WHO WE ARE

Who We Are

This is the part where we should write paragraphs of bumf about our history, our philosophies and our expertise… but everyone does that and it probably gets scrolled past anyway, so this is us:

  • We are staffed by a perfect mix of ex-freelance crew and industry renowned rental house lifers
  • We are really good at renting out bespoke camera packages to the UK Motion Picture industry
  • We are very knowledgeable and genuinely care about everything we do
  • You are welcome anytime to come in, meet our team and test whatever you fancy in our dedicated prep spaces

We have also partnered with a couple of local companies who share our passion for the industry and way of working, their details are below.

SCOPICS

A specialist supplier of Telescopic & Modular cranes, stabilised heads and remote grip gear. Based in our building in MediaCityUK, Salford

COPY THAT

MediaCityUK based company supplying Walkie Talkies & Wifi Routers for rental & a huge range of Production Hard Drives for sale across the UK. Available to hire via ourselves or direct.

WE'VE SUPPORTED

After The Flood

Quay Street Productions for ITV

DOP Phil Wood
Sony Venice & TLS Rehoused Canon K35 Lenses

All Creatures Great & Small

Playground TV for Channel 5

Series 4; DOP Sara Deane
Arri Alexa Mini & Cooke S4/i Lenses

Annika 2

Black Camel Pictures for BBC

DOP Bjørn Ståle Bratberg
Arri Alexa Mini & Cooke S6/i 2x Anamorphic Lenses

Boat Story

Two Brothers Pictures for BBC

DOP Árni Filippusson
Arri Alexa 35 & Cooke S6/i 2x Anamorphic lenses

Car Share

Goodnight Vienna for BBC

DOP Jeremy Hewson
Canon C100, C300 & Zeiss Superspeeds

Cobra II & III

New Pictures for Sky Studios

DOP Phil Wood
Arri Alexa Mini LF and Zeiss Supreme Radiance lenses

Crime

ITVX

DOP David Liddell
Sony Venice & Cooke S7/i Lenses

Deadwater Fell

Kudos for Channel 4

DOP Neus Ollé, Arri Alexa Mini
TLS Rehoused Canon
K35 Primes & Arri/Fujinon Alura 18-80mm Zoom Lenses

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Amazon Studios & Film 4

Playback Op; Alistair Topping
QTake Playback & Remote streaming package

Everyone Else Burns

Channel 4

DOP Will Hanke
Sony Venice & Atlas Orion 2x Anamorphics

Float

Black Camel Pictures for BBC iPlayer

DOP Alan McLaughlin
Arri Alexa Mini & Arri/Zeiss Master Primes

Fool Me Once

Quay Street Productions for Netflix

DOP John Lee
Arri Alexa Mini LF & Ancient Optics Rehoused Minolta Rokkor Lenses

Funny Woman

Sky TV

DOP Nathalie Pitters
Arri Alexa 35 & Ancient Optics Rehoused Minolta Rokkor Lenses

Gentleman Jack I & II

Lookout Point for BBC

DOPs Johann Perry
Matt Grey & Nick Dance
Sony Venice & Cooke S6/i 2x Anamorphic Lenses

Get Duked

Amazon

DOP Patrick Meller
Arri Alexa Mini & Cooke S6/i 2x Anamorphic Lenses

Get Even

BBC for Netflix

DOP Anna Patakarina
Sony Venice & TLS Rehoused Canon K35 lenses

Ghost Stories

Warp Film

DOP Ole Bratt Birkeland
Arri Alexa Mini
Arri/Zeiss Master Primes & Arri/Fujinon Alura Zoom Lenses

Girl

Independent Feature

DOP Tasha Back
Arri Alexa Mini & ______ 2x Anamorphic Lenses

Goldies Oldies

Viacom for Nickelodeon & Channel 5

DOP Craig Feather
Sony Venice & Arri/Fujinon Alura Zooms

Happy Valley III

Lookout Point for BBC

Playback Op; Ben Hawkes
QTake Playback & Remote streaming package

In Camera

Pretty Bird for BBC Films

DOP Tasha Back
Arri Alexa Mini LF & TLS Rehoused Canon K35 lenses

It’s A Sin

Red Productions for Channel 4

DOP David Katznelson
Sony Venice
TLS Rehoused Canon K35s and Cooke S6/i 2x Anamorphic lenses

Killing Eve 4

BBC Studios

Playback Op; Ben Hawkes
QTake Playback & Remote streaming package

Maternal

ITV Studios

DOP Richard Mott
Arri Alexa Mini LF
Zeiss Supreme Radiance Primes and TLS rehoused Nikon 80-200mm Zoom lens

Mayflies

BBC Studios

DOP Alasdair Boyce
Arri Alexa Mini LF & Cooke S6/i 2x Anamorphic Lenses

No Return

Red Productions for ITV

DOP Dale McCready
RED Monstro 8K VV
Komodo 6K
Zeiss Supreme Radiance Primes
Arri/Fujinon Alura 45-250mm & Angenieux EZ Zoom lenses

Ralph & Katie

ITV Studios

DOP Ian Adrian
Sony Venice & Cooke S5/i Lenses

Red Rose

BBC3 & iPlayer

DOP Matthias Pilz
Sony Venice
Cooke S6/i Anamorphic Primes & Angenieux Optimo 30-72 & 42-420mm Anamorphic Zoom lenses

Ridley

ITV

DOP Tony Coldwell
Arri Alexa Mini LF
Zeiss Supreme Radiance Prime & TLS Rehoused Nikon 80-200mm Zoom lenses

Ridley Road

BBC One

DOP Angus Hudson
Sony Venice
Zeiss Supreme Radiance Primes & Angenieux Optimo 24-290 Zoom Lenses

