ITV Studios is a British multinational

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and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster

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. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadcasters, and is based in 12 countries across 60 production labels, with local production offices in the UK, US,

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About

ITV Studios not only makes programs primarily for its parent company ITV plc, but also for other networks such as the BBC and

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV plc owned 'channel three' licensees which occurred from 1994 to 2004, and for a number of years thereafter following the creation of ITV plc. The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities The London Studios, 3SixtyMedia (based at

ITV Granada ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was its ...

, and co-owned with BBC Studios and Post Production), and location hire company ProVision (based at

ITV Yorkshire ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network. Until 1974, this was prima ...

, with sales offices at ITV Granada and The London Studios). ITV Studios Global Entertainment (formerly Granada International and Granada Ventures) is responsible for sales of finished programmes, formats and commercial licensing deals.

History

Granada Media

ITV Studios Limited's history can be traced back to Granada Productions, which was founded in 1954 as Granada Television's in-house production arm.

Carlton International

Central Television Enterprises, Central Independent Television's international sales operations founded in 1987. Central Television Enterprises was later acquired by

Carlton Communications Carlton was a British media company. It was led by Michael P. Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it was bought by Granada plc in a corporate takeover to form ITV plc. Carlton shareholders gained ...

in 1994 when they purchased Central, renaming the company as CTE (Carlton) Limited. In March 1998, CTE was renamed as Carlton International Media Limited.

ITV Studios

During the merger of Granada Media and Carlton Communications to form ITV plc in 2004, the international division of Granada Media was folded into Carlton International, which assumed the name of Granada International. Meanwhile, Carlton's TV unit was folded into Granada's but retained the "Granada Media Group" name. In January 2006, the company assumed the name "ITV Productions" for all produced shows airing on ITV networks, while the Granada name was retained on shows that aired on non-ITV channels, such as

's ''

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'', and '' The Royle Family'' for the BBC. However, Welsh programmes would always retain the "ITV Cymru" brand. Granada Media Limited was renamed ITV Productions Limited in December 2006. In February 2008, ITV announced to wind up the Granada brand, and that they would merge Granada International and Granada Ventures into a then-unnamed business. however, some of ITV Studios' subsidiaries, such as ITV Studios Australia, still carried the Granada name until 2013. On 17 November 2009, the company announced to split its main production arm into four separate departments for factual, entertainment, daytime and scripted. In May 2017, ITV plc acquired production company World Productions. As a result of the takeover, the company is now a part of ITV Studios, with ITV Studios Global Entertainment handling international distribution of future series. That same year, ITV Studios also acquired Swedish game show and entertainment programming producer Elk Production, a stake in Danish drama producer Apple Tree Productions, founded by former DR Drama Deputy Head Lars Hermann and Piv Bernth (producer of the hit series '' The Killing'') who had both left public broadcaster DR (which was the home for ''The Killing''), and another stake in Italian film and television producer Cattleya, well known for producing the 2015 crime film '' Suburra'' and the 2017 RAI/Netflix television series co-production that serves as a prequel to it. Cattleya is also a partner in Vision Distribution, an Italian film distribution company founded in 2016 with

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, Wildside (owned by ITV Studios' rival

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), Lucisano Media Group, Palomar and Indiana Production. In 2017, American horror film production company Blumhouse Productions sold a 45% stake in their independent television studio Blumhouse Television to ITV. Blumhouse is known for their globally successful films such as '' Paranormal Activity'' and '' Insidious''. On 1 October 2019, ITV Studios restructured their entire distribution business. The Creative Network division, led by Mike Beale, consists of all of ITVS' unscripted format labels in and outside the United Kingdom, including recently acquired Israeli company Armoza Formats. The Global Entertainment division, based in the Netherlands, focuses on international sales of ITVS' unscripted formats. As a result, Talpa Media became defunct while Talpa Global was absorbed into the Global Entertainment division. The Global Distribution division will handle ITVS' drama and finished-tape catalogue as well as co-financing, co-production and production of scripted series. On 1 July 2020, ITV Studios announced a music partnership with

BMG Rights Management BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label. BMG was founded in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold i ...

(the sister company to ITV Studios' rival

via both companies' parent

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), which includes a joint venture production music label. On 28 April 2021, ITV Studios expanded into

with the launch of Cattleya Producciones, an offshoot of their Italian subsidiary Cattleya.

