When we launched The Garden in 2010 we said our purpose was:

"to make cutting edge, ambitious, distinctive factual programmes for major broadcasters in the UK and internationally; and to be the most ideal production company we can be, where programme-makers can do their very best work and that always delivers exceptional television.”

Since then we’ve produced more than 300 hours of some of Britain’s most memorable factual television, topped industry peer polls and won numerous BAFTA, RTS and Broadcast Awards.

Our purpose remains exactly the same.

Latest News

26th March 2018 The Garden
Scarlett Ewens to leave The Garden
The Garden’s Managing Director and COO, Scarlett Ewens is to step down after nearly eight years in the role and will be replaced as MD by current Director of Production, Nicola Hill.

26th February 2018 Daily Telegraph
‘I THOUGHT I WAS STRESSED – IT WAS A BRAIN TUMOUR’. RICHARD POWELL TELLS HIS EMOTIONAL STORY WHICH FEATURES ON 24 HOURS IN A&E
Richard Powell speaks to the Daily Telegraph about what it feels like to live with a cancer diagnosis that seems to have come from nowhere.

18th February 2018 Daily Mail
BRITAIN’S BAD COP: 24 HOURS IN POLICE CUSTODY CATCHES THE MOMENT A VICE DETECTIVE IS ARRESTED BY HIS OWN COLLEAGUES
The inside story of how a vice detective is arrested by his own colleagues after he tried to blackmail a man for sleeping with a prostitute.

14th February 2018 Broadcast
CHIEF CONSTABLE LAUDS 24 HOURS IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR BRINGING TRANSPARENCY TO UNDER-FIRE FORCE
The chief constable of Bedfordshire Police has hailed 24 Hours In Police Custody for bringing transparency to the police force ahead of an episode in which one of its officers is charged with blackmail.

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Productions

24 Hours in Police Custody (Series 6)

TX Channel 4. Weekly from Monday 19th February 2018

Executive Producers : Simon Ford & Jessie Versluys

Series Director : Graeme McAulay

Series Producer : Amber Ronowicz

Line Producer: Georgie Emary

24 Hours in Police Custody returns to Luton Police Station with compelling stories of attempted murder and human trafficking. With 24 hours to find the evidence to release or charge, we follow detectives as they interrogate their suspects and piece together a case.

24 Hours In A&E (Series 14)

TX Channel 4. Weekly from Tuesday 2nd January 2018

Series Producers - Sophie Jones and Michael Tuft

Series Editor - Lucie Duxbury

Executive Producers - Spencer Kelly and Emma Tutty

Line Producer - Melissa Hameed

24 Hours in A&E returns with a new series capturing dramatic and emotional stories of love, life and loss on the frontline of the NHS.

The Murder of Becky Watts: Police Tapes

TX 9.00pm, Thursday 9th November.

Channel: ITV1

Editor and Series Director: Sam Eastall

Camera: Luke Menges

Series Producer: Liz Collier

Producer: Laura Vaughan

Line Producer: Jackie McKinney-Dyer

Executive Producer: Ninder Billing Khandelwal

Presented by Susanna Reid

Featuring incredible video footage revealing for the first time how detectives used strategy and skill to catch the killers of Becky Watts.

Summer To Save My Life

TX 10:50pm, Thursday 2nd November.

Channel: C4

Film and Directed by: Jonathan Taylor

Film Editors: Jake Martin, James Dowd, Tom Dixon-Spain

Executive Producers: Emma Tutty, Kate Collier

Senior Producer: Liz Collier

Producer: Janine Melton

Producer: Sophie Mohamed

Production Manager: Janine Melton

This intimate documentary follows cancer patients who are undergoing cutting-edge immunotherapy treatment, which boosts the body's natural defences to fight cancer, without debilitating side effects

My Week As A Muslim

TX Date: Monday 23rd October 2017

Channel: C4

Time: 21:00

Execs: Fozia Khan, Jenny Midl & Magnus Temple

Series Producer: Sam Ornbo

Production Manager: Nicolanne Cox

Bring Me Back To Life

TX 10pm, Wednesday 30th August 2017

Channel: C4

Filmed and Directed by: Graeme McAulay

DV Director: Alana McVerry

Producer: Jen Kerrison

Executive Producers: Nick Curwin, Magnus Temple &

Kate Collier

In emotional interviews addressed directly to Taylor himself, his friends and family tell the story of his life so far and what makes that life so worth saving. The film also documents each twist and turn of Taylor’s medical journey with messages from the doctors and nurses looking after him, explaining what they are doing to support his life, to give him the best chance they can to help him recover.

Professor Green: Living in Poverty

TX BBC THREE. Launches 1st August 2017

Filmed and Directed by: Chris McLaughlin

Executive Producer: Zac Beattie

Producer: Hannah Keep

Additional Producer: Jemma Gander

Production Manager: Janine Melton

In this intimate documentary, Professor Green sets out to uncover what life is like for young people living on the breadline today. Over several months he spends time with 10 year-old Kelly Louise, whose family have just been evicted from their home. They can’t afford a deposit on a new property and, facing the possibility of being homeless, Kelly Louise’s life is turned upside down.

