Zinc Adds New Factual Label

January 18, 2023 Kristin Brzoznowski

Zinc Media Group has launched the new label Atomic Television, led by Stephen McQuillan.

The Bristol-based label will target premium specialist factual content within the genres of history, science, adventure and documentary. McQuillan comes to Zinc from Humble Bee Films, where he was creative director, and previously served as creative director at Icon Films.

The establishment of Atomic Television sees Zinc establishing a Bristol base for the first time, further expanding its Nations and Regions footprint.

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Tanya Shaw, managing director of Zinc Television, said: “As one of the market leaders in factual, Zinc has a fantastic portfolio of production labels across the nations and regions. The launch of Atomic allows us to tap into the wonderful heritage the South West has for making premium history, adventure and science programming and also help meet the demand from streamers for natural history programming from the region.

“Stephen is an incredibly well-respected figure in the industry with established relationships with key commissioning figures both nationally and internationally, and a strong track record of winning commissions from all the major broadcasters. We are delighted that he will be heading up the newest addition to Zinc Television’s family of labels and supporting our continued growth in premium specialist factual.”

McQuillan is joined by his former colleague at Icon Films Trevor Manning to launch the label. Manning is a development producer and worked with McQuillan to create series for Discovery, Vice and the Travel Channel before producing multiple series for Icon in recent years.

McQuillan said: “The Zinc stable of labels is renowned for producing high-quality content across the full spectrum of factual, and I am delighted to be joining Tanya and the other brilliant teams at Zinc. I think there is a huge opportunity in specialist factual, and I am excited to explore exciting new projects with my contacts at the U.S., U.K. and international broadcasters and streamers.”