ABOUT TLO FILM SERVICES
LEADING UK PICTURE VEHICLE SUPPLIER FOR FILM & TELEVISION

TLO FILM SERVICES IS A LEADING UK PICTURE VEHICLE SUPPLIER FOR FILM AND TELEVISION, PROVIDING PICTURE VEHICLE HIRE, ACTION VEHICLE HIRE, HERO CARS, BACKGROUND VEHICLES, SPECIALIST VEHICLES AND PRODUCTION READY FLEETS FOR SHOOTS ACROSS THE UK AND EUROPE.

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FOUNDED IN 1962 BY TONY LAWRENCE OLIVER, TLO FILM SERVICES WAS BUILT ON A PASSION FOR HISTORIC MILITARY VEHICLES, FILM ACCURACY AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PRODUCTIONS NEED ON SCREEN. AS TONY’S COLLECTION AND KNOWLEDGE GREW, SO DID DEMAND FROM THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY, AND WHAT STARTED WITH MILITARY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT NATURALLY DEVELOPED INTO A DEDICATED VEHICLE SUPPLY BUSINESS.

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BY THE MID 1960S, TLO WAS ALREADY SUPPLYING VEHICLES TO MAJOR PRODUCTIONS, WITH THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUING THROUGH THE DECADES. A DEFINING MOMENT CAME WHEN TONY WAS HIRED TO SUPPLY THE IN SHOT ACTION VEHICLES AND ACT AS TECHNICAL ADVISER ON BATTLE OF BRITAIN, HELPING ESTABLISH TLO AS A MAJOR NAME IN THE ACTION VEHICLE INDUSTRY. FROM THERE, THE BUSINESS CONTINUED TO GROW, SUPPORTING A WIDE RANGE OF FILMS AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS AND BUILDING A REPUTATION FOR RELIABILITY, SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.

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IN 1978, TLO MOVED TO ITS CURRENT HOME AT LONGCLOSE HOUSE, ETON WICK, PROVIDING THE SPACE AND FOUNDATIONS FOR FURTHER EXPANSION. FROM THIS BASE, THE COMPANY CONTINUED TO GROW ITS FLEET, ITS EXPERTISE AND ITS REPUTATION, WORKING ON MAJOR FILMS AND TELEVISION SERIES ACROSS MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF PRODUCTION. OVER THE YEARS, TLO HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SUPPLYING VEHICLES FOR PRODUCTIONS INCLUDING INDIANA JONES, SPIDER MAN: FAR FROM HOME, THE KING’S SPEECH, DUNKIRK, ROCKETMAN, ETERNALS, YOU AND ARTEMIS FOWL, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MAJOR TITLES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND TELEVISION.

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TODAY, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MARK OLIVER, TLO FILM SERVICES HAS GROWN INTO EUROPE’S LARGEST PICTURE VEHICLE SUPPLIER. WE WORK WITH STUDIOS, BROADCASTERS, STREAMING PLATFORMS AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES TO PROVIDE VEHICLES THAT MEET THE CREATIVE, TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL DEMANDS OF MODERN PRODUCTION. WHETHER A PROJECT REQUIRES A SINGLE HERO CAR, A FULL BACKGROUND FLEET, ACTION VEHICLES, PERIOD VEHICLES OR COMPLETE ON SET VEHICLE SUPPORT, OUR TEAM DELIVERS THE RIGHT VEHICLES, IN THE RIGHT CONDITION, EXACTLY WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED.

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OUR HISTORY SHAPES HOW WE WORK TODAY. SUPPLYING VEHICLES FOR SCREEN USE IS ABOUT FAR MORE THAN TRANSPORT. IT IS ABOUT PERIOD ACCURACY, CONTINUITY, PRESENTATION, LOGISTICS, TIMING AND ON SET SUPPORT. WITH MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE, WE UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES OF PRODUCTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING EVERY DETAIL RIGHT.

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ALONGSIDE OUR HERITAGE, WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE. TLO FILM SERVICES BELIEVES PROGRESS SHOULD BE PRACTICAL AS WELL AS AMBITIOUS, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE INVESTING IN CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES, EXPLORING RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS, AND RETHINKING HOW VEHICLE SUPPORT CAN EVOLVE FOR MODERN FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION. OUR AIM IS TO HELP PRODUCTIONS ACCESS THE VEHICLES THEY NEED WHILE MOVING TOWARDS MORE RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF WORKING.

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FOR US, SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT JUST ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. IT IS ALSO ABOUT BUILDING A BUSINESS THAT IS DURABLE, RESPONSIBLE AND FIT FOR THE FUTURE, ONE THAT VALUES LONG TERM THINKING, RESPECTS THE INDUSTRY IT SERVES, AND CONTINUES TO ADAPT AS PRODUCTION CHANGES. WE WANT TLO FILM SERVICES TO REFLECT THE FUTURE OF FILM AND TELEVISION: INNOVATIVE, INCLUSIVE, DEPENDABLE AND FORWARD LOOKING.

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BASED IN ETON WICK, BERKSHIRE, NEAR WINDSOR AND WITHIN REACH OF MAJOR PRODUCTION HUBS, TLO FILM SERVICES CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PRODUCTIONS ACROSS THE UK AND EUROPE WITH ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE SPECIALIST FLEETS IN THE INDUSTRY.

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FROM HERITAGE MILITARY VEHICLES TO MODERN PRODUCTION FLEETS, TLO FILM SERVICES COMBINES DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WITH A FORWARD LOOKING APPROACH, SUPPLYING THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY WITH TRUSTED PICTURE VEHICLES, ACTION VEHICLES AND SPECIALIST SUPPORT ACROSS THE UK AND EUROPE.