QUICKFIRE MEDIA LIMITED

What QUICKFIRE MEDIA LIMITED does

Quickfire Media Limited is a privately held UK documentary production company headquartered in Bath with an additional office in Bristol. Founded by executive producer Mark Fielder, who brings more than 25 years of senior creative experience from BBC Television, BBC Radio, United Productions, and Granada, the company produces factual documentaries, drama documentaries, and short films for major British and international broadcasters, alongside corporate fundraising films for UK charities such as RNLI and Guide Dogs.

The company's portfolio spans historical, military, scientific, and investigative programming delivered to broadcasters including BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic Channels, Discovery, Five (Channel 5), Sky Arts, History Channel, ARTE, WNET, and PBS. Notable productions include The Last Tommy (BBC1), Lie Lab (Channel 4), The Queen's Coronation: Behind Closed Doors (Channel 4), Hitler's Jurassic Monsters (National Geographic/Discovery), The Real Atlantis (BBC/ARTE/WNET), and The Great Falklands Gamble (Five/History). Mark Fielder's track record includes two BAFTA nominations for Elizabeth and Six Wives of Henry VIII, plus an RTS West award nomination for The Great Falklands Gamble. The Animal Symphony, an arts and music documentary for Sky Arts co-commissioned with the Arts Council, was in production featuring Chris Packham and composer Nitin Sawhney.

Quickfire Media operates as a B2B production house generating revenue through project-based commissions from broadcasters (one-time licensing of completed productions) and from charities on a professional services basis. Sales are driven by direct, relationship-led engagement with commissioning editors and charity communications teams. The company maintains a team of approximately 5 employees and relies on its portfolio, critical press coverage in The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, and The Observer, and social media presence to attract new commissions. No public pricing exists as all engagements are bespoke.

Name

QUICKFIRE MEDIA LIMITED

Legal name

Quickfire Media Limited

Website

https://quickfiremedia.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Quickfire Media Limited is a privately held UK documentary production company that produces factual and drama documentaries for British and international broadcasters including BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, Discovery, and Sky Arts, alongside corporate films for charities such as RNLI and Guide Dogs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Documentary Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Historical, Biographical & Archival Documentaries (MPADADAE)

Keywords

• Documentary production services
• Broadcast television content
• Factual filmmaking
• Drama documentary production
• Corporate charity films

Headquarters

HQ city

Bath

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Broadcast Commissioning: Production of commissioned documentaries, drama documentaries, and short films for major British and international broadcasters, generating revenue through production fees and licensing deals per commission.
2. Corporate Films for Charities: Production of fundraising and informational films for charitable organisations such as RNLI and Guide Dogs, likely commissioned on a project basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Quickfire Media produces dynamic, award-winning factual films for British and international broadcasters. The company takes great stories and turns them into high-quality documentaries, drama documentaries, and short films for television and web platforms, and additionally produces corporate fundraising films for charities such as RNLI and Guide Dogs.

Product overview

Quickfire Media is an award-winning film production company that creates documentaries, drama documentaries, and short films for British and international broadcasters. Their portfolio includes landmark series such as The Last Tommy for BBC1 and The Queen's Coronation for Channel 4, as well as corporate films for charities like RNLI and Guide Dogs. The company works with broadcasters including National Geographic, Discovery, Five, Channel 4, BBC, History, ARTE, and WNET. Their productions span historical documentaries, science series, military history, and investigative journalism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Documentary Production Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Critical acclaim from national press including The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, and The Observer
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Flame Television: UK indie specializing in factual documentaries and current affairs for Channel 4 and BBC, including science and history strands; comparable scale and commissioning footprint.
• Pioneer Productions: UK factual producer of science, history, and natural history programmes for Discovery, BBC, Channel 5 and PBS; comparable as a specialist factual indie competing for international co-productions.
• Darlow Smithson Productions: UK independent factual and documentary producer behind blue-chip factual commissions for BBC, Discovery and National Geographic; directly comparable in broadcaster client mix and genre breadth to Quickfire Media.
• KEO Films: Award-winning UK factual and documentary producer for BBC, Channel 4, PBS and Discovery; overlap in BAFTA-grade factual/history commissioning and small-indie operating model.
• Lion Television: Long-standing UK indie producing premium factual, history, and observational documentaries for BBC, Channel 4, and international networks; competing for similar commissioner briefs.
• North One Television: UK indie producing factual entertainment, history and science documentaries for UK and international broadcasters including Channel 5 and National Geographic.
• Plimsoll Productions: Premium UK factual and natural-history producer working with Netflix, BBC and National Geographic; relevant peer for the NatGeo/worldwide distribution relationship.
• Windfall Films: UK factual specialist producing science, history, and natural history documentaries for Channel 4, BBC, PBS and international broadcasters; similar in scale and genre focus.
• Transparent Television: UK factual indie producing ambitious single documentaries and landmark series for BBC and Channel 4; similar focus on high-end history, science, and investigative work.

Broad incumbents

• RDF Television (Zinc Media): Larger UK factual and entertainment indie group (part of Zinc Media) producing formats and factual for broadcasters globally; broader portfolio than Quickfire but overlapping factual/documentary offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/QuickfireMedia
• Facebookfacebook.com/QuickfireMedia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quickfire-media-limited

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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