Our fleet can provide historically accurate boats for scenes spanning periods from the Middle Ages to the 1960s, as follows:
- Thames Wherry ‘Rose in June’: Middle Ages to 1850s
- Waterman’s Skiff ‘Babs’: Middle Ages to 1960s
- Thames Skiff ‘Rocksand’: 1850s to present day
We have a wide range of seatbacks, sails, costumes and props that we can use to ensure correct period details.
We can provide crew or advice and guidance for your actors.
We work with established marine film companies or, for smaller projects, can provide filming opportunities from our own boats.
Thames Wherry Rose in June film and TV commissions include:
- Britain Afloat (BBC, 2017)
- Hollow Crown (Director: Dominic Cooke, 2016)
- Wolf Hall (Director: Peter Kosminsky, BBC, 2014)
Rowing Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy) to the Tower of London in Wolf Hall
- Mr. Turner (Director: Mike Leigh, Sony Productions, 2013). See Mr. Turner being rowed in Rose in June to see the Fighting Temeraire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3m_kNu2Gs8
- The Plantaganets, Richard II (BBC, 2013)
- Renaissance Man 2 (Director: Emma Slack, Tiger Aspect for Channel 4, 2012)
- A Renaissance Education, presented by Dr. Helen Castor, (Director: Fiona Cushley, BBC, 2011)
- Robin Hood (Director: Ridley Scott, Universal Studios, 2010)
- Antiques Roadshow – feature on decorated prize backboards (BBC, 2009)
- Daniel Deronda (Director: Tom Hooper, BBC, 2002)
- Mr. Pepys Diary (Director: Tuppence Stone, BBC, 2002)
Waterman’s Skiff Babs film and TV commissions include:
- The One Show at Hampton Court (BBC, 2015)
- The Great Fire (ITV, 2014)
- Shakespeare Uncovered – Henry IV and V by Jeremy Irons (Director: Richard Denton, BBC, 2012)
- Blue Peter at Hampton Court Palace (BBC, 2010)
Blue Peter presenters in waterman’s skiff ‘Babs’ at Hampton Court Palace
Please contact info@thameswherry.org if you would like to enquire about film or tv commisions.