Orchard Studios are proud to announce that In My Own Words: Frederick Forsyth has been nominated in the Best Arts and Music Documentary category at the 2026 Grierson Awards.

Lineker indie’s top team chat to Broadcast about journalistic rigour, staying true to roots and need for scale

Footballer turned presenter will share ‘candid insights’ about his childhood and media empire in a four-part Amazon series that will also feature his critics

Gary Lineker is the latest high-profile name to get the documentary treatment — with a series charting his life launching on Amazon Prime next year, The Athletic can reveal.

Orchard Studios are proud to announce that In My Own Words: Frederick Forsyth has been longlisted in the Best Arts and Music Documentary category at the 2026 Grierson Awards.

‘Anna is a true creative in the broadest sense of the word’

Orchard Studios are proud to announce that In My Own Words: Frederick Forsyth has won the Specialist Factual award at the RTS East Awards 2026.

It’s four years since the notorious Wagatha Christie trial when Rebekah Vardy lost her libel case against Coleen Rooney. Now she has a new reality show with her husband, Jamie

Director Paula Wittig on making Under Suspicion: Kate McCann for 5

A new, painstakingly researched drama recreates the 11-hour interrogation that took the investigation in an absurd direction

Orchard is proud to continue our support for the Grierson DocLab: New Entrants scheme for 2026, providing training and work placements to people from a wide range of backgrounds looking to begin careers in factual television.

Orchard Studios are proud to announce that In My Own Words: Frederick Forsyth has been nominated for an RTS East Award.

Striker reflects on the ultimate high with Leicester and the role of the self-titled ‘Inbetweeners’ in his success

His next birthday may be his 40th but the former England player who used to refuel on vodka and Skittles says he has no intention of retiring yet

Young people are to be uprooted from their lives and plunged into worlds alien to their day-to-day reality, in a fact-ent format for 5.

Orchard expand training partnership with the London Screen Academy, hosting the film & TV industry’s stars of tomorrow for a development work experience day.

Titled “The Vardys,” the series, from Orchard Studios, is due to hit U.K. network ITV (and its streaming platform ITVX) later this year. The showrunner for “The Vardys” is Josh Jacobs.

The streaming giant’s popular sports documentary strand is launching a three-part UK football special.

UNTOLD Travels to the UK for Jamie Vardy, Vinnie Jones, and Liverpool

'Suspect' stars Slow Horses actress Laura Bayston and will explore one of the most talked-about missing persons cases in history.

Throughout December, the team at Orchard have collected items to donate to the Euston Foodbank. 

On Wednesday 3rd December, Orchard attended the Grierson DocLab: New Entrant industry event to meet the 2024 and 2025 cohorts and celebrate the trainees’ successes on the programme so far. 

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Making a documentary about Frederick Forsyth came with its challenges for Ben Anthony. Amid breaks for red wine and The Chase, he captured what proved to be the writer's final interview.

Tributes paid to ‘one of the world’s great thriller writers’ and Orchard collaborator as the author of The Day of the Jackal dies after a brief illness.

Orchard is proud to support the Grierson DocLab: New Entrants scheme for 2025, providing training and work placements to people from a wide range of backgrounds looking to begin careers in factual television.

Orchard Studios, the new production company founded by former Amazon Studios U.K. exec Dan Grabiner, has hired a trio of heavyweight execs to round out its new senior creative team.

Nat Lippiett, Clare Mottershead and Dani Carpanen join senior creative team at non-scripted indie

BBC factual entertainment commissioner Clare Mottershead and ITN exec Nat Lippiett have joined Orchard Studios, the UK prodco launched by former Amazon Studios UK & Northern Europe chief Dan Grabiner.

Former Amazon Studios Head, Dan Grabiner’s new indie Orchard Studios, has made a trio of major hires to join the senior creative team.

'Harry: The Interview' EP Nat Lippiett and BBC factual entertainment commissioner Clare Mottershead have joined Orchard Studios, the nascent UK unscripted indie run by former Amazon UK programs chief Dan Grabiner and ex-The Garden boss Nicola Hill.

Dan Grabiner, Amazon Studios’ Head of UK and Northern Europe, is leaving the streamer to create a new production company, Orchard Studios.

Dan Grabiner is exiting Amazon Prime Video to set up premium factual label Orchard Studios with former The Garden chief executive Nicola Hill.

The identity of Dan Grabiner‘s new production house wasn’t secret for long. The outgoing Amazon UK exec is teaming with British factual veteran Nicola Hill to launch Orchard Studios.