Professor Green: Is it time to legalise weed?

TX BBC THREE. Launches 25th July 2017

Filmed and Directed by: Chris McLaughlin

Executive Producer: Zac Beattie

Producer: Hannah Keep

Additional Producers: Gussy Sakula-Barry, Carl Callam

Production Manager: Janine Melton

Professor Green, aka Stephen Manderson, embarks on a uniquely personal film to take an in-depth look at our relationship with Britain’s most popular illegal drug and explores the arguments for and against legalisation.

24 Hours In A&E (Series 12,13)

TX Channel 4. Weekly from Wednesday 31st May 2017

Series Producer/Directors: Lucie Duxbury, Gemma Brady and Martin Conway

Executive Producers: Spencer Kelly, Emma Tutty and Hamo Forsyth

Line Producer: Nisha Patel

The RTS award-winning 24 Hours in A&E provides a dramatic and revelatory insight into love, life and loss on the frontline of the NHS. Filmed around the clock, each programme focuses on people treated within the same 24-hour period at St George’s hospital in south west London, which has one of Britain’s most advanced and busiest A&E departments.

24 Hours In Police Custody (Series 5)

TX Channel 4. Weekly from Monday 5th June 2017.

Executive Producers: Simon Ford, Hamo Forsyth, Flavia Taylor

Series Producer/Director: John Douglas

Line Producer: Elaine Campbell

Senior Line Producer: Laura Matthews

The BAFTA nominated series 24 Hours in Police Custody, which follows Bedfordshire Police’s detective work, round-the-clock, has returned with five new films about major crimes. Throughout the series, cameras follow each case in forensic detail as the officers race against time to disentangle the evidence and build a case which they then put to their suspects in interview.

Rich Dog, Poor Dog

TX Channel 4, Thursday 9th March 2017 11pm.

Executive Producer: Zac Beattie

Producer Director: Jenny Evans

Production Manager: Sophie Campbell

DV Directors: Jules Endersby and Seb Feehan

Extremely British Muslims

TX Channel 4 Weekly from Thursday 2nd March 2017 10pm.

Series Producer: Fozia Khan

Series Director: Paddy Wivell

Executive Producer: Zac Beattie

Production Manager: Jackie McKinney-Dyer

Britain’s Busiest Motorway

TX Date ITV 2030

6x 60mins

DV Director: Tom Sweetland, Sam Wildman

Executive Producer: Steph Weatherill

Producers/Directors: Georgie Burrell, David Harris

Production Manager:Jackie McKinney

Cancer Research UK’s “Right Now” ad campaign (2016)

Cancer Research UK’s “Right Now” ad campaign.

Cinema. TV. Online. Outdoor.

Director: Olly Lambert

Executive Producer: Lucy Bowden

Producers: Hayley Reynolds, Merle Currie, Catherine Stefanini

Production Manager: Georgina Emary

The award winning documentary ad campaign that shows the day-to-day experiences of cancer patients, returns for a second year.

24 Hours In Police Custody (Series 3, 4)

TX Channel 4. Weekly from Wednesday 20th April 2016.

Executive Producers: Simon Ford, Hamo Forsyth, Flavia Taylor

Series Producer/Director: John Douglas

Line Producer: Elaine Campbell

Senior Line Producer: Laura Matthews

24 Hours In A&E (Series 10, 11)

TX Channel 4. Weekly from Tuesday 20th October 2015

Series Producers: Alex Sunderland, Jackie Waldock

Executive Producer: Spencer Kelly

Series Director: Bruce Fletcher

Line Producer: Emily Freshwater

24 Hours in A&E returns with a new series capturing dramatic and emotional stories of love, life and loss on the frontline of the NHS.

Anne Robinson's Britain

TX BBC One. Starts Thursday 6th October 2016 at 8pm.

Series Director: Helen Richards
Series Producer: Lana Salah
Executive Producer: Steph Weatherill
Production Manager: Nicolanne Cox

Following last year’s ratings hit, Britain's Spending Secrets, Anne Robinson returns to ask the nation more awkward questions about how we choose to live our lives. Anne Robinson’s Britain is a 3 x 60’ series delving into different areas of contemporary British life each week; parenting, pets, and body image.

All Aboard! The Country Bus

TX BBC Four. Monday 29th August 2016, 8pm.

Producer/Director: Sam Wildman

Assistant Producer: Jessica Howe

Production Manager: Jackie McKinney-Dyer

Executive Producers: Lucy Bowden & Magnus Temple

An uninterrupted two hour journey through one of the most spectacular and beautiful bus routes in Britain. The 'Northern Dalesman', as the bus on the route is called, has been rigged with specialist cameras as it travels on its journey, snaking across the iconic landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.