Output

ITV Studios is a major commercial TV producer in the UK, creating over 3,500 hours of original programming each year across all genres except news. Its

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programmes include, or have included, ''

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'', ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...

'', '' Heartbeat'', '' Marple'' and '' Agatha Christie's Poirot'', '' Brainiac: Science Abuse'', I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', '' Parkinson'', ''

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' (referred to simply as ''Saturday Night Takeaway'' or ''SNT'') is a British television variety show, created and presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), an ...

'', ''

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'', '' The Jeremy Kyle Show'' and '' This Morning''. ITV Studios also produces programmes for other UK broadcasters outside of its own

. These include the BBC,

, Channel 5 and Sky. ITV Studios is based in

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and

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

, with the centre in

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popul ...

now only home to ''Emmerdale'' and

Shiver Productions Multistory Media (formerly known as Shiver) is a British television production company. It is a subsidiary of ITV Studios and one of the largest providers of factual entertainment in the United Kingdom. Some of its productions include '' Paul O ...

(formerly Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television's then Granada Productions' northern features department). The production centres in Bristol and

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closed in 2006 and 2012 respectively. ITV Studios also owns So Television after acquiring

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's production company in 2012. On 22 April 2013, ITV announced they had acquired production company The Garden for £18 million; which is best known for producing Channel 4 series ''

24 Hours in A&E ''24 Hours in A&E'' is a British documentary programme, set in a teaching hospital in inner London. Initially it was filmed in King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, Camberwell, but in the seventh series, the setting was changed to St George's ...

''. In 2013, ITV launched a new production company named

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. 2016 saw ITV Studios secure a four-year British horse racing deal which saw the

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and

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all be shown on ITV. Since 14 January 2013, the ITV logo has been added to the opening credits of the majority of ITV Studios-produced shows airing on ITV's channels, similar to the BBC.

Production franchises of ITV Studios

In 2004, a duopoly had formed, and Granada owned six franchises, whilst Carlton Communications owned five. Granada bought a 64% controlling stake and took over Carlton in 2004 with the amalgamation of ITV. Consequently, programmes produced by all divisions were referred to as 'A Granada Manchester Production', 'A Granada London Production', etc., at the end of credits. ITV Studios comprises the network production divisions from its following predecessor companies: *

ITV Anglia ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated ...

ITV Central ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands. It was created following the rest ...

formerly Carlton Central, Central Independent Television and ATV. *

ITV Wales & West ITV Wales and West, previously known as Harlech Television (HTV), was an ITV franchise area in the United Kingdom until 31 December 2013, licensed to a broadcaster by the regulator Ofcom. There is no channel, past or present, named "ITV Wales ...

(formerly HTV) – including its former subsidiary, Harvest Entertainment. *

ITV London ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ''ITV Broadcasting Limited'' for two broadcast franchises of ITV, Carlton Television (weekdays) and London Weekend Television (weekends) in the London ITV region. Its terrestrial digital signal is ...

(

Carlton Television Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Tele ...

and

London Weekend Television London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 un ...

) *

ITV Meridian ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV (TV network), ITV franchise for the South and South East England, South East of England. The station was launched at 12:00 am on 1 January 1993, replacing previous broadca ...

ITV Tyne Tees ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converte ...

* ITV Breakfast (formerly

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)

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and ITV Westcountry rarely contributed network programmes, so were largely unaffected by the creation of ITV Studios.

Local operations

12 Yard Productions

12 Yard 12 Yard Productions is a British television production company. It was founded in 2001 as a joint-venture between David Young and the creative team behind the worldwide hit ''Weakest Link'' and Hat Trick Productions. 12 Yard has gone on to bec ...

was founded in 2001 by David Young and the creative team behind the worldwide hit ''

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'' and Hat Trick Productions. The company was originally operated as a joint-venture until December 2007, when ITV acquired the company for £35 million. 12 Yard has gone on to become one of the world's most successful entertainment format creators, producing hit formats including the BBC's long-running early evening quiz '' Eggheads'', Saturday night

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lottery formats '' The National Lottery: In it to Win it'' and '' Who Dares Wins!'', primetime feel-good format '' Holding out for a Hero'', '' Take on the Twisters'' and '' Big Star's Little Star'' for ITV and '' Coach Trip'' for

. Currently, as of 2022, 12 Yard currently produce shows such as ''

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'' for E4, a revival of '' Eggheads'' for Channel 5, and the British version of ITV Studios/John de Mol's ''Let Love Rule'' format for ITV2, under the local name of ''The Cabins''.

