Landseer - About Us

For over twenty-five years, Landseer has produced a wide range of quality programmes for national and international networks.

Formed in 1977 by key members of London Weekend Television's prestigious network arts programme Aquarius, Landseer has specialised in arts documentaries and relays of major orchestral, opera and dance performances. It has also produced many important social documentaries, children's programmes, and high-quality dramas.

Kerry Woodward

Landseer has regularly contributed to strands such as the South Bank Show, Omnibus, Everyman, Bookmark, Viewpoint, Dispatches, etc.

Landseer programmes have profiled George Abbott, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Alan Ayckbourn, Enid Blyton, Petula Clark, Bing Crosby, Fredric Delius, Dame Ninette de Valois, Barry Douglas, James Galway, Sir Peter Hall, Danny Kaye, John Lennon, Sir Kenneth Macmillan, Johnnie Ray, Dame Joan Sutherland , Natalia Makarova, Frank Sinatra, Michael Tilson Thomas, J.R.R. Tolkien, Benjamin Zander and Franco Zeffirelli.

Landseer has been nominated for and won most of the most prestigious broadcasting awards including: American Film Institute, BAFTA, Banff, Billboard, BISFA, BP Arts Journalism, Celtic Film Festival, Emmy - International and Primetime, Evening Standard Ballet Award (Derek Bailey), IMZ DanceScreen, The Indies, International Vidéo-Danse, New York Festival Gold Medal, The Prix Italia, Royal Television Society, US ACE and US International Film & Video Festival - Silver Screen Award.