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13/05/2025 07:10

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RNS Number : 3503I  Zinc Media Group PLC  13 May 2025

Zinc Media Group plc

 

("Zinc" or the "Group")

 

Two multimillion-pound commissions for Zinc Media labels & BAFTA Award

 

 

Zinc Media Group plc (AIM: ZIN), the award-winning television, brand and audio
production group, announces the commissioning of two new seven-figure
commissions and a BAFTA award for factual entertainment for its Rob and
Rylan's Grand Tour series.

 

New Commissions

 

One of the commissions, a documentary series set to air on BBC and CNN, Live
Aid at 40, is being produced by Zinc's Brook Lapping label, in association
with Ronachan Films. It will delve into the complex stories behind the
historic event and its legacy. The series will feature exclusive interviews
with iconic figures such as Bob Geldof, Bono, Sting and Midge Ure, chronicling
how they mobilised billions worldwide: first to answer a famine in Ethiopia,
and later inspiring global leaders like George Bush and Tony Blair to begin to
address the true causes of poverty in Africa.

 

Brook Lapping is also creating a remastered version of the original 1985 Live
Aid Concert footage for rebroadcast on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, commemorating
four decades since this pivotal moment in music history.

 

The other commission, a six-part travelogue The Square Route with Hannah Fry
(working title), for National Geographic and Bloomberg is being produced by
Zinc's Atomic Television, in conjunction with Ancestry. It will follow
mathematician and presenter, Hannah Fry, across six countries to discover how
the forces of geography, climate, history and culture make countries and their
people so unique and distinctive.

 

Both commissions are due to start production in 2025 with all revenue expected
to be booked in FY25. Revenue from these productions is already included in
FY25 forecasts.

 

BAFTA Award

 

At the BAFTA television awards ceremony, held on Sunday 11 May 2025, Rob and
Rylan's Grand Tour, produced by Zinc's Rex Production label, was awarded a
BAFTA for factual entertainment. Following the success of the first series,
Zinc Media Group announces the commissioning of a second series which will air
this Autumn on BBC Two & iPlayer.

 

Mark Browning, Chief Executive Officer, Zinc Media Group, comments:

 

"These major commissions for such globally significant events such as Live Aid
and the prestigious BAFTA for Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour underscore Zinc's
esteemed standing in the television industry. There is no greater evidence of
the trust that is placed in us by our clients, and the quality of our
programmes".

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

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 Mark Browning, CEO / Will Sawyer, CFO

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About Zinc Media Group

 

Zinc Media Group plc is a premium television and content creation group.

The award-winning and critically acclaimed television labels comprise Atomic,
Brook Lapping, Electric Violet, Raw Cut, Rex, Red Sauce, Supercollider, Tern
Television, along with Bumblebee Post-Production, and produce programmes
across a wide range of factual genres for UK and international broadcasters.

 

Zinc Media Group's commercial content creation unit includes The Edge Picture
Company, one of the UK's largest brand film-making companies, and Zinc Audio,
specialising in podcasts and radio production.

 

For further information on Zinc Media, please visit www.zincmedia.com
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