5 Acts Productions

A new label founded by David P. Davis, formerly of Sony Pictures Television-owned Bad Wolf, which will be based in Cardiff and operate under Patrick Spence's scripted division at ITV Studios.

Big Talk Productions

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is a film and television production company founded on 11 February 1994 by

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and was acquired by ITV Studios on 26 July 2013. The company has produced critically acclaimed films such as ''

Baby Driver ''Baby Driver'' is a 2017 action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of crime with his girlfriend Debora (Lily James). Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie ...

'',

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's '' Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy, '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', '' Paul'' and ''

Sightseers ''Sightseers'' is a 2012 British black comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by and starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, with additional material written by co-editor Amy Jump. It is produced by Edgar Wright and Nira Park, among ot ...

''. Television series produced by Big Talk include '' Mum'', '' Back'' and the revived ''

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''.

Boom Group

On 29 June 2015, a majority stake of Boom Supervisory Ltd was acquired by ITV Studios, which had acquired Twofour five days earlier. Boom Supervisory was the holding company for subsidiaries such as Boomerang, Boom Cymru and Indus. The Boom Group is currently one of the largest Welsh entertainment production companies, comprising four production divisions, Boom Cymru, for Welsh productions, Boom for productions for the rest of the United Kingdom outside of Wales as well as international markets, Boom Kids for children's programming and Boom Social for digital content. On 9 September 2020, Boom Cymru, along with Twofour, took over production of some series from sister label Boomerang when ITV shut the label down.

Happy Prince

Happy Prince is a label of ITV Studios run by Dominic Treadwell-Collins.

The Garden

The Garden was created in 2010 to produce "cutting edge, ambitious, distinctive factual programmes for major broadcasters in both the United Kingdom and outside and to be the most ideal production company we can be, where programming producers can do their very best work and that always delivers exceptional television." On 22 April 2013, The Garden was acquired by ITV Studios. It is known for producing ''

'' for

and '' Inside Claridge's'' for

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ITV Studios Continuing Drama

ITV Studios Continuing Drama ia an in-house division that handles the production of the soaps ''

'' and ''

''.

ITV Studios Daytime

ITV Studios Daytime is another in-house division that handles the production for the weekday daytime programmes '' This Morning'', ''

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'', '' Good Morning Britain'' and ''

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''.

Lifted Entertainment

Lifted Entertainment (formerly known as ITV Studios Entertainment) is the unscripted production division of ITV Studios that rebranded under its current name in early 2021. The label is known for producing many ITV programmes such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' In for a Penny'' and ''

The Voice UK ''The Voice UK'' is a British singing competition television series. Created by John de Mol, it premiered on BBC One during the spring television cycle on 24 March 2012. Based on the original '' The Voice of Holland'', and part of ''The Voice ...

'', as well as programmes for other broadcasters such as Channel 4's ''

'' and BBC Two's ''

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''. In June 2021, it was announced that Simon Cowell's new Syco game show ''Walk the Line'' would be developed with Lifted Entertainment rather than with

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(known for ''

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'' and ''

Britain's Got Talent ''Britain's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated to ''BGT'') is a televised British talent show competition, and part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. Presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloqui ...

'').

Mainstreet Pictures

Mainstreet Pictures is a drama label of ITV Studios run by joint MDs Sally Haynes and Laura Mackie. Mainstreet Pictures is well known for producing the hit ITV series '' Unforgotten''.

Mammoth Screen

Mammoth Screen is a British television drama production company that was established in 2007 by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer and is a subsidiary of ITV Studios. It produces drama for key British broadcasters, especially ITV and the BBC, and also for international distribution. Examples of Mammoth Screen productions are '' Endeavour'', ''

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'', '' Victoria'' and the ITV/Amazon Prime Video co-production ''

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''.

