COMPANY

Tern is a leading UK television production company based in Scotland (Aberdeen and Glasgow) and Northern Ireland (Belfast). Tern is Scotland's biggest indigenous independent TV company.

Tern makes compelling factual television in all its genres - popular returning features series', specialist factual series', popular comedy archive, traditional observational documentary, constructed reality and drama documentary.

Current Factual output includes BBC2's hit landscape history series with Nick Crane 'Great British Journeys' (8x58mins), C4's returning pop science archive & animation format 'KNTV Philosophy' (10x23mins), UKTV Style's channel defining returning reality brand 'Spa of Embarrasing Illnesses 3' (10x46mins), BBC Scotland's popular gardening format 'Beechgrove Garden' (26x29mins annually), BBC Northern Ireland's returning format 'Greenmount Garden' (14x29mins), BBC1's 'Songs of Praise' (3x34mins annually), RTE/BBCni/BBC4 Storyville's 90minute feature documentary 'At Home with the Clearys', STV's returning adventure cookery format 'The Woman Who Ate Scotland 2' (10x23mins) as well as several single films and funded development pilots. In Drama we have several high profile drama docs in development and two scripts in funded development .

Recent single films have won awards and accolades around the world. 'Gutted' for the BBC won a BAFTA and was the highest rating doc of the season on PBS in America, 'Life's Too Short', another BBC film, was RTS nominated and in our features output Jim McColl was recently honoured with an RTS award for best presenter.

The company enjoys excellent relationships with UK and International commissioners and is currently working for BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, Channel 4, RTE, ITV, Discovery and UKTV. Tern programmes are also airing on BBC Radio 4, Discovery Channel, and on the PBS network in the USA.

Tern is a company where creative people find the space to grow in a secure and affirming environment. Our programming is renowned for its integrity and depth. Whatever the size or budget we believe in the guiding principle that 'it's what hits the screen that counts'.

KNTV Philosophy: Einstein

RTS Education Television Award

“A highly original, clever and engaging programme with an extremely creative approach to the subject.”