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Art, music, theatre, books & films made with love in Brighton
The Factory team has over 25 years' experience delivering high-quality, award-winning work to British broadcasters and international distributors: documentaries, fact-ent formats and live broadcasts. We enjoy excellent relationships with the commissioners at Sky Arts, Channel 4 and the BBC and work closely with a network of distributors to ensure our work is also broadcast globally.
My Week
with
Maggi Hambling
May 27th 2025, 9pm Sky Arts
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Art historian and curator Kate Bryan fully immerses herself in the life and work of Maggi Hambling, an iconic tour de force known as much for her acerbic wit as her artistic genius. My Week with Maggi Hambling sees Kate, who filmed many of her experiences on her iPhone, spending long days with Maggi at home and in her studio, where the artist rises daily at 5am, and sets to work despite her recent near-fatal heart attack. Discussing everything from her creative processes and her muses to speeding tickets, cinnamon buns and being a reluctant queer icon, this one-off film draws an intimate portrait of an artist usually out of the limelight and explores her acclaimed body of work.
My Week with the Guerrilla Girls
Sky Arts, 9pm 10th June 2025
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Kate Bryan spends an extraordinary week monkeying about with the bad girls of art activism, The Guerrilla Girls, who haven’t given a film crew full access to their lives and works in over 30 years. Keeping their identities secret throughout the film, Kate joins the masked crusaders, iPhone in hand, filming as they continue to disrupt the status quo of the “billionaire boys club” of the art world, campaigning for equality of opportunity and representation in the lead-up to their major installation at the Beyond the Streets gallery in Los Angeles.
My Week with Lubaina Himid
3rd June 2025 9pm Sky Arts
An extraordinary exploration of Himid’s life & working processes over a 7 day period, and when the crew leaves, Kate is left with just an iPhone to capture candid moments & conversations. Given access to Himid’s multiple studios and working spaces, Kate gets under the skin of one of Britain’s first black female disruptors. Himid’s love of Preston, the industrial northern city she calls home is explored. A trip to Blackpool Tower Circus sheds light on early inspirations and a salvage yard hunt reveals more about Lubaina’s obsession with breathing new life into old objects.
The Story of Panto
with Gyles Brandreth
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Sky
Sky Arts 15th December, 7pm 2024
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Join Gyles Brandreth on a trip around the magical world of pantomime. This one-off special uncovers the fascinating origins of this beloved British tradition, from its roots in commedia dell’arte to the vibrant spectacle we know today. Gyles will explore the art of scene painting, slapstick humour, and the iconic pantomime dame, all while being joined by panto legends like Julian Clary and Gary Wilmot. Get ready to celebrate the joy and magic of pantomime.
Mica Paris:
A Gospel Christmas
TX: Christmas 2023 Sky Arts
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Mica Paris invites you to her joyful Christmas Gospel Concert from the beautiful St Alfege Church in Greenwich. Mica has personally curated the soundtrack for the occasion choosing a mixture of her personal Christmas favourites all specially arranged for her Gospel choir and band. The set list includes Joy to the World, This Christmas and I’ll be Home for Christmas, plus Gospel classics; Every Praise, Oh Happy Day and Amazing Grace. With a full Gospel congregation joining her, the atmosphere is full of Christmas cheer.
The Nation's Favourite
Christmas Carols
Sky Arts Winter 2022
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The Nation's Favourite Christmas Carols is a celebration of festive music filmed at the London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera. Presented by Chris Addison and Myleene Klass the concert features performances from Nicky Spence and Danielle de Niese, as well as the ENO chorus and orchestra, alongside contributions from famous faces sharing their own Christmassy memories and favourite carols. The show concludes as the nation's favourite carol is revealed and is performed by Alfie Boe OBE.
Sing When You're Winning:
How football fans became an opera chorus
Sky Arts and Sky Sports Winter 2022
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Scottish Tenor, Nicky Spence has got a job to do - to train up 40 footy fans from across the UK to sing in as a chorus in Sky Arts' new opera Gods of the Game. In just two weeks he needs to figure out their voice types, get them off book... and not just singing but acting too. What will these die hard fans, used to chanting on the terraces make of all that it takes to sing opera?
Gods of the Game: A Football Opera
Sky Arts
Winter 2022
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A brand new operatic work commissioned by Sky Arts to coincide with the Football World Cup in 2022 - GODS OF THE GAME is a 90 minute long opera performed at Grange Park Opera in Surrey and featuring a chorus of football fans
"International football was made for opera."
The Telegraph
"This production will win many new fans for opera."
Broadway World
"The perfect introduction to opera for anybody who thinks that the art form is pompous or stuffy."
British Theatre Guide
Anyone Can Sing
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A brand new Sky Arts TV series following 6 of the UK's worst singers who have just 12 weeks to transform their voices before a performance on the stage at the English National Opera. With the help of expert voice coaches, can they prove that Anyone CAN Sing?
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Sky Arts 2022
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TCXT
"Beautifully uplifting."
Daily Mirror
"This is a show for everyone."
Total TV Guide
"Hilarious and heartwarming."
Daily Mail
I love working with the Factory team - they care about the subjects they’re handling, they’ve got creativity in their bones and they’ve got the skills and self-confidence to allow themselves to be flexible. It’s a great combination.
Chris Addison, writer, director and comedian.
Working with Factory was a joy from start to finish, refreshingly free of wankerishness. I'd have to give them 100% if they hadn't lost my sunglasses.
Giles Coren, journalist and presenter
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