Monumental Pictures

Monumental Pictures was founded in 2014 by producers

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and

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, well known for their participation in films such as ''

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'' and '' Saving Mr. Banks'', to produce film and television content. At the end of April 2015, ITV Studios acquired a minority stake in Monumental Pictures, which later became 51% on 18 July 2019 four years later. Examples of Monumental Pictures productions are ''

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'' for TNT, ''

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'' for

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and

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and '' Harlots'' for

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Multistory Media

Multistory Media Multistory Media (formerly known as Shiver) is a British television production company. It is a subsidiary of ITV Studios and one of the largest providers of factual entertainment in the United Kingdom. Some of its productions include '' Paul O ...

originally started as the factual entertainment and features network production departments of Tyne Tees Television and Yorkshire Television. When ITV plc was created, the separate departments of these two subsidiaries were merged into Yorkshire Television and renamed Granada Productions North Factual Entertainment and Features. It was then renamed again as the Northern factual entertainment and features department within

as part of

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. At this point an internal reorganization took place to disband the management structure of Yorkshire Television and transfer the production business from Yorkshire Television Limited to ITV Productions Limited. The departments were then closed as part of a wider company production review but were relaunched in Leeds as Shiver. On 23 May 2019, Shiver changed their name to Multistory Media. Today, Multistory Media is one of the largest producers of factual entertainment for television in the United Kingdom. Examples of Multistory Media productions are '' Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs'', '' 60 Minute Makeover'' and '' Peter Andre: My Life''.

Noho Film & Television

Noho Film & Television is a subsidiary of ITV Studios that was originally founded in 2012 as an independent joint by Managing Directors Robert Wulff-Cochrane and Camilla Campbell who both formerly headed the drama department at

Oxford Scientific Films

Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) is a British company that produces natural history and documentary programmes. Founded on 8 July 1968 by noted documentary filmmaker Gerald Thompson, the independent company broke new ground in the world of documentaries, using new filming techniques and capturing footage of never before filmed activities of its various subjects. In 1996, Oxford Scientific Films was sold to Circle Communications, where it retained its own identity as a division within the company. The following year, Circle Communications was taken over by Southern Star Entertainment UK. Under the new ownership, Oxford Scientific Films continued to enhance its reputation for innovative film-making, producing multiple award-winning series and films, including the highly acclaimed

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series '' Meerkat Manor''. In March 2008, parent company Southern Star Group merged its Sydney-based factual business unit into the Oxford Scientific Films division. The merged company used two brands, with the existing Oxford Scientific Films name being used for specialist factual programmes and the Southern Star Factual brand being used for features and factual entertainment shows. Some time later, OSF became part of the Twofour Group (now ITV Studios).

Potato

is the factual entertainment subsidiary of ITV Studios, established in March 2013. Potato produces television shows such as '' The Chase'', '' Ninja Warrior UK'' and ''CelebAbility'', with game shows such as ''

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'' and ''Sitting on a Fortune'' produced in association with Glenn Hugill's Possessed production company, itself a venture with ITV Studios, based at their headquarters in London.

Rollercoaster Television

Rollercoaster Television was founded in June 2021 by James Fox & Dom Waugh, who formerly worked at

Endemol Shine UK Endemol Shine UK (branded as EndemolShine UK and formerly Endemol UK Ltd) is a British production company. Since 2020, the company has been a subsidiary of Banijay. Endemol Shine UK incorporates a number of production brands, including Artist ...

subsidiary Remarkable Television. Rollercoaster aims to produce entertainment programmes with the plan to expand them internationally that would be sold through ITV Studios.

So Television

So Television is a television production company founded in 1998 by Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, actor, and author

and his partner Graham Stuart, best known for producing Norton's chat shows ''

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'' and ''

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''. The company also produces programmes for radio, mainly for

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, via the So Radio division. Both So Television and So Radio are based in

. On 30 August 2012, ITV Studios acquired the company for an estimated £17 million.

Tall Story Pictures

Founded in 2016, Tall Story Pictures is a television drama production company working with the very best established and emerging writing talent, placing the writer's vision at the heart of everything it develops and produces. Examples of Tall Story Pictures productions are psychological thriller ''Trauma'', crime thriller '' The Bay'' and detective thriller '' Bancroft'', both produced for ITV.

Twofour

Twofour is a British

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and

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group that was founded in 1989 by Charles Wace, a former BBC news producer. With headquarters in Plymouth, Twofour has offices across the globe including London and Los Angeles. On 24 June 2015, Twofour Group was acquired by ITV Studios. Melanie Leach was named Chief Executive for Twofour Group in summer 2014. Twofour is an international award-winning television production company, producing programming for the BBC, ITV,

, Channel 5,

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and a variety of other British and foreign broadcasters. Twofour was awarded Broadcast's "Best Indie Production Company" title in 2010 and 2014, with titles including '' The Jump'' (Channel 4), multi award-winning ''

The Real Marigold Hotel ''The Real Marigold Hotel'' (known in Australia as ''The Indian Dream Hotel'') is a British travel documentary series created by Twofour productions, directed by Aparna Sanyal and broadcast on BBC One and BBC Two. The show, whose name is based ...

