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 Who We Are

Quanta is one of the UK's oldest independent TV production studios.                               

It was founded by Glyn Jones, the creator of Tomorrow's World on BBC 1 and his son Nick.

Quanta has made documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Sky and international networks. You may have seen our films in series such as Horizon, Panorama, Bookmark and Equinox. Over sixty countries have bought Quanta's award-winning films.

We specialise in history, science and arts films.  Our cinema and TV productions includes:
  • Why I Love My German Shepherd - cinema documentary (in production)
  • Robert McCoy, EU Whistleblower - for Channel 4 (C4 News)
  • Heart of the Dragon - The Welsh Guards Story - cinema documentary
  • Eric Brown – A Pilot's Story - for Histoire (France)
  • Whittle – The Jet Pioneer – for The History Channel
  • Armistice Diary – for Channel 4 (The Slot)
  • Genius of the Jet - for BBC 2 (Horizon)
  • Daddy's Girls - for Channel 4 (Filthy Rich)
  • Vera's Village Album - for HTV West (West Story)
  • The Thomas The Tank Engine Man - for BBC 2 (Bookmark)
  • The House Party's Over - for BBC 1 (Panorama)   
  • Soviet Eyes On Space - for WDR Cologne and NOS TV Holland
  • Precisely in Profit - for Channel 4 (Equinox)
  • IRAS – the Supercooled Eye - for BBC 2 (Horizon) and WGBH TV (Nova)
  • The Bio Bombshell - for Channel 4 and IPC Magazines (Quest)
  • Information Takeover – for IPC Magazines (Quest)
  • A Cage For The Sun - for Channel 4

Quanta also makes films for industry, universities and museums.  Here are some examples:
  • Flying Navy: The Fleet Air Arm Story - for Navy Wings
  • The Royal Road - for the National Railway Museum
  • To Harvest The Wind - for National Windpower Ltd.
  • See For Yourself - for Nuclear Electric plc
  • People Like You, People Like Us - for National Power plc
  • How Electricity Is Made - for the CEGB
  • The Loctite Design Programme - series for Loctite UK Ltd.
  • Nuclear Power – the Next Generation - for the CEGB
  • Radioactivity and You - for the UK Atomic Energy Authority
  • Dinosaurs - for the Natural History Museum
  • UEA: The Video - for the University of East Anglia
  • This Is Birmingham - for the University of Birmingham
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