Documentaries Made for Broadcast
Stock Stop makes documentaries. It is where the company started and it is still the work we care most about. We handle the research, the access, the directing, the shoot and the edit, and we deliver films at the standard broadcasters expect because that is where a lot of our work ends up.
Our documentaries have reached audiences through Netflix, Disney, National Geographic, Arte, ABC, MBC, Shahid and Al Thaqafiyah. In 2025 we were named Cultural and Heritage Documentary Production Company of the Year at the SME Greater London Enterprise Awards.
Access Is Half the Job
Most documentaries are won or lost on access, not on cameras. Getting into a workshop, a home or a government site takes time, local knowledge and someone who can have the conversation in the right language.
With branches in the UK and Saudi Arabia and local crews worldwide, we can film in places that would take an outside team months to open up.
Research and Development
We find the story, work out who is in it, and get the treatment to a point where it can be commissioned.
Access and Pre-production
Contributors, permissions, locations, schedule and crew, plus travel and local arrangements when we are shooting abroad.
Filming
Small crews where the subject needs room, bigger ones where the scale calls for it. We shoot in different languages.
Post-production
Story edit, sound, colour, music and subtitles, then delivery to your broadcaster’s specs.
What We Make
Broadcast Documentaries
Single films and series at standard broadcast lengths, made to the specs commissioners require.
Cultural and Heritage Films
Craft, tradition and the people keeping them going. The work we are best known for.
Corporate and Brand Documentaries
Longer films for organisations that want to tell a real story rather than run an advert.
Impact and Campaign Films
Documentaries made to shift opinion, built around where they will actually be seen.
Popular questions
What kind of documentaries do you make?
Broadcast documentaries, cultural and heritage films, corporate documentaries and campaign films. Examples are on our projects page.
Do you work with broadcasters?
Yes. Our films have been carried by Netflix, Disney, National Geographic, Arte, MBC and Shahid, and we deliver to broadcast specs as standard.
Can you develop the idea from scratch?
Yes. We can build the research, treatment and pitch, or come in later if you already have a commission.
How long does a documentary take?
A short film can be a few weeks. A broadcast documentary usually runs several months once you count research, access and the edit.
Where can you film?
Worldwide. We have branches in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia and local crews worldwide.