'' (BBC One/BBC Two) and the fastest selling format of the year, '' This Time Next Year'' (ITV) and Channel 5's longest running series, '' The Hotel Inspector''. The company produces ob-doc and fixed rig shows such as Channel 4's International Emmy winning '' Educating Yorkshire'', '' Educating the East End'' and 2011's '' Educating Essex''. In May 2012, Series Director David Clews was awarded a BAFTA Television Craft Award for his work directing ''Educating Essex''. Twofour has produced a range of adventure documentaries such as ''Harry's Arctic Heroes'' for BBC One and ''Harry's Mountain Heroes'' for ITV, both featuring

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and a group of wounded soldiers as they attempt to reach the North Pole and Mount Everest respectively. On 9 September 2020, Twofour, along with Boom Cymru, took over production of some series from sister label Boomerang when ITV shut the label down.

World Productions

World Productions is a television production company founded on 20 March 1990 by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett and owned by ITV Studios since May 2017. The company's first major series was the police drama '' Between The Lines'' (

, 1992–1994), and throughout the decade they went on to produce a succession of drama series. The most notable of these include '' This Life'' (

, 1996–1997), about a group of young law students in London; vampire thriller ''

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'' (

, 1998) and police drama '' The Cops'' (BBC Two, 1998–1999), which was so controversial in its depiction of the police force that official police advice was withdrawn for the second series. More recently, the company has made the series ''

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'' for

(2004–2006), a drama based around the lives of young nurses, and also '' Goldplated'' and for Channel Five it has produced the ''Perfect Day'' trilogy and '' Tripping Over'', a co production with

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in Australia. It also co-produced, with BBC Cymru Wales, a one-off ''This Life'' reunion special, which aired in early 2007. In 2018, the company produced the hit TV series ''

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'', which achieved the highest viewing figures for a new BBC drama in the multichannel era and the highest BBC viewing figures since 2008.

International operations

ITV Studios have a number of formats broadcasting on various networks around the world. These include franchises for the ''Love Island'' and '' The Voice'' formats, as well as ''Let Love Rule'', a programme known in the UK as ''The Cabins'' and broadcast in a number of territories including as commissions from Discovery in Denmark, TV3 in Latvia, and TV JOJ in Slovakia (where it will be known as ''Laska na chate'').

ITV America

Co-headquartered in

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, and in

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, ITV Studios US produces programming primarily for US networks, such as: Fox's '' Hell's Kitchen'', ''

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'', '' Sit Down, Shut Up'', and '' Nanny 911''; NBC's '' Hit Me, Baby, One More Time'', '' The Voice'', '' Prime Suspect'', and ''Little Friends''; CBS' ''

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''; VH1's '' But Can They Sing?'' and '' Celebrity Fit Club''; A&E's ''

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'', '' The First 48'' and ''

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''; and

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

's ''

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''. The company had its origins in 1988 as World International Network, a consortium of companies like

Central Independent Television ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands. It was created following the rest ...

, which was rebranded into Hamdon Entertainment when the remaining two partners ( Carlton and ARD/Studio Hamburg) bought it in 1995, before taking it outright as Carlton America in 1999, and Granada Entertainment USA, which was formed by

Granada Media Group Granada plc (previously called Granada Ltd, Granada Group plc, and Granada Media plc) was a British conglomerate best known as the parent from 1954 to 2004 of the Manchester-based Granada Television. The company merged with Carlton Communicati ...

in 1997, before eventually took on the Granada America moniker when Granada and Carlton merged in 2003. In 2006, Granada, in association with

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, produced '' Gameshow Marathon'', an American version of '' Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon'' for CBS. Television movies from Granada and ITV Studios US include: Molly Shannon in ''12 Days of Christmas Eve'';

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in '' Reality of Love'';

Farrah Fawcett Farrah Leni Fawcett (born Ferrah Leni Fawcett; February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she played ...

in ''Hollywood Lives'', based on Jackie Collins’ best selling novel;

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in ''Dead Will Tell'';

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in ''Lethal Seduction''; Jon Voight and

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in ''

