Bailey Balloons are very experienced suppliers of pilots and hot air balloons for television and film companies throughout the media industry.

All Bailey Balloons pilots have had wide and varied experience of working with film, television, radio and press. We will work with you to get the results you need. We can often make suggestions to enhance your idea-please just ask or we can do the job to your specification.

We have experience of working at short notice for last minute urgent jobs or news reports and also working on long-term projects. Hot air balloons provide an excellent and very stable platform for filming and photography that can capture unusual perspectives and bird’s eye views! We can also use cranes for special film shots.

Our pilots have worked on Hollywood films, such as James Bond, TV shows, news, documentaries, chat shows, children’s programmes, cookery programmes, commercials, radio and media grabbing stunts.

We can also offer ballooning props for hire, experienced aerial film crew, helicopters, and anything else to ensure it all goes smoothly! If you need slow and steady aerial activity we can provide hot air balloons for all your requirements.

We have an excellent reputation and can obtain the relevant permissions and have media specific Risk Assessments on request.

Bailey Balloons, and their camera team, have wide ranging experience in the aviation film industry, some examples of which are as follows:

• Anglia TV Flying Legends Airshow
• BBC Antiques Show
• BBC Xchange
• BBC Food and Drink programme
• BBC Fast Track
• BBC Breakfast
• BBC News 24
• BBC Points West
• BBC Blue Peter
• BBC Ripley & Scruff
• BBC Big Balloon Challenge (Points West)
• BBC Crafty Tricks of War
• BBC Seven Wonders of the World
• BBC Battle of Britain Airshow
• BBC Airshow
• BBC Would Like To Meet
• BBC The Richard Hilary Story (WWII Spitfire Pilot)
• BBC Record Breakers
• Carlton Central TV - Royal International Air Tattoo 1994 - 2003
• Channel 4 - Drambuie Challenge
• Channel 4 Documentaries
• David Hempleman Adams Flight to the North Pole and all the resultant news media
• Discovery Channel – Airshow Safety
• Discovery Channel – American Chopper
• Discovery Channel – Special Assignments
• Discovery - Royal Airforces Association Airshow
• ITV Prove It
• ITV West – Bristol Balloon Fiesta and Various
• The BBC Balloon
• The Night & Day (film)
• The World’s Not Enough (James Bond Film)
• SBAC - Farnborough
• Sky Sports
• Sky News
• Speedvision - Paris Airshow
• Telcel Advertising Campaign