Thread Studios

Follow the thread. Find. Fix. Film.

Documentaries, investigations and production services. Deployed worldwide.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

🏆🏆 #BBCEye Documentaries have won two prestigious @RTS_media awards.

🏅 Blood Parliament — Best On-Demand Journalism
🏅 Death in Dubai: #DubaiPortaPotty — Best International Current Affairs

📽️ Watch both award-winning films here: https://t.co/hB9yHLDJqd

#RTSAwards

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

@RTS_media @bbcworldservice @RunakoCelina Thank you so much @RTS_media

[Royal Television Society @RTS_media]

.@ThreadStudiosUK and @bbcworldservice take home Current Affairs – International for Death in Dubai – BBC Eye Investigations/Africa Eye. Judges commended reporter @RunakoCelina and praised the team’s “painstaking and rigorous investigative journalism” #RTSAwards

[Ash Alexander-Cooper OBE @ashalexcooper]

About last night! Deeply humbled to have had so many amazingly inspirational and resilient humans in one place to celebrate the launch of #mindfulsoldier. Huge thanks to those who flew in from all over the world to support and to those who made the evening and the book a reality. Now the fun begins, namely raising awareness of the book and its themes, in order to raise as much money as possible for international veterans charities. Onwards!

Order today here (link also in bio): https://t.co/oT6fWeJEna

Particular thanks to:

🎥 @ThreadStudiosUK
📸 @LemonadePicture
💂: @RBVECharity @gwtorg @thenotforgotten @CombatStress @RHChelsea @Missionmotorspt @jason_carl_fox

📖 @QuercusBooks @HachetteUK @HachetteUS @HachetteAus

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

We are all so proud that Death in Dubai has been nominated for the Current Affairs - International Award at the @RTS_media Television Journalism Awards 2026.

Thank you so much to the contributors on and off screen who trusted us with their testimony.

[Royal Television Society @RTS_media]

We’re delighted to announce the nominations for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2026, in partnership with @Dataminr

We’ll be recognising the very best in broadcast talent at a ceremony in London on 4 March, hosted by @theJeremyVine

Here are the nominees: https://t.co/rT3qfzpuyd

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

🇦🇪 Death in Dubai: #DubaiPortaPotty

A new investigation, coming this Monday from #BBCAfricaEye.

📽️ Subscribe to our YouTube channel now for first access: https://t.co/lpmSQnhbAd

Nothing stays hidden forever. #BBCEyeDeathinDubai

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Boss of degrading sex-trade ring in Dubai's glamour districts unmasked by BBC: https://t.co/9o0GNKtbZJ

#BBCAfricaEye

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

Live on iPlayer, YouTube & wherever you get your podcasts.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

When a young Ugandan woman's death from a high-rise in Dubai goes viral, she becomes the face of the disturbing online trend #DubaiPortaPotty...but nothing is as it seems.

#BBCAfricaEye investigates.

🎥 Watch the documentary: https://t.co/5oW3jy1Y73

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

We've been nominated not once but twice at the @EntrepreneursGB Awards!

We're up against stiff competition in the Services Industries AND National Veteran categories.

Thank you so much to our brilliant, brilliant team who make it all possible.

[University of Sussex Business School @SussexUBusiness]

Huge congratulations to @ThreadStudiosUK on winning the Creative Industries Award at the latest Sussex Business Awards!

Read more: https://t.co/RhN7l6auiv

#CreativeIndustries #LocalBusiness #SussexBusiness

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

The final episode of Pull The Thread: The Wild Life is out now!

[Luminary @hearluminary]

Destination: New York City. 🗽

After seeing the transnational operation play out, Runako and team profile the local efforts of a Ugandan Wildlife Crime unit–all in the quest to understand why this trade remains so difficult to stop.

The last episode of Pull The Thread: The Wild Life Episode 8: Whack-A-Mole is now free to listen to on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/q5Y6VzpcYK

[RHINO MAN @RHINOMANmovie]

Check out Podcast Episode 4 of Pull The Thread: The Wild Life. This episode is named Incorruptible in reference to the late Anton Mzimba, whose life and death are featured along with the RHINO MAN story. It includes interviews with Leitah Mkhabela. Orlat Ndlovu, Ruben de Kock, and John Jurko II. Check out the entire series on all of the podcast platforms.

This episode also goes into some of the complexities and historical wrongs that have made conservation efforts fraught with moral and ethical issues. However, they do not go into the many efforts to change these dynamics for the better within the Timbavati and the Greater Kruger Area through education, access, pathways to careers in conservation, and local community ownership. It’s not a topic that can easily be given a full picture within 10 mins of a podcast episode. We have worked closely with the team at the Timbavati and they are some of the most caring, passionate, and dedicated in the space, striving to make positive change.

This episode also makes it seem as though RHINO MAN was John Jurko’s idea, however it was originally a promise to the rangers to tell their stories made by Matt Lindenberg of GCC during his time at the Southern African Wildlife College. In 2015, rangers were the unsung heroes working behind the scenes of conservation. John worked closely with Matt and the rangers of the Timbavati and SAWC to honor this promise.

There is still work being done to bring justice to Anton’s killers. To help make our voice heard, please visit https://t.co/WSew3JgIyn

FROM THE PODCAST:
Some compare illegal wildlife trafficking to a war. On the front line are the poachers and the game rangers. Syndicates often rely on the corruptibility of these poorly-paid rangers to be information providers and protectors. Anton Mzimba, a guardian of rhinos and other big game in South Africa, refused to be one of them.

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[Luminary @hearluminary]

Thick as thieves. 

With the operation underway, Wolf gains the trust of one of the top traffickers on Interpol’s Most Wanted list, so much so that the two even go shopping together.

Find out what unfolded next on Pull The Thread, The Wild Life’s Episode 3: Most Expensive Socks. 

Now free to listen to on Luminary: https://t.co/LXLCWABKRK

[Luminary @hearluminary]

“Criminals gravitate towards him like moths to a flame.”

In 2016, Wolf, an undercover agent, was enlisted by a former DEA agent to embark on his most audacious mission to date--to take down a top wildlife crime syndicate in East Africa.

Listen to his full story on Episode 2 of Pull The Thread: The Wild Life, now free to listen to on our YouTube: https://t.co/58RK3AclAK

[Simon Bland @sitweetstoo]

By venturing into battle zones and war-torn areas, @ThreadStudiosUK is able to share powerful human stories that others can't capture. I spoke to founders @alex_farqy & @mau_gris for @WeAreCreativeUK about how "empathy is key" in everything they do. https://t.co/uYpcN9GjTq

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

So happy to announce that we've received funding from @innovateuk to create the prototype for brand new project we've been cooking up at Thread Studios.

Can't say much more yet but watch this space!

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

Thread Studios was born because we love storytelling. The medium doesn’t matter. It is dictated by the story. What is going to do it justice?

And why should it just be one medium?

📸: Creative Director @mau_gris teaching filmmaking in hostile environments for @FondazionePrada

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

standing ready for 2023...

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

We are storytellers.

[Thread Studios @ThreadStudiosUK]

“Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while working" - Henri Matisse

The only thing that matches our creativity is our work ethic. Nothing worth anything is ever easy.

Got a project you need some help with? Get in touch 👉 https://t.co/4mMVdij5KC

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