Welcome to The Dog House
Home of Mad Dogs Television
We sniff out quality broadcast equipment and professional crews for all your television broadcast, corporate and video content needs.
Our highly obedient & trained pack can guide you when planning your next TV documentary, lead you through equipping your video production & dig up the top dogs to go on location. To our clients, Mad Dogs really are productions best friend.
Our constant reinvestment in the latest technology ensures we can provide you with top quality equipment. We have an extensive range of cameras, grips, minicams, lighting kits, sound equipment, data wrangling kits and much more! We stock broadcast cameras including Sony’s flagship ranges with the Burano, PXW FX9, ILME-FX6 & ILME-FX3 as well as PXW-FS7 mk2 & PXW Z750 for 4K production.
We also have smaller cameras for quality on a budget including the PXW Z280, PXW X70, Insta360 X4, Blackmagic Micro Studios Cameras and GoPros available for hire. Feel free to browse around and have a look at what we have to offer and find out more about us. If you would like any more in depth information or have a specific enquiry please get in touch.
You can contact us by email [email protected] or give the dog a bone on 02380 813847

Popular Equipment
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Sony Burano Cinema Camera
£385.00Sony Burano, essentially the Venice-lite. This camera fills the void left by the Sony PMW-F55 and bridges the Sony cinema range from Venice 2 to the PXW-FX9. It is an 8k Full frame offering with in sensor stabilization for any lens, the only camera is Sonys line up to offer that with built in variable ND also. It can natively fit PL mount and E mount lenses. We see this as a particularly powerful combination for long lens shooting and dynamic movement.
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Apple Macbook Pro M1 DIT Laptop
£25.00We exclusively use Apple Mackbook Pro for our DIT/Data wrangler laptops. Each unit comes with the latest licence of Shotput pro, Catalyst browse & Di Vinci resolve. Adobe CS is also installed (User licence required). All packaged in a molded pelicase with required docks and card readers. We maintain our kits to ensure you get the quickest and most secure offload speeds.
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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
£30.00How do you made your food pack shots look amazing? The EF 100mmm f/2.8 Macro USM lens is all you need for those mouth watering close ups
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Sony PXW FX9 Camera Hire
£225.00The flagship of our camera department, the amazing Sony FX9 follows the form factor of the original FS7 but brings with it a 6k full frame sensor, dual base ISOs and improved 4K and HD colour sampling. Paired with our Canon CN7 Cine Servo lens and this makes for a mighty setup producing stunning cinematic 4K and HD video in a more recognisable “ENG” style. All of our FX9s feature a Hawk-Woods V-lok plate for extended battery run times to ensure the demand of even the longest shooting day are met.
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Canon 70-200mm f2.8 Long Zoom Lens
£35.00The canon ef 70-200mm f/2.8 l is ii usm is a professionally quality, fast-aperture telephoto zoom lens what is great for master interviews, portraiture, long lens and GV’s. Everything looks beautiful from a the long end of this fast aperture lens
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Canon 24-105mm f4 Zoom Lens
£25.00Favoured by those wanting to carry a single lens on location, this lens delivers stunning image quality with advanced image stabilisation. EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM is a standard zoom lens that goes just that little bit further, whether you’re shooting photography or video. This lens is ideal for when you need to capture exceptional image quality, while travelling light.
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Sony 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G Zoom Lens
£75.00Sony’s super telephoto zoom 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G lens is a phenomonal lens to have when shooting wildlife, sports and more! But is 600mm still isn’t long enough then try it with the Sony SEL20TC 2x extender
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Insta360 X4 360 Minicam Kit
£35.00The small but mighty Insta360 X4 is the very latest in the line of 360 cameras. Offering a whopping 8K sensor this allows for greater detail and resolution when dewarped into a standard 16:9 HD or 4K frame. The 360 nature of the camera allows for retrospective reframing of shots as well as more creative options like “little planet” style video. These 360 cameras are a great addition to our minicam fleet and allows production more options than ever when it comes to capturing in the moment action.

Friendly local support
Every booking is handled personally by a dedicated member our team. From start to finish we’re hands on to ensure we provide the right kit for the job. We pack each kit as if we were using it, to ensure everything you need on location is in the bag ready to go.
Getting you to location
We offer support forr out crews flying out of the UK. Delivering to and collecting from the airport. We'll help your team with getting everything to the airport, checked in and the crew though security. Packing for travel is our forte! Reducing your excess baggage and saving money! We help take the stress out of international projects for crew and production.
In house technicians
Our ability to maintain and repair our equipment in house means we can ensure every hire goes without a hitch. Or if something does need repairs, we can fix it in house to keep costs down and pass the savings onto you! We also offer in house serving and repairs of your equipment too! Our contacts within the industry mean we can source original parts for spares, or make suggestions for the right people to go to for specialist advice and servicing.
Professional crew
Our crews are all broadcast professionals and we cover a broad range of skills to suit your requirements. Our crew include Camera operators and Sound recordists as well as DITs, Drone, Jimmy Jib and Gimbal operators. Minicam riggers, Timelapse specialists and Technical supervisors.
Our address
Maddogs Television
The Dog House
Pound Lane
Copythorne
SO40 2PD
Office hours
- 9am - 5:30pm