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'' (2005

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in '' The Ron Clark Story'' (2006), Aidan Quinn and Mary-Louise Parker in '' Unexpected Journey'', Susan Sarandon in '' Ice Bound''. Hamdon Entertainment and Television programs now owned domestically from its former ITC library include 1978 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' (

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), '' The Scarlet and the Black'' (1983

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, Christopher Plummer), '' Not My Kid'' (1985

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) and '' At Mother's Request'' (1987). In 2007, the Chief Executive Officer of the division, then named Granada America, was David Gyngell, son of the late Bruce Gyngell, the former managing director of former ITV breakfast franchisee TV-am and Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television. By 2008, David Gyngell had left the company and joined

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in Australia. The unit was re-branded under the ITV Studios banner in May 2009. On 7 May 2014, ITV Studios announced the acquisition of Leftfield Entertainment, which produces shows such as ''

Pawn Stars ''Pawn Stars'' is an American reality television series shown on History and produced by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24 ...

'', '' Counting Cars'' and '' American Restoration''. ITV has taken an 80% stake in the company initially, according to ITV this will make them "largest unscripted independent producer in the US" In December 2015, with the purchase of Leftfield, ITV Studios US Group was rebranded as ITV America. On April 4, 2017, Blumhouse Productions mainly known for their horror movies, announced the launch of an independent television studio with ITV Studios acquiring a 45% stake. In 2018, ITV announced a relocated of a large part of their operations from California and New York City to

, creating 450 new jobs in the process.

Subsidiaries

*Circle of Confusion Television Studios (joint venture with talent management company Circle of Confusion; well known for producing the cult AMC

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horror series '' The Walking Dead'' and its companion piece '' Fear the Walking Dead'') *Good Caper Content *High Noon Entertainment (well known for producing '' Cake Boss'' for TLC and '' Fixer Upper'' for

HGTV HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The network primarily broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate. As of February 2015, app ...

) *ITV Entertainment *Leftfield Pictures *Sirens Media *Thinkfactory Media (producers of TBS' ''Rat in the Kitchen'' show with Natasha Leggero) * Tomorrow Studios (joint venture with

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) **Work Friends (animation label) *ITV Studios America (Los Angeles-based scripted television production division; well known for producing '' Somewhere Between'' with Thunderbird Entertainment for ABC and '' Good Witch'' for

Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is an American television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which in turn is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc. The channel's programming is primarily targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies a ...

) **Bedrock Entertainment (joint venture with Tony To and

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)

ITV Studios Australia

ITV Studios Australia is the Australian division of ITV Studios, based at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney. The company has its origins in production company Artist Services, a company formed in 1989 by a group of investors including

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, producing many classic shows. Half of the company was sold to

John Fairfax Holdings Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The Sydney Morning Herald' ...

in 1995 for 9 million, at a time when the company was generating about $50 million per year. In 1998, the entire company was acquired by

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for 25 million. The company rebranded as ITV Studios Australia in January 2013, with the first program carrying the new branding being the second season of the

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comedy news program '' Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell''.

ITV Studios Germany

ITV Studios Germany productions include ''

Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! ''Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!'', also known colloquially as the ''Dschungelcamp'' (''Jungle Camp''), is a German reality television show, based on the British reality television show '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. Th ...

'' (the local version of '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!''), ''Star Duell'' and ''Deutschlands Beste Doppelgänger'' (''Stars And Their Doubles'') for RTL; and East-West German comedy ''Ei Verbibbsch'' for Sat.1. ITV Studios Germany was previously known as Granada Germany. At the start of October 2008, ITV acquired a 51.2% controlling stake in German television production company Imago TV, founded in 1999 by journalists Andrea Schönhuber-Majewski and Fabian Sabo. This deal gave ITV exclusive international rights to distribute and exploit content, format and series rights retained by Imago.

Bildergarten Entertainment

Bildergarten Entertainment was launched by ITV Studios on 19 May 2021 as the replacement for Talpa Germany, the company originally founded by John de Mol and co-owned by Axel Springer SE until 2015. Bildergarten Entertainment is responsible for ''Dickes Deutschland'' and the German version of ''Lange Leve de Liefde'' (''The Cabins'') on RTL Zwei, ''The Voice of Germany'' for ProSieben/SAT.1 and ''Sing Meinen Song'' on VOX.

