Navy Command FOI Section
Navy Command Headquarters
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PORTSMOUTH
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FOI2023/02832
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Mr T Ata
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24 May 2023
Dear Mr Ata,
Release of Information
Thank you for your correspondence of 4 May 2023 in which you requested
the following
information:
“Please provide, in list format, including dates and titles, all film and television
production teams that have worked with or received support (financial, advisory, or
material) from the Royal Navy from 2013 to 2014.”
Your enquiry has been considered to be a request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act).
A search has now been completed within the Ministry of Defence and I can confirm
that some information in scope of your request is held. The available information in
relation to the television and film production teams that have received support from
the Royal Navy during the time period stated in your request can be found in the
table at Annex A to this letter.
Please be advised that no recorded information is held by the Department in respect
of support given to News Outlets or Live Television during the time period stated in
your request.
If you have any queries regarding the content of this letter, please contact this office in the
first instance.
If you wish to complain about the handling of your request, or the content of this response,
you can request an independent internal review by contacting the Information Rights
Compliance team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail
CIO-
xxxxxx@xxx.xx). Please note that any request for an internal review should be made
within 40 working days of the date of this response.
If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may raise your complaint directly
to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not normally investigate
your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Further details of the role and powers of the
Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website at
https://ico.org.uk/. Yours sincerely
Navy Command Secretariat - FOI Section
Annex A
To FOI2023/05659
24 May 2023
Table 1. Filming Contracts 2013-14
Contract Number
Activity
Description Of Requirements Contractor
Contract Acceptance Date
FLEET/WM/424/13
Filming
CBBC Hero Squad
BBC
08/05/2013
FLEET/WM/428/13
Filming
Project Destroyer
Warp Films
24/05/2013
FLEET/WM/440/13
Filming
Full Tilt Guardians of the Galaxy Infinity Works Productions UK
12/06/2013
FLEET/WM/442/13
Filming
Countryside 999
BBC
28/06/2013
FLEET/WM/444/13
Filming
Team Building Exercises
Dark Blu Inc Ltd
12/07/2013
FLEET/WM/465/13
Filming
Marines
TwoFour Productions
10/01/2014
FLEET/WM/466/13
Filming
Amphibian Assault Filming
BBC
05/12/2013
FLEET/WM/480/14
Filming
Speed' With Guy Martin
North One Television
21/07/2014
FLEET/WM/482/14
Filming
Filming of 'The Big Picture'
BBC
01/08/2014
FLEET/WM/489/14
Filming
BBC Mastermind
BBC
23/10/2014