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Silverback Films Co-Founder Keith Scholey awarded RTS Fellowship

6th November 2025

We’re thrilled to announce that Silverback Films Co-Founder Keith Scholey has been presented with a fellowship from the Royal Television Society (RTS). The ceremony took place last night (Wednesday 5th November) during the annual RTS Patrons’ Dinner at One Great George Street, and recognises industry luminaries who have made a remarkable, meaningful and enduring impact … Read more

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Silverback Films wins three Daytime Emmy Awards for Secret Lives of Orangutans

We’re thrilled to announce we’ve won three Daytime Emmy Awards for our film Secret Lives of Orangutans – with Sir David Attenborough making history with us at 99 years old as the oldest Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Daytime Personality. … Read more

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Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles premieres Sunday 12th October 6.15pm on BBC One

We’re excited to share the trailer for our brand-new four part series for BBC One and iPlayer: Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles which follows wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin as he reveals hidden wildlife gems from across the four countries of the UK. … Read more

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Ocean in Concert UK Tour Coming Spring 2026

Announcing the Ocean in Concert tour is coming to the UK in February 2026. Experience a live screening of our stunning nature documentary film ‘Ocean with David Attenborough‘ accompanied by full symphony orchestra performing Academy-Award winning composer Steven Price’s evocative … Read more

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Ocean with David Attenborough wins two Jackson Wild Media Awards

We’re thrilled to share our film ‘Ocean with David Attenborough‘ has won two Jackson Wild Media Awards for Cinematography and Original Music Score. Winners were announced during the Awards Gala last night (Thursday, October 2nd, 2025) at the Center for … Read more

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Silverback Films in Bristol’s Dragon Boat Race to raise money for Gympanzees UK

Silverback Films took part in the 2025 Gympanzees Dragon Boat Race at Bristol Harbourside as part of our continued efforts to support the charity’s work to create the UK’s first fully accessible leisure facility. The ‘Silver Dragons’ paddled hard against … Read more

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Supporting Gympanzees to #BuildForBetter

Silverback Films is proud to support Gympanzees – an amazing Bristol based charity working to build the UK’s first permanent exercise, play and social centre for disabled children, young people, and their families. We’ve been raising money for this fantastic cause … Read more

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Billy and Molly wins TWO Emmy Awards!

We’re delighted to announce that Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story has been honoured with two Emmy® Awards at the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, presented by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences last night … Read more

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Prince William and Sir David Attenborough discuss our new film ahead of World Ocean Day

We’re thrilled to have captured a special conversation between Prince William and Sir David Attenborough about our new film ahead of its release on World Ocean Day (May 8), and the United Nations Ocean Conference taking place in Nice. In … Read more

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Ocean with David Attenborough shown at 10 Downing Street ahead of UN Ocean Conference

Our film ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’ was shown at 10 Downing Street this week ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference taking place in Nice, France. Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with David Attenborough to discuss the importance of marine … Read more

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Ocean with David Attenborough sets UK and Irish box office record

Our new film Ocean with David Attenborough (released on May 8) has smashed box office records – opening to £573,551 at the UK & Irish box office, the highest grossing opening for a nature documentary on record and the highest documentary … Read more

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Coldplay collaborate on ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’

We’re thrilled to share that British band Coldplay have collaborated with us on ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’. ‘ONE WORLD’ from their Moon Music album features the end credits – watch the special music video which features cinematic ocean visuals from … Read more

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Never-before-seen footage of bottom trawling released from Ocean with David Attenborough

Today we’ve released the most detailed, cinematic footage of bottom trawling ever filmed. The footage from our documentary film Ocean with David Attenborough is Attenborough’s most powerful documentary yet, co-produced by Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios. In our film, … Read more

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