• Inside Claridge's
    This three part series follows life at Claridge's
    over the course of a year, observing preparations
    for visiting foreign royalty, charting a major
    renovations programme and meeting regular
    guests from the ex-bookmaker who's breakfasted
    at the hotel every day for forty years to the
    pampered pet who's notched up over twenty stays.
  • The Audience
    One person with a life-changing decision to make
    turns to 50 strangers for help. For a week they are
    followed everywhere they go and witness everything
    they do. The Audience navigate through layers of
    heartache, resistance and revelations, as well as
    nights out, family dinners and cramped kitchens to
    get to the root of the problem and try to solve the
    dilemma.
  • Murder on the Victorian Railway
    London 1864. A commuter is bludgeoned to death turns to 50 strangers for help. For a week they are in a first class carriage.  For the first time a murder has occurred on a British train. This film journeys back to the scene of the crime and into the mind of Victorian London gat the dawn of the railway age.
  • The Midwives
    They see us at our most undressed. We trust them
    with our lives. But now midwives are facing the
    highest birthrate in 40 years. Pregnancies are
    more complicated and parents even more
    demanding. This is what it's really like to be a
    midwife in Britain today.
  • 24 Hours in A&E S2
    Winner of the RTS award for Best Documentary
    Series, 24 Hours in A&E is back with a brand
    new 14-part series. Each episode of this flagship
    project reveals the life-or-death dramas taking
    place in a single 24-hour period at King's College
    Hospital's Emergency Department, one of the
    busiest in the country.
  • Kicked Out Kids
    Mediators come to the aid of young people who
    risk being thrown out of home by their parents
    due to persistent bad behaviour. Among the
    the participants are 16-year-old Charlotte,
    who threw a party that turned out to be the final
    straw and 14-year-old Tyler, whose mother is
    threatening to have social services take him away.
  • The Kidnap Diaries
    A dramatised account of film-maker Sean
    Langan's kidnapping in 2008 while on a quest
    to become the first western journalist to film
    the Taliban training camps. In a bizarre meeting
    of East and West, the self-confessed adrenaline
    junkie strikes up an unlikely friendship with the
    deeply Islamic family holding him captive.
  • Crucifixion
    Two thousand years ago, Jesus was brutally
    executed. Over the centuries, the crucifixion
    symbol has become an object of devotion, bringing
    comfort to millions. Now it is being reinterpreted
    by Gunther von Hagens. Gory stunt, or something
    else? In this special for Easter Sunday on C4,
    as Gunther grapples with Christ's mortality,
    he is unexpectedly forced to confront his own.
  • Seven Dwarves
    Each year during pantomime season, regional
    theatres across the country employ dwarf actors
    to play the parts of the Seven Dwarves in Snow
    White. Last year, seven professional actors who
    were cast in the same production agreed to be
    filmed for an observational documentary series

The Garden

The Garden is a television production company that was launched by Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple in June 2010. Our purpose is two-fold: 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.

Latest News


10th May 2013

THE GARDEN NOMINATED AT GEITF

The Garden has been nominated for Production Company of the Year at the 2013 Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

10th May 2013

THE GARDEN TAKES TWO TELEVISUAL BULLDOG AWARDS

24 Hours in A&E has been awarded Best Reality Programme, while Inside Claridge's recieved the Best Documentary Series award. The ceremony will be held in London on the 6th June.

23rd April 2013

ITV ACQUIRES THE GARDEN

ITV plc has acquired The Garden. The move fits The Garden's long-term strategy to grow internationally and with ITV's five-year Transformation Plan. The Garden's Chief Executives, Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple, said: “The values and ethos of The Garden will remain unchanged, as will our appetite for innovation, our insistence on delivering to the highest standards and our focus on the key relationships we’ve built up over the years. Being part of ITV will help us grow further in the UK and, in particular, to achieve our international ambitions. We will be working more closely with ITVS whilst continuing to concentrate as hard as ever on our important relationships with Channel 4 and the BBC. We are both totally committed to this new venture and we look forward to many successful and exciting years ahead with our new partners."

19th April 2013

24 HOURS IN A&E ACHIEVES RECORD AUDIENCE

24 Hours in A&E Series 3 got off to a flying start on Wednesday (April 10th), with record audiences. 3.3 million people watched the show that evening – a 14.1% share of viewers. That's up 500,000 on the strong Series 2 premiere.

16th April 2013

THE GARDEN LISTED ON REALSCREEN'S GLOBAL 100

The Garden has been listed as one of the UK's top indies, appearing in Realscreen Magazine's annual Global 100.

9th April 2013

DOUBLE BAFTA NOMINATION FOR THE GARDEN

The Garden has been shortlisted in two categories at the forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards. 24 Hours in A&E has been nominated for Best Facutal Series, while The Audience has been shortlisted in the Reality and Constructed Factual category. The winners will be announced at the ceremony on 12th May.

21st March 2013

THE GARDEN VOTED BEST INDIE IN BROADCAST PEER POLL

The Garden has been voted 'Best Indie' in Broadcast Magazine's 2013 Indie Survey.

15th March 2013

'KEEPING BRITAIN ALIVE' AIRS FROM MARCH 26TH

The groundbreaking 8-part series 'Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS In A Day' will air weekly from March 26th at 9pm on BBC2.

15th March 2013

'INSIDE CLARIDGE'S' WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES

'Inside Claridge's' won Best Documentary Series at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards yesterday.

20th February 2013

'MURDER ON THE VICTORIAN RAILWAY' AIRS TOMORROW ON BBC TWO

Our latest film, 'Murder on the Victorian Railway' airs Thursday 21st February at 9pm on BBC TWO.


14th January 2013

DAVID WISE JOINS THE GARDEN AS HEAD OF PROGRAMMES

David Wise is to join The Garden in the newly created post of Head of Programmes.


7th January 2013

'BABY MAKERS: THE FERTILITY CLINIC' AIRS TONIGHT ON BBC FOUR

Our latest film, 'Baby Makers: The Fertility Clinic' airs tonight at 9pm, on BBC Four.


18th December 2012

INSIDE CLARIDGE'S FINISHES WITH 4M HIGH

BBC2 documentary series Inside Claridge’s hit a new high of 4m for its final episode, beating BBC1 and ITV1 in the 9pm slot.


3rd December 2012

INSIDE CLARIDGE'S AIRS TONIGHT ON BBC TWO

Episode One of our brand new 3-part series, Inside Claridge's, airs tonight at 9pm, on BBC TWO.


21st November 2012

TRIPLE NOMINATIONS FOR THE GARDEN AT BROADCAST AWARDS

The Garden and its programmes have been shortlisted in three categories at the forthcoming Broadcast Awards, including Best Independent Production Company. The other nominations are for Best Documentary Series – 24 Hours in A&E Series 2 – and Best International Programme Sales – ITV Studios Global Entertainment with The Garden’s The Audience. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony to be held on 30 January 2013.


29th October 2012

THE GARDEN HAS MOVED

Please note new address: One America Street, London, SE1 0NE. New telephone number: 020 7261 1252



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