Matchlight is an independent television production company
Matchlight aspires to be a centre of excellence in documentary and factual production. We specialise in observational documentary, history, arts, current affairs and popular factual television.
Our customers include BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 3, BBC 4, BBC Scotland, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Details of recent productions can be found under "Work" below.
We are the only production company in Scotland run by a team that have won, between us, International Emmy, BAFTA, Scottish BAFTA, RTS and Broadcast awards.
COMING SOON: The Great Game, She Wolves, Britain's Wicca Man, Gambling Addiction & Me.
NEWS: ITV1 has announced the films that will make up the 2012 run of Perspectives, the channel's flagship arts strand. Matchlight is working with Lenny Henry to explore how he came to love Shakespeare for Perspectives. Filming started on 19th January 2012 and it will hit ITV1 in the Autumn. Filming will run alongside Lenny's continuing role in the National Theatre's hugely successful current run of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=67501).
