Most lists of “the best AI video studios” are about adverts. This one is about television. Who has actually put AI on a programme, what each studio is good for, and what to ask before you hire one.
Part one
How we judged.
Five things matter when AI goes into a television production. We looked for evidence of each. We didn’t rank anyone: the right studio depends on the programme.
1Television credits
A broadcaster, a programme and a year. Not only adverts.
2Consistency
Characters and places held steady across a series.
3Editorial control
Directors, editors and producers keep the decisions.
4Rights and consent
A published position on tools, ownership, likeness and indemnity.
5Fit
Works inside your edit and alongside your departments.
Part two
Tonight’s listings.
Everyone at a glance. Select a row to jump to the full entry.
Studios whose AI work, or whose wider record, is in television. Only three have a named AI credit on a broadcast programme so far.
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Deep Fusion Films
Television-focusedCardiff, Wales · Majority-owned by John Gore Studios since February 2026
An independent producer with its own generative AI pipeline for documentary, factual entertainment and scripted development, including AI-assisted archive work. It describes the pipeline as consent-based, rights-cleared and insured.
Television status
Sky: Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024), recreating Peter Cushing with his estate’s permission. Netflix: The Investigation of Lucy Letby (2026), made by ITN Productions, with Deep Fusion credited for identity protection of contributors. An AI archive documentary slate with TopFoto.
How they work: Hybrid and human-led. Says it works with Pact and Equity on consent and performer rights.
Archive-led documentary, and recreating people who have died, with an estate’s consent.
Contains a producer that also makes its own programmes.
Since the John Gore deal it also makes its own programmes. Check whether it will work as a service company on your show or wants to co-produce.
AI visual effects for television, mainly anonymising documentary contributors: generated faces, hair and voices, with the original performance carried across.
Television status
Channel 4: The Murder Detective (BBC Studios, 2026). More than 30 police investigators anonymised across more than 60,000 frames.
How they work: Human-directed. Each contributor signed off their AI identity before work began. It says it is ISO 27001 compliant, uses UK-only servers and has been audited by BBC Studios as an approved AI VFX vendor.
Protecting contributors in true crime and current affairs.
Contains one specialism, done thoroughly.
A specialist. No reconstruction or drama credits found.
An AI production company using in-house tools for reconstruction, visual effects and backgrounds. It also created the AI “actor” Tilly Norwood.
Television status
HISTORY Netherlands (Hearst Networks): Straten van Toen, ten short episodes mixing live action with AI reconstructions built from paintings and photographs (ordered November 2025). No UK broadcaster AI credit found.
How they work: Hybrid: live action with AI reconstruction.
Short-form, archive-driven history.
Contains a divisive AI actor.
The Tilly Norwood project divides opinion among talent and unions. Ask how it handles performers and likeness on your production.
Television-focusedLondon, Los Angeles and Sydney · Independent
A global film and experience studio. AI is one technique among animation, CGI, puppetry and real-time work.
Television status
Strong TV and streaming record, though not for AI work: Netflix The House, Disney+ Happier Than Ever, and the BBC Civilisations AR app. Its documented AI piece is the Google I/O 2026 opener, which uses generative AI as the final rendering layer over handmade puppets and sets.
How they work: Craft first, with AI as a finishing layer. Creative control stays with the artists.
Premium animation and hybrid craft where AI is one tool of many.
Contains no AI television credit yet, and premium positioning.
No AI-specific TV credit found, and premium positioning usually means premium cost.
Television-focusedKent, UK · Independent · founded 2025 · publisher of this guide
That’s us. Judge us by the same rules.
An AI studio for television and brands, led by television series director Sam Wilkinson (20+ years in production). It builds AI production workflows around the departments a TV production already has, and makes AI films. It works with a network of collaborators from television and AI backgrounds, including experienced AI editors.
Television status
AI workflows and film work on two series in production: a documentary series with Arrow Media for Discovery, and a series with Fremantle for the BBC. Neither has aired yet. Also an adult social care film for Lancashire County Council with EY (in review), and Second Act, first shown at EY Leaders Live (2026).
How they work: Human-led. Characters and worlds are held consistent across a series, every shot and version is logged, and the edit is run like a broadcast programme.
Productions that want AI inside their existing departments and edit, with editorial control kept by the team.
Contains shows not yet on air, and a young studio.
A young studio. Its first broadcast AI work hasn’t aired yet, and much of it is under NDA. Ask for a private screening.
These studios appear on other UK lists and make good AI work, but we couldn’t find a named AI credit on a television programme for any of them. They may still suit title sequences, promos or previs.
CHANNEL06
BearJam
Advertising-ledLondon · Independent
A video production agency with an AI service line: hybrid AI and VFX, AI brand films, versioning at scale.
Television status
No named AI TV programme credit found. AI work includes SD Worx “80 to Infinity” (Lens Awards 2026, Silver, Best Use of AI).
How they work: Hybrid, shaped by its directors, editors and producers. Uses only commercially cleared tools, with IP ownership agreed in writing.
Brand, B2B and public-sector films that need many versions.
Photoreal AI advertising, research animatics and AI localisation.
Television status
No TV programme credit found. It says it is PepsiCo’s AI video production partner.
How they work: Fully generative (“every frame is AI generated”), human-led.
Fast photoreal previs and ad testing, where the legal team needs paperwork. The clearest rights terms we found: IP assigned on delivery, an indemnity against third-party IP claims, and documented model and prompt provenance. It publishes prices.
Contains fully generated frames and an advertising focus.
Built around consumer-brand advertising, not long-form television.
How this was made. We read each studio’s own website and published trade press between 26 and 28 September 2026. We only include credits we could link to, and we flag anything paywalled or unconfirmed. We didn’t contact the studios before publishing.
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