please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message matchlight type limited industry television production founded 2009 headquarters glasgow scotland website 1 matchlight is an independent television production company based in glasgow . the company specializes in observational documentary history arts current affairs and popular factual television . the company works for a wide range of broadcasters in the uk including bbc one itv1 bbc two bbc three bbc four bbc scotland channel 4 and channel 5 . in 2012 matchlight won a scottish bafta award for afghanistan the great game a personal view by rory stewart best factual series and since its inception in 2009 has won further nominations including at the rts awards . matchlight is led by ross wilson creative director and a bafta and international emmy award winning documentary maker . matchlight is a joint venture with production and distribution group dcd media . management creative directors ross wilson paul murray managing director david smith head of development jacqui hayden head of production pamela nelson programming edit recent programming includes medieval lives birth marriage death 3 part series for bbc four presented by dr helen castor the truth about junior doctors channel 4 dispatches presented by christian jessen russell brand from addiction to recovery for bbc three presented by russell brand afghanistan the great game a personal view by rory stewart for bbc two presented by rory stewart she wolves england s early queens for bbc four presented by helen castor dangerous drivers school for channel 5 at home with the georgians for bbc two presented by amanda vickery perspectives lenny henry finding shakespeare for itv with lenny henry the future state of welfare presented by john humphrys for bbc two gambling addiction and me the real hustler with alexis conran for bbc three presented by alexis conran external links edit matchlight dcd media retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title matchlight & oldid 671762417 categories television production companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles lacking sources from august 2012all articles lacking sources 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 16 july 2015 at 20 38 . 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