Three black Mercedes Sprinters of the R5 Executive Travel fleet lined up on a Manchester street

Production transport Manchester Unit cars and drivers
for your shoot

Drivers for film, TV, commercial, and editorial shoots across Manchester, MediaCityUK, and the North West, with NDAs on request. Pickup against your call sheet.

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For line producers & unit managers

Drivers who work from your call sheet.

We brief each driver from your call sheet, including unit base moves and early calls. R5 has run that brief across broadcast, editorial and commercial work, for clients including British Vogue, Netflix, Adidas, Vodafone, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Red Productions and Lime Pictures, and for independent production companies.

We pick up at unit bases including MediaCityUK, Dock10, Sharp Project, The Space Project, Factory International and Blue, and collect talent from The Lowry, Gotham, Dakota, Principal Manchester, the Edwardian, the Stock Exchange or private homes in Cheshire. Location runs go to the Lake District, the Peak District, Yorkshire and beyond. Drivers carry production passes, sign your NDA on request, and never post about who's in the back.

An R5 Mercedes Sprinter at a Manchester location on the cobbles beneath a railway viaduct, with crew and kit alongside

A black R5 Mercedes Sprinter parked outside a domed sandstone building in the city centre, with more Sprinters behind

Two crew radios in the cab door pocket of an R5 Sprinter

An example shoot day.

A sample transport schedule, not a real job. Yours is built from your call sheet.

WhenCarMovementNotesExample

Day beforeCall sheet inWe brief each driver on the pickups, unit base and call time, and confirm your fixed fare in writing.

Call −90Range RoverTalent: hotel to setCollected from the hotel, home or airport. We track the flight on airport pickups.

Call −60SprinterCast and crew to unit baseEight seats and room for twelve cases, so kit, wardrobe and flight cases travel with the crew.

Unit moveSprinter, V-ClassBase to locationLocation runs across the North West, booked by the full day.

On the dayChangesBy text or phone between 08:00 and 21:00. Where timing allows, the same driver stays with the shoot.

WrapRange RoverSet to hotel, or on to LondonDoor to door after the wrap, including Manchester to London.

Month endOne invoiceApproved accounts get one VAT invoice a month on 30-day terms, with your PO number on it if you ask.

Two R5 Mercedes Sprinters on a location shoot under the railway arches in Castlefield, Manchester

An R5 Mercedes Sprinter in a client's livery, with a second Sprinter behind

Two R5 Mercedes Sprinters in client livery parked on the Liverpool waterfront

Inside the Sprinter.

Eight individual seats and room for twelve cases. For a smaller unit, the V-Class seats seven with eight cases; for principals, the Range Rover takes up to three. See the Sprinter

Tan quilted captain seats inside an R5 Sprinter, with light strips and a screen on the bulkhead

The full length of an R5 Sprinter cabin, with paired captain seats either side of the aisle

The rear of an R5 Sprinter loaded with a wardrobe rail, flight cases and luggage

Production standards.

NDAs on request
If the production asks, every chauffeur on the job signs its NDA before they take the car out.
The same driver
Where timing allows, the same driver stays with the shoot, so the talent sees the same face every morning. Our same-chauffeur rate is 94%.
Unit base familiarity
We know the gates and access routes at MediaCityUK, Dock10, The Space Project, Sharp Project and Factory International.