So Television is a production company established in 1998, founded by

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comedian

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and Graham Stuart to make television shows. The company is well known for producing Norton's chat shows, including ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

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

and ''

The Graham Norton Show ''The Graham Norton Show'' is a British comedy chat show presented by Graham Norton. It was initially broadcast on BBC Two, from 22 February 2007, before moving to BBC One in October 2009. It currently airs on Friday evenings, with Norton s ...

'' for

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...

and

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...

. The company also produces various shows for

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

under the name of ''So Radio''. So Television and So Radio are based in

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. On 30 August 2012,

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acquired So Television for an estimated £17 million.

Selected shows

Awards

2002 *Broadcast Awards – Best Entertainment Programme *BAFTA – Best Entertainment Performance *Rose D'Or Montreux – Bronze Rose Variety Programmes *TV Quick – Best Entertainment Programme *National TV Awards – Best Talk Show *British Comedy Awards – Best Entertainment Performance *British Comedy Awards – Best Entertainment Show 2001 *International Emmy – Best Popular Arts *BAFTA – Best Entertainment Programme *BAFTA – Best Entertainment Performance *Royal Television Society Awards – Best Presenter *British Comedy Awards – Best Entertainment Series *TV Quick Awards – Best Entertainment Programme 2000 *BAFTA – Best Entertainment Performer *British Comedy Awards – Best Entertainment Performance *Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Best TV Performer *Television and Radio Industry Awards – Best TV Presenter *Variety Club Television – Personality of the Year 1999 *British Comedy Awards – Best Talk Show 1998 *British Comedy Awards – Best Newcomer *Perrier Comedy Awards – Nomination

References

External links

* {{Authority control ITV (TV network) Television production companies of the United Kingdom Mass media companies established in 1998 2012 mergers and acquisitions