CB Pictures
CB Pictures is the successor to CB Films, a long-standing production label founded and run by Malcolm Neaum. Since it’s first creation, 2006, CB Films has never failed to deliver high-quality content. . CB specialises in access-driven documentaries, story-telling, journalism and docu-drama. Its story-telling techniques are constantly evolving, always looking to embrace new technologies to innovate and bring something truly original to TV production.
With hundreds of hours commissioned, CB has consistently delivered the highest level of access (including to the Kremlin and the Vatican). Malcolm Neaum delivered one of the biggest television commissions in history (I Should Be Alive), as well as award-winning specials and some of the highest-rated programmes on television.
Malcolm Neaum
Executive Producer, Founder and Managing Director of CB Pictures
Paralympic world record holder and multiple gold medalist, I am a highly analytical and award-winning professional with extensive experience across high-stakes environments worldwide, including, Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia and USA. As an accomplished Journalist, Director, Producer, Founder and Managing Director of CB Films, I have a proven record in leadership, communication, and research. With over 25 years in investigative journalism and documentary making, I am driven by connecting with individuals, unlocking hidden stories, and producing informed media which makes a difference.
Malcolm's Experience
March 2023 - Present
Sep 2021 - Feb 2023
Sep 2020 - Sep 2021
Sep 2006 - Jul 2020
2004-2005
2002-2004
1996-2001
Pre-1996
Co-Lead Factual, Embankment Films. Oversee the development, production, and delivery of high-quality factual content for domestic and international audiences, ensuring alignment with the company’s creative vision and strategic objectives.
● The Real Top Gun - Airforce (6x60, Series One - Paramount Studios)
● Dwarf Story (1x90 ITV)
● Dr Africa - the biggest cover-up about the world’s most deadly virus.
● Garbo: Leave Me Alone (Feature - Netflix/Sky)
● An Uncivil War (Audience Award at the 2024 Sheffield International Documentary Festival)
Head of Factual, Salon Pictures. Directed the overall strategy and creative vision for the factual slate, delivering critically acclaimed documentaries and factual content for global distribution.
● Call Me Kate - Behind the Icon of Katherine Hepburn (Feature 1x90” - Netflix/Sky/International)
● Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, The Horse, and Me (Feature/1x60” - BBC2/Apple - Christmas Special/International)
● This is Joan Collins (Feature 1x90” - BBC/Netflix)
Head of Development, Chimp Television. Ensured the creation and development of original, high-concept factual and entertainment programming, shaping the company's production slate to fit industry trends and audience demands.
● Richard Hammond's Workshop - The Small Cog (Discovery +, 8x60”, Victoria Nobel)
● World of Wonder Comedy Central, 8x60”, Ben Frow,
● Shackleton (National Geographic/C4, 90” Special)
● The Day the Robots Came to Town (National Geographic, 6x60 returnable, Charlie Parsons)
Owner, Managing Director and Executive Producer, CB Films. Directed the development, production, and delivery of high-profile, multi-million-dollar films, documentaries, and television content, catering to domestic and international markets. Supervised and mentored a team of creative and production professionals, cultivating a collaborative, innovative, and results-driven working environment. Built and maintained strong relationships with key broadcasters, experts, and commissioning editors, working collaboratively with major platforms such as Netflix, Apple, Amazon, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky, Discovery, Paramount, National Geographic, Viacom/The Comedy Channel, TLC, and the History Channel. Negotiated contracts, licensing agreements, and coproduction deals, ensuring legal and financial compliance across all projects
● CSI Vatican - opening the world’s greatest relics (National Geographic, 6x60”)
● Frankenstein Science (National Geographic Explorer Strand, 3x60”)
● Supernatural Nazis (History Channel & FIVE, 3 x 60)
● My Mania and Me (Channel 4, Features, 3 x 60”, Kate Teckman)
● Mammoth Back From The Dead (National Geographic, 2x60”, Charlie Parsons)
● Confessions of a Male Stripper (Channel Four,1 x 60, Gilly Greenslade)
● I Cloned My Pet (TLC, 3x 60”, Wendy Douglas)
● Great Animal Escapes (The Discovery Channel, 10 x60”, Victoria Noble)
● That’s English (Zodiak International Distribution, 5×60”)
● The Pygmy Hippo: A very secret life (BBC Natural World, 1x60”, Roger Webb)
● Mammoth Rising (National Geographic and Cover Story for National Geographic Magazine 90” Special, Charlie Parsons)
● The £60,000 Puppy (Channel 4 - Features, 1x60”, Kate Teckman)
● Polar Bear Town (Animal Planet US, 3x60”)
● Viking Queen (1 x 60”- National Geographic US/National Geographic Int’l/NRK) 3
● The Man With The Golden Gavel (1x 60”- BBC 4/BBC 2)
● Tweed - Trouble looms, harassed tweed and hanging by a thread (3x60” - BBC4/BBC2)
● Rich Man, Poor Man (2 x 60” BBC 4/BBC2)
● Time watch: Queen Elizabeth’s Lost Guns (1 x 60” - plus Web 360° - BBC2)
● Solved: The Riddle of the Romanovs (1 x 60” – National Geographic & Channel 5 (UK)
● Savile Row (Love Thy Neighbour, Foreign Affairs and New Blood (3 x 60” - BBC 4/BBC 2)
● The Mystery of the Gold Mask (1 x 60” - Discovery US/UK/INTL)
● The Mystery of the Roman Catacombs (1 x 60” - Discovery US/UK/INTL)
● Half Body, Whole Life (1 x 60” - Five/TLC)
● Tourettes Rewired (1 x 60” - TLC/five (Extraordinary People)
● The Girl Who Survived Rabies (1 x 60” - Discovery USA/Five (Extraordinary People)
Head of Development, Darlow Smithson Productions.
50 hours of original commissions
● I Shouldn’t Be Alive (20 x 60”) (C4 & Discovery)
● Unstoppable Wave (90” Special) (BBC1 & Discovery)
● Seconds From Disaster (13 x 60” – National Geographic)
● Buildings In The Name of God (6 x 60” - History Channel)
● Megastructures (4 x 60” - Five & National Geographic)
● Gunpowder Explosion (1 x 90” - ITV)
Head of Development, Cicada Films
50 hours of original commissions
Producer / Director / Reporter, BBC
Horizon (Producer Director)
Documentary Unit (Producer / Director / Reporter)
Current Affairs
Science & History
Arts
Radio 4 / BBC 1 / BBC 2 / BBC 4
Early Adventures
● TV Tokyo - Producer/Reporter (London Office)
● Australian Fairfax Bureau - (London Office)
● Namib Times - news desk, (Windhoek Office)
● Newsweek (South Africa) - (Pretoria/Joburg Bureau Office)
● The Straits Times Singapore (Singapore Office)
● Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Brisbane Office - graduate programme)