Warner Bros. Television Studios UK (formerly Shed Media Group and later Warner Bros. Television Productions UK) is a British creator and distributor of television content. The Group produces long-running television brands in drama, factual, documentary, factual entertainment, and history. Established in 1998 as

Shed Productions Shed Productions, part of Warner Bros. Television Productions UK, was an independent UK television production company, specialising in contemporary, original drama programming and content. It was established in 1998 by Eileen Gallagher, Brian P ...

, the company floated on AIM (Alternative Investment Market) in March 2005. The group has grown significantly since flotation and to date, five award-winning media companies: Ricochet, Twenty Twenty, Wall to Wall, All3Media and

Outright Distribution Outright Distribution (formerly Screentime Partners) was a global TV distribution company headquartered in London and owned by Warner Bros. Television Productions UK. Outright specialises in format and finished programme distribution. With an ex ...

have all joined the group. In 2010, it was bought by Time Warner.

Company history

Shed was established in 1998, specialising in producing long-running returnable drama including '' Waterloo Road'', '' Bad Girls'' and '' Footballers' Wives''. In March 2005, the company listed on AIM (Alternative Investment Market). In November 2005, Shed acquired Ricochet, a leading production company specialising in factual entertainment. Ricochet created and produces global brand Supernanny. Other programmes include: ''

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'', '' It's Me or the Dog'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Shed acquired

(formerly Screentime Partners) in September 2006. The acquisition was a strategic move in order to maximise exploitation of the Group's IP through its own in-house distribution company, whilst growing third-party business. In September 2007, Shed continued acquired BAFTA award-winning independent Twenty Twenty. Brands include: '' The Choir'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Sorcerer's Apprentice''. Shed acquired Wall to Wall in November 2007. A multiple BAFTA winner, Wall to Wall produces long-running brands including BBC One's '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' and '' New Tricks''. Reality dramas include: ''

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'' and '' Frontier House''. Docu-dramas include: ''

The Day Britain Stopped ''The Day Britain Stopped'' is a dramatic pseudo-documentary produced by Wall to Wall Media for the BBC. It is based on a fictional disaster that took place on December 19, 2003, in which a train strike is the first in a chain of events that l ...

'' and '' Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story''. In 2008, Wall to Wall's '' Man on Wire'' won an Academy Award Oscar in the best Documentary Feature category. On 5 August 2010, Warner Bros. Television secured a 55.75% stake in Shed Media. Warner Bros. completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Shed Media on 14 October. Under the deal, Shed Media will remain an independent company, but its global distribution arm,

, would be folded into the Warner's UK operation. The Shed management team held on to a 21.37% shareholding, with the remaining stake being split between a group of 27 key staff members. Time Warner acquired 100% of Shed and renamed the group Warner Bros. Television Productions UK in June 2014. As of 2015 the name was completely phased out and all companies got completely integrated with new websites, however Shed Productions and Watershed became defunct with no new websites, little mentioning or integration.

Awards

Shed Media was nominated for Float of the Year in 2005 and won Deal of the Year 2006 in the Quoted Company Awards for its acquisition of Ricochet. Several of Shed's programmes have won BAFTA, RTS, Rose D'Or and National Television Awards.http://www.shed-media.com/about/about-awards.html

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* {{Warner Bros. Discovery Warner Bros. Companies based in the London Borough of Camden British companies established in 1998 Mass media companies established in 1998 Television production companies of the United Kingdom British subsidiaries of foreign companies 2010 mergers and acquisitions