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Case Study · Television

Parkour Stunt Doubles for The Gathering

Scripted television is the hardest test of a movement athlete. The work has to be repeatable, safe, matched to an actor's build and gait, and delivered inside a production schedule that does not wait.

Production
The Gathering (World Productions)
Broadcaster
Channel 4
Broadcast
May 2024
Recognition
Best Series, Monte-Carlo TV Festival 2024
The Work

Precision,
Take After Take

Before incorporating Movement Management UK Ltd, founder Chris Ilabaca personally booked Arthur Gledhill-Franks, Rachel Gough and Aiden Knox onto Channel 4's The Gathering. Arthur served as lead stunt double, with Rachel performing stunts alongside him. Arthur and Rachel are now represented by Movement Management; Aiden is an independent parkour athlete with whom Chris retains a professional relationship, and future availability would be confirmed per booking. Doubling is precision work: every line the audience believes the cast ran, climbed and jumped had to be performed cleanly, take after take, to the stunt coordinator's exact requirements.

The series went on to win Best Series at the 2024 Monte-Carlo TV Festival. Their movement is part of what audiences and judges saw on screen.

Broadcasters book Movement Management because our athletes arrive production-ready: insured, disciplined on set, and able to translate elite parkour into what a director can actually shoot.

Discuss Your Production
The Gathering: Channel 4 publicity still from the First Look set
On Screen

An Award-Winning
Six-Part Drama

Official publicity images from the Channel 4 series our athletes doubled on.

The Gathering: Channel 4 First Look publicity still
The Gathering: cast publicity still, Channel 4
The Gathering: cast publicity still, Channel 4
The Gathering: cast publicity still, Channel 4
The Gathering: cast publicity still, Channel 4
The Gathering: casting announcement board, Channel 4

Publicity images courtesy of Channel 4.

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Stunt Performers?

From doubling to full stunt support, our athletes arrive insured, disciplined and ready for the schedule. Tell us what the script needs.