Six Film deal with Prime Video

We're delighted to announce a significant deal with Amazon Prime Video to deliver six documentaries in 2025.

The Orkney Assassin: Murder in the Isles (1x90) launches this Sunday 8 June on Prime Video. One summer evening in 1994, a masked man walked calmly into the only Indian restaurant in the remote Orkney Islands, shot a Bangladeshi waiter dead at point blank range, and disappeared into the night. The murder remained unsolved for years, until new evidence emerged, resulting in an unexpected arrest that stunned the local community. 

Two part series The Hunt for Shannon Matthews launches later this year, revisiting the astonishing story of a nine year old girl's disappearance in February 2008, the police investigation to locate her, and the response in the local community and beyond.

Hunting the Tinder Predator (2x45’) - In July 2024 Christopher Harkins was sentenced to 12-years for crimes from rape through to fraud after a decade of offending spurred on by online dating. This two part series series explores the actions of Harkins, the attitudes of society and the legal system, and the dogged determination of a band of women who fought to get justice.

Three further titles are in production.

We’re delighted to partner again with the brilliant team at Prime Video, and bring such a huge body of premium documentary work to Scotland.

The six project partnership between Prime Video and Firecrest Films builds on a relationship which started in 2022 with the Amazon Original three part series Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal. Three Mothers won the BAFTA Scotland Factual Series award in 2023 – Amazon’s first ever BAFTA award.

You can read press coverage of the deal here.