00:00:00
The
Midnight
Hour
One night. One phone call. One production company on the Costa del Sol that did not go to bed.
Soho.
Midnight.
Panic.
A producer in a London edit suite. A commissioner who wants Spain by Friday. Everyone sensible is asleep.
We are not sensible. We are twenty years of BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and ITV sat on a balcony in Marbella with the phone face up. It rings. We answer. That is the whole trick.
We film
where others
holiday
Every one of these is ninety minutes or less from Málaga airport. We have shot them all. Several of them twice.
Marbella
Old town by moonlight. Orange trees, white walls, a mayor's office that answers our emails.
Ronda
A bridge over a 120 metre drop. Your presenter will be fine. Probably.
Mijas
The white village. Cobbles, donkeys, and a CEO who has beef with the donkeys.
Málaga
The port, the light, the Picasso. Twenty minutes from the runway to rolling.
Nerja
Cliffs, caves, the Balcony of Europe. Drone permit already in the drawer.
Puerto Banús
The money shot. Literally. Yachts, supercars, and owners who like being on telly.
Sierra de las Nieves
Snow in the name. Sun on the day. A national park an hour from the beach.
Fuengirola
Home. Seven kilometres of beach and the office where the kettle lives.
ahead
Roman
Local fixer. Locations lead. Has never once said "leave it with me" and then left it.
Roman
does not
do panic
While London is still typing, the Costa del Sol is already sorted.
The only real TV fixers actually based on the Costa del Sol. Not an agency in London with a Spanish phone number. We live here, we shoot here, and the town hall knows our faces.
- 00:24Permits. Filed weeks ago. Town hall, coastal authority, national park. All of them.
- 00:31Police. Briefed. Road closure agreed. They asked if Bear is coming.
- 00:38The villa. Owner awake, delighted, making coffee. Pool heated. Yes, in the night.
- 00:45Crew. Six locals who have done BBC, C4, C5 and ITV shoots with us. No handoffs. No strangers.
Bear
signs off
every shot
He has never been wrong. He has also never been awake for it.
Every location on this page was approved by a Pomeranian asleep on a cushion. Every viral video, every four million views, every permit. He takes the credit. We take the calls. The arrangement works.
asleep
Bear
Chief Executive. Face of the company. Thinks he is fabulous. Annoyingly, correct.
4,000,000views · several times a month
Total ad spend: £0
Nobody bought those. A dog, a fixer and a man who knows exactly where the camera goes. Ballsy.tv goes viral several times a month. The audience is real, the location is Spain, the invoice is honest.
By one
you have
Spain
A location, a crew, a budget and a fixer who answers. By Friday, a commissioner who is very pleased with you.
Twenty years of UK broadcast. The only real TV fixers based in the region. And one mantra that makes us impossible to copy: great telly without killing anyone in the process. Staff first. No bullies. That is the whole company. Now it is your turn to ring at midnight.
Ballsytv
Film in Spain. Without losing the plot. · @david.pesellin