Platinum Films

Platinum Films is an independent British film and television production studio creating entertainment for children, preschool audiences and families. Founded in 1992, the company develops character-driven intellectual property and carries projects through financing, production, international distribution and commercial licensing. Its history spans stop-motion television, CGI adventure series, live-action entertainment formats and animated feature development.

The studio approaches its properties as entertainment brands, considering consumer products, publishing and interactive extensions alongside screen production. Its work combines original concepts and script development with television and feature production, broadcaster licensing, international sales and dubbing. This connects the creative development of a programme with its distribution and wider commercial life.

Television and animation

Matt Hatter Chronicles is a flagship CGI adventure property, broadcast in more than 80 territories and 20 languages. The series comprises 52 half-hour episodes and has extended into a feature-length television movie, toys, mobile gaming and cinema screenings. Its international reach illustrates the company's emphasis on developing properties for audiences across multiple markets.

The preschool series Dream Street began as a 65-episode stop-motion production commissioned by CITV/ITV. It was subsequently reworked into 52 CG-enhanced episodes, reflecting the studio's use of different production techniques to revisit an established property.

For CBBC, Platinum created Planet Cook, a 104-episode culinary adventure format centred on healthy eating. The programme combined a tropical-island setting with educational themes, broadening the company's output beyond animated storytelling.

Feature development and brand extensions

Platinum's feature development includes Bear Grylls Young Adventurer: Endangered, developed through a joint venture with Bear Grylls and alongside financing partner BRON Creative. The project extends the company's family entertainment focus into an animated movie franchise.

Across its properties, Platinum combines production with the development of merchandise, publishing, apps and games. Its wider activities include technology and animation development through a separately operated technology studio, supporting its expansion into digital products and real-time production workflows.