US, and Canadian markets.
[6] In 2021, Argonon launched a factual formats-focused production company Studio Leo with Claire Collinson-Jones, becoming Chief Creative Officer of the firm.
It is directed by Casey Antwis and Simon Staffurth, with Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Ken Jeong, and Rita Ora as panellists.
[17] The spin-off series, The Masked Dancer, featured Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and Oti Mabuse as panellists.
[25] BriteSpark Films (also credited as BrightSpark East) launched as a co-venture between documentary film-maker Nick Godwin[26] and the Argonon group in 2013.
Productions include long-running Channel 5 series Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords which focuses on conflicts between landlords and tenants; a portrait of London's jewellers working in the Hatton Garden district called Diamond Geezers and Gold Dealers (for ITV);[29] a programme for Channel 4 called Manchester's Serial Killer?
BriteSpark also produces Incredible Engineering Blunders: Fixed for Discovery International and a madcap, gross-out, comedy game show called What The Yuck?!
[32][33][34][35][36][37] BriteSpark also produced several episodes for Channel 4's current affairs strand Dispatches, including Royals for Hire,[38] Deep Fakes: Can You Trust Your Eyes?, Coronavirus: How Britain is Changing,[39] The Prince and the Paedophile[citation needed] and The Truth About Electric Cars.
[41] Their most recent shows were Worzel Gummidge, a two-part children's drama series which aired on BBC1 starring Mackenzie Crook,[42] the animated Mimi And The Mountain Dragon,[43] and The Snow Spider (CBBC & BBC One Wales).
The miniseries is an adaptation of Barbara Euphan Todd's series of books in which the character Worzel Gummidge, a magical scarecrow, appears.
[citation needed] Saucy Nancy won an RTS Craft & Design Award in 2021 in the Sound – Drama category.
[47] Leopard Pictures' latest production, Hard Cell, starring Catherine Tate was released on Netflix in April 2022.
From its office in New York City, Leopard USA produces hundreds of hours of programming yearly for television and digital distribution for channels including Facebook, HGTV, DIY, GSN, A&E, TruTV, Speedvision, Discovery, TLC, BBC America, and CNBC.
Leopard USA programming includes HGTV's House Hunters International, with over 2000 episodes and 160 series completed to date.
[50] Man Caves is a long-running home renovation reality show which was first produced by Leopard USA in 2007 and is presented by former Super Bowl winner Tony Siragusa for cable channel DIY.
[52] The series is executive produced by Leopard USA's Chief Creative Officer, Lindsay Schwartz, and Argonon CEO James Burstall.
The one-off documentary special tells the story of a tank battalion composed of African-American service members, the first US armoured unit of its kind to enter combat.
Rose Rock Entertainment launched with offices in Los Angeles and Oklahoma and will focus on delivering cinematic American factual content.
Additional notable science highlights include Inside Einstein's Mind for BBC Four, Einstein's Quantum Riddle for PBS, Saving Planet Earth: Fixing a Hole for Channel 4, which won Best Science Film at Green Screen 2019,[78] and How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery for BBC Four, which captured the first-ever image of a black hole and won a Gold Award at the 2020 New York Festivals TV and Film Awards in the Science & Technology category.
[85] The film followed the lives of four elite female climbers, Brooke Raboutou, Janja Garnbret, Miho Nonaka, and Shauna Coxsey, and their journey to Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
[citation needed] Previous TV drama includes An Englishman in New York starring John Hurt and Cynthia Nixon which aired on ITV and in several countries throughout the world.
The film received several accolades including a 2009 Teddy Award at the Berlinale for Outstanding Performance by an Actor for John Hurt.
[89] The filmed received a Royal Television Society Craft and Design Awards nomination for Joey Attawia in 2010,[90] and was a nominee at the Rose D'Or Global Television Festival for Best Drama & Mini Series[91] as well as a nominee at the Glaad Media Awards in 2010 in the category of Outstanding TV Movie or Mini Series.
[98] An offshoot series Celebrity Cash in the Attic was produced by Leopard Films and a website www.cashintheattic.com launched in 2013 in the UK and 2015 in the US, as a digital brand extension of the show.
Other programmes include The War on Britain's Roads for BBC One in 2014 which explored the tensions between cyclists and motorists on Britain's roads and was nominated for a Grierson Award for Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme[99] Leopard Films produced Tourette's: Let Me Entertain You for BBC Three[100] where musicians with Tourette's Syndrome were given the chance to perform in front of a live audience.
[104] The company produces a slate of art documentaries and live art performance programming including Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty for BBC Two; Imagine: A Beauty is Born for BBC One, Matthew Bourne's Christmas for Channel 4; The World of Matthew Bourne which won the Czech Crystal in 2012 for Recordings of Opera, Swan Lake (Bourne) in 3D, Operetta, Musicians, Dance, ballet, Concerts Category and a Prix Italia in 2013 in the Performing Arts Category; Bussell on Ballerinas for BBC One; Death in Venice for Sky Arts 2; Bach: A Passionate Life for BBC Two which won the Czech Crystal in 2013 for Documentary Programmes dedicated to Music and Dance [105] Leonardo Live for Sky1 and cinematic release and Big Dance for Channel 4.
Transparent Television produces prime-time factual entertainment and documentary programming, which is run by co-founder and managing director Jazz Gowans.
[49] The company was the No 1. independent producer of entertainment programming in the UK in 2014,[106] delivering over 1000 hours of content to the major terrestrial, digital and online channels every year.
In addition to producing its shows for Canadian broadcasters, Remedy acts as a partner for UK independent production companies wanting to work in Canada.