Programmes
The Furnace team has wide experience in factual television production across a range of genres, and has created and successfully managed numerous ambitious international co-productions.
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The Secret Life of Chaos
Chaos theory conjures up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden side to chaos, one that scientists are only now beginning to understand.
1 x 60 minutes for BBC4
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Churchill's Darkest Decision
A ground-breaking and controversial film that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters of the Second World War, through the testimony of some of the men who fought in the little known battles that took place between the French and British navies.
1 x 60 minutes for Channel 4, Thirteen and WNET.org, ABC, ZDF, National Geographic UK
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Building Sea City
A passionate team of experts are struggling to realize a dream, a dream of bringing dead land to life and creating a ’sea-city’ in the middle of the desert.
2 x 60 minutes for Discovery Channel UK and worldwide distribution
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Surviving Mumbai
Told almost entirely from the perspective of the survivors of the Mumbai terrorist attack, this is the revealing story of the emotions we experience, the decisions we make and the desperate actions we take when death is staring us in the face.
Recipient of a Certificate of Merit from the 2010 Hugo Television Awards in the category Documentary: Social/Political
1 x 60 minutes for More4, History UK, ABC, Thirteen and WNET/PBS, Discovery Asia. A Furnace co-production with Electric Pictures. The UK title is ‘Terror Attack: Mumbai’
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Shark Bite Beach
In the 21st Century, as soon as an unlucky swimmer or surfer encounters a shark, his own story is a hit on the web, multiplying interest exponentially. This is the story of one shocking month of 2008, when Southern California and Mexico played host to three attacks and an unending trail of close shaves.
1 x 60 minutes for Discovery USA Shark Week 2010
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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
In the 2009 Royal Institution Lectures, Professor Sue Hartley of Sussex University shows you plants as you’ve never seen them before.
5 x 60 minutes for More4, Channel 4 and the Royal Institution