Sherwood II

House Productions for BBC

DOP Simon Tindall
Sony Venice
Hawk V-Lite 2x Anamorphic Primes & Angenieux Optimo 42-440mm Anamorphic Zoom lenses

Significant Other

Quay Street Productions for ITV

DOP Alistair Upcraft
Arri Alexa Mini LF & TLS Rehoused Canon K35 lenses

Stay Close

Quay Street Productions for Netflix

DOP Giulio Biccari, Sony Venice & Leitz Summicron-C Lenses

Stonehouse

Snowed In Productions for ITV

DOP Mark Wolf
Arri Alexa Mini & Atlas Orion 2x Anamorphic lenses

The Bay

ITV Studios

DOP Phil Wood
Arri Alexa Mini LF & Cooke S7/i Lenses

The Confessions Of Frannie Langton

Drama Republic for ITV X

DOP Julian Hohndorf
Arri Alexa Mini
TLS Rehoused Canon K35s & Leica Noctilux Prime lenses

The Power Of Parker

Lookout Point for BBC

DOP Nat Hill
Arri Alexa Mini LF & Zero Optik Rehoused Olympus OM lenses

The Responder 2

Dancing Ledge for BBC

DOP Laust Trier-Mørk
Arri Alexa 35
TLS Rehoused Canon K35 Primes and Angenieux Optimo 15-40 & 45-120mm Zoom lenses

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

NFTS for Sky Arts

DOP David Liddell
Sony Venice
TLS Rehoused Canon K35s
Zero Optik Rehoused Nikon AI/AIs and Angenieux EZ Zoom Lenses

The Tower

ITV Studios

DOP Tasha Back
Arri Alexa Mini LF
TLS Rehoused Canon K35s
Ancient Optics rehoused Canon FD50-300mm and Angenieux EZ Zoom Lenses

The Vanishing

Mad As Birds

DOP Jørgen Johansson
Arri Alexa XT & Arri/Zeiss Master Prime & Angenieux Optimo 24-290 Zoom Lenses

The Virtues

Warp Films for Channel 4

DOP Nick Gillespie
Arri Alexa Mini & Zeiss Superspeeds

This Is England ‘90

Warp Films for Channel 4

DOP Stu Bentley
Arri Amira
Arri Alexa & TLS Rehoused Canon K35

Traces

Red Productions for BBC

DOP Tasha Back
Arri Alexa Mini
Cooke S4/i Primes & Cooke 20-60 & 20-100 Varotal Zoom lenses

WE WORK WITH

“Great to have worked NO DRAMA on our recent NIKE ad, for Jonathan Glazer. I knew that working for Academy Films and Jonathan, anything could happen and I had to be prepared. So I was confident that NO DRAMA could provide the back up we needed. It was nothing short of a cruise... NO DRAMA - No worries...”

barry ackroyd bsc

"NoDrama are a delight to work with. They are professional, agile and dependable, always with the personal touch. I only regret they don't have a branch in London!"

Will Pugh, DOP

"The team at No Drama are consistently approachable, and generous with their knowledge and experience. They always go the extra mile, and will do everything they can to get you the best kit for your shoot. Thank you for all the support so far!"

Penny Davies, Line Producer; Annika

"I was really pleased that we went with No Drama. They were brilliant and a really good new discovery for me."

David Katznelson, DOP Boys; Red Productions/Channel 4

"No Drama are amazing: in-depth knowledge of kit and a real passion for cameras, lenses and all things film related. Dependable, reliable and always ready to offer creative solutions to our productions challenges."

Stuart Bentley DOP

"NoDrama has been an wonderfully welcoming home of support and advice for me. James and his teams always rise with utter enthusiasm to the idiosyncratic challenges of each project and speedily adapt to the changing nature of modern film and tv productions. They are a fantastic rental house with extensive technical knowledge and experience on the HOW of doing something. But more importantly for me, they are also a creative companion on your film journey, curious to understand the WHY of what you're doing, so as to to assist and collaborate with nuance to each story you are trying to tell."

DOP David Liddel, Crime

"From our first meeting until the last day of shooting, No Drama in Glasgow has been instrumental in finding solutions for a technically challenging shoot. Their service has been invaluable"

Bjørn Bratberg, DOP Annika

"No Drama are our go to for camera kit on our commercial shoots. They're swift, conscientious and have top quality equipment. They often go above and beyond to turnaround quotes quickly, which is vital in such a fast paced industry. We love them!"

Sarah Drummond, Head Of Production, LS Productions

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with No Drama a couple of times now and can’t recommend them highly enough. Excellent service, ‘can-do’ attitude, and great kit! What more could you ask for!?”

Lenny Ortmann, Line Producer Dinosaur & Dead Hot

"I've worked with many camera hire company's. No Drama in Manchester rocks. Can do. Will do. They're awesome stand up guys. Fantastic support, need I say more."

Luke Scott, DOP

No Drama do really offer a no drama solution to your production needs! They are fully competent at kitting up a job at a really competitive rate without comprising on quality, I would strongly recommend them.

Ryan Woodland, Production Manager - Sky Creative

James Jones and the team at NO DRAMA offer a brilliant service, often going above and beyond to support our Productions, from Shorts to Features and TV dramas, they have always taken a keen interest in our work and provided top quality Camera Kit on our Shows. Their service has been invaluable.

Brian Coffey, Producer

No Drama's service and support was great, they were always very organised and communicative with me and the crew while giving the necessary time to test and make creative and technical decisions.

DOP Steven Cameron Ferguson DINOSAUR

We’ve worked with No Drama across high end, primetime dramas as well as on small but ambitious micro budget series, and we are consistently impressed by how helpful, supportive and reactive they are. Brilliant kit, brilliant people, brilliant place!

Bjorn Hanson, Producer; Black Camel

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