Who we are…..
Steadfast Television was set up in November 2005. Since its launch, the Company
has consistently attracted top creative talent and produced high quality programming.
Steadfast is now positioned as one of the best resourced factual specialists in
the UK, with a vibrant development pipeline and a stand alone production unit.
Steadfast Television was founded by amongst others Charles Thompson, formerly of
The Television Corporation plc. Charles, Chief Executive of Steadfast, was Managing
Director of the TVCorp subsidiary, Mentorn. He also founded the PLC’s popular factual
offshoot, Folio.
Since its inception, Steadfast Television has become one of the UK’s fastest growing
independent production companies, with more than 100 hours of programming already
in production or on air.
With a focus on popular factual, popular science, factual entertainment and the
creation of global formats, Steadfast works with a wide range of broadcast partners
including the BBC, ITV, Five, National Geographic US Channel, Discovery Canada and
Discovery Europe.
Our Producers’ combined credits include Paradise Hotel, Traffic Cops, Cutting Edge,
Robot Wars, Tsunami Soccer Aid, Earthshocks, Who Framed Kate Moss? and many more.
Steadfast has already had a number of factual peaktime hits – with the police helicopter
action series Sky Cops, now in its second season for BBC One. Cars Cops and Criminals,
and CCTV: you are being watched and ID Fraud: they stole my life were also commissioned
for BBC1. Send in the Dogs for ITV1 has recently shown a continuation of Steadfast’s
high terrestrial ratings. Currently airing we have UK Borderforce on BBC1, Doctors
and Nurses at War on ITV1 and Brit Cops: Frontline Crime on Bravo.
Steadfast has also cornered a market in popular science programming, with four hours
of Earth Shocks for National Geographic US Channel, Discovery Canada and UKtv and
three more hours in production. Discovery Canada and National Geographic have also
recently ordered a six-part action adventure series Salvage Code Red, about the
work of international salvage companies on the high seas.
Steadfast’s first factual production for ITV1, Fans United, a popular documentary
series about football fans around the world, ran for nine weeks and was repeated
on ITV2. The series was shot in Britain, Germany, Russia, Holland, Spain, Portugal,
Brazil and Argentina.
The growing slate of programming is distributed by its sister company, Steadfast
International, which has sold content to over 150 networks worldwide in just two
years since its launch in August 2006.
Steadfast International's team of highly experienced television sales executives
focuses on worldwide distribution, pre-sales and co-production activities of both
in-house and third party productions. Recent third party content on sale includes
WTFN’s Bondi Vet and Sudden Impact series.