MILITARY ADVISORS

We have Military Advisors for Film and TV from all 3 Services - The Royal Navy, The British Army and The Royal Airforce. All of our Military Advisors have many years of Experience and have worked on some of the biggest productions of the last decade from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars to The Crown and Oscar winning films such as Darkest Hour.

ON-SET ADVICE AND SCRIPT CONSULTANCY

Our experienced Advisors understand how to ensure productions get the advice and work closely with a crew on set

HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND SCRIPT CONSULTANCY

We have advised on a range of productions from the Medieval period to The Cold War

QUALIFIED FIREARMS INSTRUCTORS

We have a pool of experienced weapons instructors who can ensure authenticity for contemporary and period productions. We have provided everything from Special Forces sniper instructors to experts in 18th century muskets.

DRILL INSTRUCTORS

We can supply drill instructors who have years of experience of ceremonial duties with Foot Guards regiments

VETERANS

We can provide veterans to advise productions who have served in a variety of conflicts from WW2 to recent Operations

MILITARY VEHICLE SPECIALISTS

We can provide people with experience and licences to drive a variety of Military Vehicles

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Lieutenant Colonel Dickie Trant

Lieutenant Colonel Dickie Trant had a career in The British Army spanning over 30 years. He fought in both the first and second Gulf Wars and completed numerous tours of The Balkans. Dickie also worked around the world with foreign militaries and left the Army having Commanded a Regiment.

Dickie is now the Managing Director of Services to Film and has had a prolific career as a Military Advisor on Downton Abbey, Military Wives, The Crown and Belgravia to name but a few

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Major Charlie Rotheram

Charlie joined The British Army at 18 years old. He has served in a variety of roles with the Regular Army and Army Reserves since 1999. Charlie was a Reconnaissance Officer in Afghanistan and has experience of State Ceremonial Duties and as a Royal Equerry.

Charlie set up Services To Film in 2013 and has been a Military Advisor on many Film and TV Productions including Fury, War Machine, Darkest Hour and Downton Abbey.

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Major Merlin Hanbury-Tenison

Merlin has had a varied career in the British Army having joined as a teenager in 2005. Merlin had completed 3 tours of Afghanistan before his 25th birthday in roles including a Recce Officer, Forward Air Controller (coordinating coalition air strikes) and in covert operations.

Merlin has worked on a variety of productions including Darkest Hour and Black Widow for which he ran a cast boot camp and was the Military Technical Advisor to the principal actor.

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Commodore the Hon Micheal Cochrane OBE

Michael spent over 30 years in The Royal Navy. He circumnavigated the globe in the Royal Yacht Britannia on Royal Tours and was subsequently the Captain of HM Ships Brecon, Somerset, and Chatham. For his last appointment he commanded a flotilla of 46 ships including Aircraft Carriers.

Michael has tremendous experience of operations at sea and his passionate about the history of The Royal Navy. He recently advised on elements involving The Royal Navy for "The Crown".

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Major Keith Gardner

Keith qualified as a Harrier Pilot aged 22 and later completed 3 tour in Afghanistan. He has extensive experience of flying operations, including from Royal Navy Carriers. Keith is currently serving with The Army Reserves working with the RAF Support Helicopter Force.

Keith has been involved in a wide range of productions for Services To Film including The Star Wars franchise where fulfilled his childhood

ambition of being an X-Wing pilot.

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Lieutenant Colonel Mick Cataldo

Mick spent over 20 years in the Regular Army as an Infantry officer and serving with The Royal Marines. He served in many operational theatres including The Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mick was the driving force behind Project SENATE - an initiative to connect the MOD with the film and TV industry, utilising Defence assets for creative productions. Mick has assisted productions both as a Military Advisor and helping source and integrate military assets into filming.

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