Danny Tipping Opens Longwave Studios

Former Transistor Films CEO Danny Tipping has opened the unscripted production company Longwave Studios.

Headquartered in London, the new company is already in production on the two-part true-crime series The Bodies on the Bridge for Crime+Investigation.

Tipping is joined at the company by former Transistor Films exec Ned Parker, head of factual, and Charlie Wakefield, development executive. The team brings together decades of collective experience working on slates for major networks and platforms such as Netflix, Paramount, Sky, Discovery, ABC, Oxygen and more.

“The team at Longwave have forged a great reputation for creating outstanding documentaries for our commissioning partners around the world, and we are continuing that work under our new banner,” Tipping said. “To be in a position to announce a new commission at launch, we feel is testament to the excellent broadcaster relationships we have built up over the years, and we’re very grateful for that continued support.”

Its first project, The Bodies on the Bridge, will tell the story of the 2024 West London murders of Albert Alfonso and Paul Letchworth by Yostin Mosquera and the killer’s thwarted attempts to dispose of his victims’ bodies on the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. It is being co-produced with Krempelwood and distributed internationally by Blue Ant Rights.

“We’re thrilled to be working with the great team at Longwave Studios on their inaugural production—a traumatic yet important story about the sinister workings of the dark web and sex tourism and the excellent work of two police forces in bringing the perpetrator to justice,” said Dan Korn, VP of programming at Hearst Networks.