Armoza Formats

Armoza Formats is an Israeli unscripted television Formats company founded in 2005 by Avi Armoza that is best known for '' The Four: Battle for Stardom'', '' La'uf al HaMillion'' (the original version of ''

Who's Still Standing? ''Who's Still Standing?'' is an American adaptation of the Israeli game show ''La'uf al HaMillion'', ( he, לעוף על המיליון) or ''Fly on the Million'', which offers contestants the opportunity to win up to US$1 million while competing ...

'') and '' I Can Do That''. At the end of July 2019, ITV Studios acquired Armoza and integrated it into their Creative Network division.

ITV Studios France

Home to a richly diverse slate of programming ranging from primetime entertainment, talent competitions and daily magazine shows to comedy, drama and documentary, ITV Studios France creates content for major broadcasters throughout

. The division has successfully adapted hit international formats for French audiences including '' 4 Mariages Pour 1 Lune de Miel'' (a French version of ''

Four Weddings ''Four Weddings'' is a British reality television series that premiered on Sky Living, on 6 July 2009. It has become popular enough to have inspired the creations of versions in other countries. One episode included the real-life wedding of S ...

'') and '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' (a French version of '' The Voice'') for TF1 and '' Les 5 anneaux d'or'' (a French version of ''

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'') for

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and also produces popular original programming such as daily magazine show ''Je t’aime etc'' for France 2, comedy series ''Importantissime'' for

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and drama feature ''Quand je serai grande je te tuerai'' (a French remake of the two-part British thriller television miniseries '' Undeniable'') for TF1. At the end of February 2017, ITV Studios acquired a majority stake in independent production group Tetra Media Studio, which participates in the fields of

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(mainly television dramas such as '' A French Village'' which is the company is known for producing),

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ...

, magazine series, live entertainment,

animation Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...

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music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

and distribution; however, Tetra will continue to operate independently from ITV Studios France. In December 2021, Thierry Lachkar has been named as of CEO of ITV Studios France.

Tetra Media Studio

Tetra Media Studio is a French independent television group founded in 1990 by directors

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, Gilles de Maistre and Jérôme Cornuau. The company participates in the fields of

(mainly television dramas such as '' A French Village'' which is the company is known for producing),

, magazine series and live entertainment. The group consists of:

Fiction (Tetra Media Fiction)

*Beaubourg *Macondo

Documentaries, magazine series & live entertainment

*Tangaro/CLC Productions

ITV Studios Nordic

ITV Studios Nordic is the division of ITV Studios in the

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, operating through five units: ITV Studios Norway, ITV Studios Finland, ITV Studios Sweden (including Elk Production) and two companies in

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named United Productions and Apple Tree Productions respectively.

ITV Studios Netherlands

ITV Studios Netherlands is the Dutch division of ITV Studios, created on 11 October 2018. On 1 October 2019, it absorbed Talpa Netherlands (including Talpa Global, Talpa Productions and Fictie) and also MasMedia and Vorst Media as part of ITV Studios' restructuring. ITV Studios Netherlands produces shows on both

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and SBS6, including ''Lang Leve de Liefde'' (also known as ''Let Love Rule'' or ''The Cabins''), a format exported to the UK, Belgium, Sweden and Portugal.

Talpa Media

Talpa Media was a Dutch global television production company owned by ITV Studios and before that Talpa Network which was well known for creating the successful worldwide music reality competition franchise '' The Voice''. The company comprised Talpa Netherlands (which consisted of Talpa Content and Talpa Productions) and Talpa Global. On 1 October 2019, founder

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left Talpa when ITV Studios began restructuring.

Talpa Global

Talpa Global comprised divisions in

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, the

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and

, although other partnerships were vested in the

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, the

and

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. The North American division was based in

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, the

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, while the Middle East division was based in

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, the

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and the German division has offices in

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and

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. When ITV started restructuring on 1 October 2019, Talpa's German division was absorbed into ITV Studios Germany and the Middle East division was renamed ITV Studios Middle East.

Distribution

In addition to its production labels, ITV Studios is the worldwide distributor of programming produced by ITV's production teams, as well as independent producers. Known until 2020 as ITV Studios Global Entertainment, ITVS has distributed programmes and films like ''

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'', and the '' Carry On...'' films. Also a part of this collection is the

ITC Entertainment The Incorporated Television Company (ITC), or ITC Entertainment as it was referred to in the United States, was a British company involved in production and distribution of television programmes. History Incorporated Television Programme Compan ...

feature film library, including '' The Eagle Has Landed'', '' The Return of the Pink Panther'', and '' On Golden Pond''. ITV also owns the rights to the film catalogues of

The Rank Organisation The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distribut ...

