headquarters cardiff wales and london england key people griff rhys jones website www.moderntv.co.uk modern television is a british production company based in cardiff and london . 1 it was founded in 2005 by griff rhys jones and simon mansfield who left in 2011 . 2 since 2011 the managing director has been sarah broughton . tom hollander was cast to play dylan thomas in the companies first drama production a poet in new york 3 4 with griff rhys jones acting as executive producer on the feature length drama directed by aisling walsh 5 awards the company won a fast growth 50 award in 2009 and again in 2010 . 6 in 2012 it was listed in televisual magazine as one of the top 100 production companies in the united kingdom . 7 a great welsh adventure with griff rhys jones won best presenter at the bafta cymru awards 2014 . a poet in new york won best actor for tom hollander at the rts awards 2015 as well as best feature and best special and visual effects at the bafta cymru awards 2015 . the drama was also nominated for best drama at the broadcast press guild awards baftas broadcast awards celtic media awards and critics choice television awards in america in 2015 . productions edit hidden killers of the post war home griff s great britain the quizeum 2 series a great welsh adventure with griff rhys jones hidden killers of the tudor home 8 national treasures of wales with griff rhys jones 9 a poet in new york 10 a great welsh adventure with griff rhys jones new hidden killers the victorian home new hidden killers the edwardian home burma my father and the forgotten army hidden killers of the victorian home 11 britain s lost routes with griff rhys jones hidden treasures rivers with griff rhys jones wilfred owen a remembrance tale ian fleming where bond began greatest cities of the world the wind in the willows with griff rhys jones charles dickens and the invention of christmas 12 the prince s welsh village terry jones great map mystery losing it a pembrokeshire farm return to pembrokeshire farm the heart of thomas hardy 13 monte carlo or bust rudyard kipling a remembrance tale why poetry matters building britain references edit modern television about us . televisual reports and survey . bbc a poet in new york . tv wise a poet in new york . wales online griff to produce . fast growth 50 modern tv . televisual top 100 . bbc media centre hidden killers of the tudor home . bbc.co.uk . bbc programme page national treasures of wales . bbc.co.uk . imdb a poet in new york . bbc hidden killers of the victorian home . imdb charles dickens . telegraph the heart of thomas hardy . this article relating to united kingdom television is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a tv production company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title modern television & oldid 738074714 categories performing arts in londontelevision production companies of the united kingdomentertainment companies established in 2005media companies established in 20052005 establishments in the united kingdomunited kingdom television stubstelevision production company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 19 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view