Five Mile Films

08/11/2024

Our brand new 3-part documentary series, 'Lucan', is now available on BBC iPlayer!

It’s a mystery that’s fascinated the UK for nearly five decades. On 7th November 1974, Sandra Rivett was found murdered in a Belgravia townhouse. The prime suspect? Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, an Eton-educated aristocrat who vanished without a trace.

In this compelling series, we follow Neil Berriman, a Hampshire builder, on his personal quest for justice. Neil’s journey is fuelled by a profound connection—Sandra was his birth mother. For 20 years, he’s been obsessed with solving the case, digging through archives, talking to key players, and examining Lucan’s life in detail. With journalist Glen Campbell’s support, Neil uncovers new leads that span continents, from Africa to Australia.

Will Neil’s relentless search finally reveal the truth? Watch the first episode on BBC2 tonight to find out, or stream the whole series now on

05/11/2024

We're delighted to say Colette Camden has been nominated for a Royal Television Society award as director for our documentary series, 'Six Silent Killings: Ireland's Vanishing Triangle'. Congrats to Colette and all the nominees.

The winners will be announced on Monday 2 December 2024 at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

04/11/2024

Our brand new 3-part documentary series, 'Lucan', lands on and BBC Two on Wednesday 6th November. 📺✨

It’s a mystery that’s fascinated the UK for nearly five decades. On 7th November 1974, Sandra Rivett was found murdered in a Belgravia townhouse. The prime suspect? Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, an Eton-educated aristocrat who vanished without a trace.

In this compelling series, we follow Neil Berriman, a Hampshire builder, on his personal quest for justice. Neil’s journey is fuelled by a profound connection—Sandra was his birth mother. For 20 years, he’s been obsessed with solving the case, digging through archives, talking to key players, and examining Lucan’s life in detail. With journalist Glen Campbell’s support, Neil uncovers new leads that span continents, from Africa to Australia.

Will Neil’s relentless search finally reveal the truth? Tune in this Wednesday to join him on this gripping journey.

04/11/2024

We're looking for people who would like to shake things up in their lives.

Five Mile Films are making a pilot (not for broadcast) of an exciting new TV series where participants use dice to make all of their decisions, big and small.

If you think you could be getting more out of life, then get in contact with our small supportive team: [email protected]

11/10/2024

We'll be making a special appearance on tonight's Gogglebox on Channel 4!

07/10/2024

We're very excited to announce 'Lucan', a brand new 3-part documentary series, is coming to BBC2 and BBC iPlayer this autumn!

On November 7, 1974, the dead body of a children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was discovered in a mail sack in the basement of a Belgravia townhouse. The chief suspect was the father of the children, an Eton educated gambler called Richard John Bingham, the seventh earl of Lucan, who had disappeared. While most of Lord Lucan’s friends and family insisted that he had taken his own life, no body has ever been found. The manhunt for Lucan has lasted decades.

This three part series follows the deeply personal quest of Hampshire builder, Neil Berriman, whose conviction in his own ability to solve the mystery is unshakeable. The case has consumed Neil for the last two decades, and it has done so for very personal reasons: Neil’s birth mother was Sandra Rivett.

He watches every film, reads every book, meets police officers who take him through pictures of the scene of the crime, and he corresponds with Veronica, Lucan’s wife, and scrutinises every detail of Lucan’s life. Neil emerges from this research not only convinced that Lucan got away, but also that he will be the man who finally secures justice for his birth mother and finds the fugitive lord.

With the support of a former BBC investigative journalist, Glen Campbell, Neil maps out what seems Lucan’s likely escape from his homeland to a life of exile in Africa. The two men unearth persuasive evidence that one of Lucan’s powerful friends helped mastermind a new life for the aristocrat in Mozambique under the alias ‘John Crawford’. On a research trip to South Africa Glen secures a rare interview with Lucan’s expatriate brother, Hugh, who points the two Lucan seekers onto a trail that leads to Eastern religion, Buddhist retreats and ultimately the east and west coasts of Australia.

If still alive, Lucan would be about to enter his ninth decade, so the clock is ticking - will Neil be in time to find justice for his mother?

22/07/2024

We're delighted our four-part Channel 4 documentary series, 'Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead' has been shortlisted at The Grierson Trust in association with All3Media. Congratulations to everyone involved and our fellow nominees.

16/07/2024

'Rossi: A Fugitive Faking Death' is dropping today in the USA.

This story has already gripped us on both sides of the Atlantic. A man in a Glasgow hospital, wakes from a Covid coma to discover the police have identified him as Nicholas Rossi, a fugitive from justice and one of America's most wanted criminals. He maintains this is a case of mistaken identity and his name is Arthur Knight - but is he an extraordinary criminal, constantly changing his name and identity, or a wronged innocent thrown into a limelight he did not deserve?

Stream all four episodes on NBCUniversal’s Peacock TV now.

11/07/2024

We're hiring an assistant producer and/or producer to work in our documentary department in Bristol.

Please send short covering letter, CV, reference details and showreel (if applicable) to [email protected] before midday on Friday 2nd August.

For full job descriptions, visit The Talent Manager

https://www.thetalentmanager.com/jobs/assistant-producer-62128

https://www.thetalentmanager.com/jobs/producer-62129

04/07/2024

We're very proud to be a part of Bristol's screen industry, winner of CITY OF FILM at the 2024 Global Production Awards. Screen International Bristol UNESCO City Of Film

25/06/2024

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14/06/2024

Our director, Owen Phillips and investigative journalist, Jane MacSorley, joined Adrian Chiles on BBC Radio 5 live to chat about 'Imposter: The Man Who Came Back From the Dead'. Listen to the interview on BBC Sounds and stream the full boxset on Channel 4 now.

12/06/2024

Stream the full boxset of 'Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead' on Channel 4.

06/06/2024

06/06/2024

Stream the full boxset of 'Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead' on Channel 4. Critics are calling our 4-part docuseries “the absolute zenith of true-crime television.”

29/05/2024

Millions have already watched Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead, a 4-part docuseries critics are calling “the absolute zenith of true-crime television”. Now, you can stream the full boxset on Channel 4.