Content Kings is a fully independent, award-winning Production Company based in the UK, Middle East and Beijing, set up by Gavin Hay and Jonathan Levi in 2020, producing ground-breaking, premium content aimed at global audiences. From the beginning, Content Kings has gone from strength to strength, establishing itself as a company corner-stoned by creative quality and global appeal. Having produced programmes for a range of reputable broadcasters, including Channel 5, ITV, Channel 4, Paramount Plus, Sky, and Crime and Investigation just to name a few, Content Kings shows no sign of stopping! 

 CEO, Gavin Hay has over 30 years of experience in the TV and Film industry and has co-created over 50 TV formats across his career, working with multi-million budgets. Gavin has experience in creating and nurturing companies into huge successes- He set up ‘Brighter Pictures’ in 1992 and generated masses of successful entertainment formats before selling to Endemol in 2004- one of the biggest media conglomerates in the world. Since establishing Content Kings, Gavin has continued to create successful media and bridge connections across the globe. 

 Managing Director, Jonathan Levi is a BAFTA nominated documentary filmmaker and an entrepreneurial executive producer, as well as a Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling true-crime author and former ITV Head of Arts and Popular Culture. He worked as an executive producer at Warner Bros as well as being Creative Director at Blue Ant and has hundreds of hours of broadcast credits under his belt.  His credits in scripted drama include producing Hatton Garden for ITV and Netflix with Oscar-nominated writer Jeff Pope, exclusive and groundbreaking primetime documentary series such as Broadmoor and Transformation Street for ITV, and Tulisa: The Price of Fame for BBC1, as well as numerous fact ent credits such as Don’t Tell The Bride, Used Car Wars and Fearne and…

From their early projects such as the ITV primetime documentary Accused of Killing Our Son: The Stephen Clark Story, and Who Killed Lin and Megan Russell? Content Kings have continued to create outstanding content.

Reaching millions of viewers, Content Kings has reached across genres, from the True crime docs that put them on the map- including The Ripper Speaks which gained never-before seen, exclusive access to conversations with the Yorkshire Ripper, to the internationally successful royal doc Diana: The Ultimate Truth to successful History-popular factual series such as Secrets of the Lost Liners and Sunken Warships: Secrets from the Deep.

Their recent ventures include a successful and growing reputation in popular consumer documentaries including the smash hit Microwaves VS Airfryers, Which is Better? Smart Meters- Should I Get One?, Loyalty Cards- Are They Worth It?The Great Smart Meter Swindle And Loyalty Cards- 10 Things You Need to Know Now! They’ve also produced two digital series for the Crime and Investigation channel: Model Murders and Trials By Social Media.

With their major success in the UK, Content Kings has expanded into the Middle East with the opening of their Dubai office in 2023. Content Kings is one of very few Western film companies to have access and film experience in the UAE and has already secured several big projects. In just the last year, they have created a documentary with household American superstar comedian Steve Harvey, as well as a massive, global entertainment format, a gameshow based around the popular ‘Riyadh Season,’ with plenty more projects in the works.

Summer 2024 saw Content Kings establish a strategic partner in Beijing to start to explore the Chinese market, with new projects coming soon!

With their global appeal and contacts, range of content across genres, experienced team and years of success, Content Kings is an ever-growing, extremely successful Production Company that always delivers.