For Mozart: Rise of a Genius, Finishing Artist Dan Garden worked closely with director of photography Duane McClunie and series director Alice Smith to bring their ambitious vision to life. Dan’s approach centred around a film emulation workflow, where he added texture and character to the otherwise pristine digital rushes. This blend of period authenticity with modern creative flair helped to depict Mozart in all his larger-than-life brilliance.

London, UK, January 2026 – The Finish Line has been named Gold Winner in the non-indie category of Broadcast Magazine’s Best Places to Work in TV for the fourth year in a row, an achievement the company says feels like an incredibly special way to begin 2026.

We’ve pulled together a little highlight reel that showcases just a few of the projects we were proud to be part of in 2025.

When we launched The Finish Line in 2011, the idea of running a distributed post-production company raised more eyebrows than applause. At that time, the industry was dominated by expensive post houses in central London, packed with edit suites, long commutes, and the belief that clients had to sit in the room to get the best out of the process.

Post production is changing. Budgets are tighter, schedules are shorter, and the pressure to deliver high-quality content hasn’t gone away. At The Finish Line, we believe the answer isn’t to squeeze more from less, it’s to rethink how we work. That’s why we’ve built our entire model around embedded post: a deeply collaborative, flexible and cost-effective approach that treats post as a core part of production, not a handoff that happens at the end.

At The Finish Line, we’ve set up our business to be both family-friendly and high-performing, two concepts that can be seen as at odds with each other. Here are some key lessons we’ve learned along the way:

The Finish Line has been crowned “Gold Winner” in the Broadcast magazine best places to work in TV for the second year in a row!! If it was just the one time, we might have thought it was an accident, but now we know we are doing something right, and we would love to help more companies make the list! TV & Film is a notoriously unhealthy industry that is rife with exploitative business practices, but it doesn’t need to be that way. Below, we’ll do our best to cover simple things that you can do to make life better for your employees and help them to be able to do work they love while also enjoying life outside of work.

Welcome to the latest instalment of our meet the team series, where we get to know the amazing people behind The Finish Line. This time, we’ll be chatting to our Finishing Assistant, Gemma Comber. Gemma has always had a passion for film and TV. Inspired by Tarantino and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, she jumped at the chance to do a media studies course for her A-levels. It was there that she realised she was happy to let everyone else fight over directing and camera roles – while she took her seat in the editor’s chair. It was the beginning of a passion for post production that continues to this day.

Our work on BBC Two's The Speedshop has been featured in several magazines! Read more about what they said here.

Our talented Finishing Artist, Katie Kemp, graded never-before-seen footage to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 for Brook Lapping’s new 90-minute documentary, 9/11: Life Under Attack.