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Honeybird Studios announces new creative partnership model for content development

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UK-based production company Honeybird Studios has announced a new creative partnership model for content development and unveils the first roster of creative partners.

The creative partnerships foster development and production of co-owned unscripted formats – by combining forces to strengthen creative propositions, or creating new cross-genre collaborations.

Honeybird Studios has partnered with:

  • FilmNova, the premier live sport and documentary production company in the North East with output including the Great North Run and the Boat Race for BBC, Boxing and UK’s Strongest Man for Channel 5, and with documentaries including a forthcoming documentary on Torvill and Dean.
  • ATS, the creators, producers and line managers of high-end games and challenges in reality and competition formats around the world including line production for Celebrity Bear Hunt and design and build of the Ninja Warrior obstacle courses.
  • Gramafilm, the award-winning B Corp certified creative production studio based in London creating exceptional content for brands including Red Bull, McLaren and Google DeepMind.
  • Tickled Pink, founded by the producer of Netflix’s The Kissing Booth, Andrew Cole Bulgin’s new production company has a strong track record in scripted entertainment.
  • Claudia Guerretta, highly experienced casting and development executive previously in-house at Entertainment One UK.
  • Ready Everybody a Toronto-based format house founded by Fraser Isaac, unscripted TV and Development Producer with varied experience in fact ent and documentary.

Lisa Chapman founded Honeybird Studios in 2023, partnering with Managing Directors Derek Drennan and Stew Batt with the aim of making premium content from a North East base putting innovation, creativity, storytelling and people first.

The partnerships announced today mark a significant step in Honeybird Studios’ growth as it continues to build a diverse and ambitious slate and pipeline of television projects across multiple genres, spanning entertainment, fact ent and reality.

Lisa Chapman, Founder and CEO of Honeybird Studios, says “Working with such talented and creative people is a privilege.  Given the current market, it seemed natural to expand our development pipeline with these creative collaborations to get the biggest, most innovative, noisy and entertaining content out there – much like the tried and tested co-production model for scripted.”