We are a multi-award winning independent production company, creating high quality, factual content for television and radio.
Good journalism combined with stylish, contemporary production is at the heart of our brand.
Blakeway is widely acclaimed as one of Britain’s leading production companies specialising in blue chip factual programmes.
Blakeway Productions was set up by Denys Blakeway in 1994. Ten years later, the company was bought by Ten Alps PLC. In 2007 it merged with 3BM Television and Ten Alps TV, bringing together strong track records of successful production across the genres of documentaries, docu-dramas, current affairs and factual entertainment formats.
The Blakeway team has produced over 200 hours of prestigious programming for the BBC, Channel 4, More 4, ITV1 and Five in the UK and leading US broadcasters including PBS, National Geographic, HBO, The History Channel and Discovery.
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Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
9 May 2012 - 9pm Channel 4This revelatory documentary tells how the extraordinary Archbishop of Canterbury believed that Edward’s love for Wallis Simpson made a mockery of all that he stood for and threatened both the Crown and the Church of England. The film reveals for the first time the machinations that went on behind the scenes to remove the King
Blakeway North wins Best TV Programme for `Breaking a Female Paedophile Ring’ .
27th April 2012Blakeway North won Best TV Programme last night at the How-Do Awards 2012. Their Cutting Edge Film `Breaking a Female Paedophile Ring’ is the first film to take an in-depth forensic look at this criminal web, detailing how it operated, and what motivated the five people within it.
Queen Victoria's Last Love
Wednesday 25 April 2012 - 9pmNew programme about Queen Victoria's cherished Indian servant for Channel 4.
Perspectives - David Walliams: The Genius of Dahl
Sunday 22 April 2012 - 10.15pm ITV1Produced by Blakeway North for ITV1 comedian David Walliams divulges his passion for Roald Dahl and traces some of the influences on his work. With contributions by Joanna Lumley, Michael Rosen, Tim Minchin and Dahl's biographer Donald Sturrock
My Life: Bionic Me
28 March 2012 - 4.30pm BBC1, repeated 31 March 10.30am BBC2The critically acclaimed CBBC documentary series My Life is back, and today’s film by Blakeway North, My Life: Bionic Me, follows two incredible children with unique stories to tell. Eleven-year-old Anton lost his arm in a car accident three years ago and seven-year-old Olivia was two-and-a-half when she got meningitis and lost her left arm and both of her legs just below the knee.