Skies Above Britain

TX BBC Two. Weekly from Wednesday 17th August 2016 at 9pm.

Executive Producer: Chloë Solomon

Series Producer: Dollan Cannell

Producer: Emma Whitehead

Production Manager: Susie Elliot

Skies Above Britain explores the stories of the different pilots and people who populate the six thousand planes that soar over Britain each day. From supersonic fighter jets, to one hundred and fifty-ton freight planes, vintage aerobatic display planes, the latest commercial jets, hot air balloons and drones, the series follows pilots' personal stories - and their unique birds eye perspective - and explores how this aerial ballet is meticulously choreographed by air traffic services controllers at NATS.

10,000 BC: Two Tribes

TX Channel 5. Starts Wednesday 20th January 2016.

Series Producer: Benjamin Leigh

Executive Producers: Trish Powell, David Wise, Martin Oxley

Location Series Producer: Toni Williamson

24 modern-day Brits try to survive two months in the wilderness.

Saved

TX ITV. Weekly from Tuesday 5th January 2016 9pm.

Line Producer: Sophie Campbell

Executive Producer: David Wise

Director & Edited by: Jonathan Rudd

Inspirational stories of ordinary Britons who put their lives on the line to save a stranger. SAVED combines gritty dramatic reconstructions with the vivid and emotional recollections from the protagonists as they relive the heart-stopping moments their lives hung in the balance.

Cancer Research UK’s “Right Now” ad campaign

Television from 24th December 2015. Cinema. Radio. Social Media. Outdoor.

Director: Henry Singer

Executive Producers: Lucy Bowden, Nick Curwin

Producer: Jen Kerrison

Production Manager: Georgina Emary

A documentary ad campaign for Cancer Research UK, which included adverts for TV, radio, cinema, online and billboards. Filmed observationally in 3 hospitals, the short films show the day to day experiences of cancer patients and research scientists who are working to improve treatments and outcomes for patients.

All Aboard: The Sleigh Ride

TX BBC Four. Thursday 24th December 2015, 8pm.

Director/Producer: Luke Korzun Martin

Executive Producer: Magnus Temple

Production Manager: Janine Melton

A magical winter journey from the unique point of view of a Sami reindeer herder.

Britain's Spending Secrets

TX BBC 1. Weekly from Wednesday 19th August 2015.

Series Producer: Helen Richards

Executive Producers: Jenny Byrom, David Wise

Producer/Directors: Alice Wheater, Chris Amess

Anne Robinson gets up close and personal with people from across the wealth spectrum - from people on benefits to billionaires - and puts their spending habits under the microscope.

Virgin Atlantic: Up In The Air

TX ITV. Weekly from Tuesday 7th July 2015

Series Director: Simon Draper

Executive Producers: Lucy Bowden, Magnus Temple

Series Producer: Liz Collier

Virgin Atlantic is at a turning point. It has always sold itself as the most fun and fashionable way to fly but as its 30th birthday approaches, competition is tough and the airline is millions in the red.

Superhospital

TX ITV. Weekly from Thursday 25th June 2015

Series Producer/Director: Lana Salah

Executive Producers: Lucy Bowden, Magnus Temple

Producer/Directors: Toby Paton, Andy Wells, Lucie Duxbury, Aidan Woodward

Every day 10,000 people pass through the doors of the Royal Derby Hospital – a place where lives begin and lives are saved every day.

The Bank: A Matter Of Life & Debt

TX BBC Two. Weekly from Tuesday 23rd June 2015.

Series Directors: Heenan Bhatti, Clare Richards

Executive Producer: Zac Beattie

Producer: Carla Wright

Banks... we love to hate them, but can't live without them. Filmed over a year with the straight-talking staff and customers of one branch of NatWest (owned by controversial RBS) this series lays bare the thorny relationship between us, the bank and our money.

The Secret Life Of Your House

TX ITV. Wednesday 2nd June 2015, 9pm.

Producer/Director: Tony Lee

Executive Producer: Jenny Byrom

Production Manager: Nicolanne Cox

The Secret Life of Your House is a unique and entertaining natural history experiment, in which leading entomologist George McGavin deliberately infests a house with thousands of animals, which we normally think of as ‘pests’.

All Aboard! The Canal Trip

TX BBC Four. Tuesday 5th May 2015, 8pm.

Producer: Luke Korzun Martin

Executive Producer: Emma Tutty

Production Manager: Jackie McKinney-Dyer

An uninterrupted two hour canal boat journey - filmed in real time - along one of Britain's historic waterways.

10,000 BC

TX Channel 5. Starts Monday 2nd February 2015.

Series Producers: Benjamin Leigh, Rob Rawlings

Executive Producers: Spencer Kelly, David Wise

Series Director: Hannah Lowes

In October 2014, 20 volunteers took part in a social experiment. The aim: to survive eight weeks in the stone age without 21st Century help. Not everyone made it.

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