If you are planning a historical film, programme or series, we offer expert assistance. We can also help with commercials, corporate or other videos and still photography requiring historical reconstructions or extras. We can save you time, effort and money whilst ensuring that the final product looks excellent and is historically correct. We are available for single shoots or entire series.

Our services include:

Exciting, accurate reconstructions including military and other on-set co-ordination. Our most ambitious shoot involved us sourcing and co-ordinating 800 specialist extras, our smallest just two, so we are extremely flexible! We particularly enjoy staging large battle scenes but are just as happy arranging something rather smaller and quieter. 

Sourcing of specialist extras, actors and supporting artistes through the Historical Film Services Database.  With hundreds of specialist extras on our books, most with button perfect historical costume, we are extremely well placed to meet your needs. And because our extras arrive on set fully trained, production teams are constantly amazed at how much can be achieved in so little time.  A typical comment received on a recent major shoot was "We could never have achieved this with ordinary extras in the time available, your guys were simply fantastic". 

Sourcing of accurate cavalry, vehicles, clothing, armour & weaponry.   It costs no more to get it right than to get it wrong and indeed, it could work out cheaper too. Historical consultancy and advice on many aspects of history, including battles, campaigns and generals.

We also offer scripting, narration and on-screen presentation by military historian Howard Giles.  With a lively yet evocative style, Howard has informed and entertained hundreds of thousands of visitors watching live re-enactments all over the country, as well as scripting and narrating videos.

Try us for creative new ideas to help your programme or series look different and be that little bit more entertaining than the others, yet still offering fascinating insights into the past.

Clients

Our clients have included Saatchi & Saatchi, BBC (Bristol, Glasgow and white City); Sky One; ITV1; Channel 4; Granada (Bristol and Manchester); Red Productions; Soundelux; Lion Television; Leopard Films; MJZ and Bright Films.

 Quality productions

We maintain only the very highest of standards in our TV and film work. However, our prices are extremely fair and you'd probably be pleasantly surprised how much you get for your money! So choose us and you know that you will always receive a top class service with only the best specialist extras with historically accurate costumes and props, yet combined with excellent value for money. Try us and see!

Our reconstructions have included WWII troops, armoured vehicles, machine guns and co-ordination of battle and other scenes; medieval, Civil War and C18th combat sequences; massed Roman military manoeuvres; monastic interpreters;  cavalry and cannon; plus a wide variety of other reconstructions including The Battle of Orgreave for Channel 4.

Visit the Historical Film Services web site for more details of our services, a comprehensive list of credits and photos from productions.  Because we always work hard to meet (and preferably, exceed) expectations, we usually enjoy an excellent relationship with our clients.

Updated 17 December 2009