(except for

Ealing Studios Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on the site ever ...

productions) and

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)Janus Films and

Park Circus Park Circus is a neighbourhood of Central-South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. Geography Police district Karaya police station is in the South-east division of Kolkata Police. Karaya Women police station, at the same a ...

, in conjunction with Westchester Films, whose parent company

Shout! Factory Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy ...

signed a North American theatrical, television, and home video distribution deal with the ITV library in March 2018. This deal covers over a hundred films and series. The television library features programming by most of the major

ITV network ITV is a British free-to-air public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the ol ...

companies (except for

Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broa ...

which is divided between

for general entertainment and

Boat Rocker Media Boat Rocker Media is a Canadian entertainment company, based in Toronto, Ontario. The company owns Boat Rocker Studios, which incorporates Temple Street Productions. Its majority shareholder is Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Boat Rocker Media is ...

for children's programming;

Television South Television South (TVS) was the ITV franchise holder in the South and South East of England between 1 January 1982 at 9.25 am and 31 December 1992 at 11.59 pm. The company operated under various names, initially as 'Television South plc' and ...

(TVS) which currently belongs to

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

, and

Southern Television Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the South and South-East of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981. The company was launched as 'Southern Television Limited' and the title 'Southern Television' was co ...

which until recently belonged to

Endemol Australia Endemol Australia, formerly known as Southern Star Group, Southern Star Productions, Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia and Taft-Hardie Group Pty Ltd, was Australia's largest independent television production and distribution group. On 26 Jul ...

); including titles such as '' Prime Suspect'', ''

Doctor Zhivago ''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations. Description The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago and deals with love and loss during ...

'' (2002

), '' The Forsyte Saga'' (2002), and '' Agatha Christie's Poirot'', plus children's shows, TV movies (e.g. 2005's ''

''), wildlife documentaries, and other factual programming. The library also includes hit series such as ''

'' (produced by World Productions), which has been picked up by

outside the UK. Independent productions distributed by ITV include programming produced by Wall to Wall: (''Ancient Egyptians'', ''The Story Of Us''), Darlow Smithson Productions: (''Seconds From Disaster''), Wark Clements: (''A Mother's Journey''),

Aardman Animations Aardman Animations Limited (also known as Aardman Studios, simply Aardman or Aardman Animation and stylised as AARDMAN as of 2022) is a British animation studio based in Bristol, England. It is known for films made using stop-motion and clay ani ...

: ('' Creature Comforts''),

Ragdoll Productions Ragdoll Productions is a British television production company founded in 1984 by Anne Wood, who had previously worked for Yorkshire Television and TV-am. It is located in Stratford-upon-Avon, and has produced a number of children's progra ...

: (''

Rosie and Jim ''Rosie and Jim'' (sometimes written as ''Rosie & Jim'') is a British children's television programme which was produced by Ragdoll Productions and aired on ITV from 3 September 1990 to 16 May 2000. The programme was then repeated periodical ...

'', '' Tots TV''), Optimum Television: (''

Old Bear Stories ''Old Bear Stories'' is a BAFTA award-winning stop frame animation television series for children based on the Old Bear and Friends books by Jane Hissey. Jane Hissey also created the television series, starting it on 24 September 1993, and cre ...

''), Honeycomb Animation: ('' Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids''), Chorion: (''Agatha Christie's Marple and Poirot''),

Carnival Films Carnival Films is a British production company based in London, UK, founded in 1978. It has produced television series for all the major UK networks including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Sky, as well as international broadcasters including PB ...

: (''

Rosemary & Thyme ''Rosemary & Thyme'' is a British television cosy mystery thriller series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. ...

''), and Red Productions: (''Bob and Rose'', ''Second Coming''). ITV also handled non-Spanish, Portugese and Italian distribution rights to '' Pocoyo'' from the show's premiere in 2005 until 2011, when ITV and Zinkia Entertainment ended their distribution agreement. The company also incorporates ITV Studios Home Entertainment and a publishing and consumer licensing division, responsible for merchandising rights of ITV Productions and third-party programmes (including CBeebies' ''

Numberjacks ''Numberjacks'' is a British 3D animated children's television series, aimed particularly at children aged two to five, shown regularly on CBeebies and occasionally on BBC Two in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It w ...

'').

References

External links

ITVstudios.com
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