Urban Canyons is a multi-award winning Television Production and Distribution company based in Manchester (UK) and Malta, specialising in scripted and unscripted History programming. Client list includes Smithsonian Channel / Paramount, Bilibili, ZDF, SVT, arte, Planéte, SVT, Rai, ORF, SRF, UKTV, Fox (Nat Geo) and ZDF Enterprises. The company was set up by Sebastian Peiter in 2005. From 2011, former A+E commissioner Richard Melman joined as Co Executive.