Tetra Films was a
London
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-based independent production company, trading between 1992 and 2000.
Films and television
Tetra Films was founded by Alan Horrox in 1992, the same year when classic
ITV series The Tomorrow People was revived. Prior to this, Alan was a controller of children's programmes at
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 ...
. It produced a wide range of programmes for ITV 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 ...
.
Notable contributions include:
* Cone Zone, Sitcom, Carlton/ITV, 1995-1997
*
Delta Wave
Delta waves are high amplitude neural oscillations with a frequency between 0.5 and 4 hertz. Delta waves, like other brain waves, can be recorded with electroencephalography (EEG) and are usually associated with the deep stage 3 of NREM sleep, ...
, Sci-fi drama, Meridian/ITV, 1996
*
Mike and Angelo
''Mike and Angelo'' is a British sci-fi TV sitcom series, that ran on CITV between 16 March 1989 and 7 March 2000. The show is ITV's second longest running sitcom (as per series count).
Plot
The shows initially centred on Mike King (played by ...
, Sci-fi sitcom, Thames/Carlton for ITV, 1989-2000
* Snap, Comedy-drama, Carlton for ITV, 1997-1999
*
Rainbow Toy Shop Series, Pre-school, HTV for ITV, 1994-1995
*
Rainbow Days
is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Minami Mizuno, and published in Shueisha's ''Bessatsu Margaret'' magazine. A drama CD was released with the seventh volume of the manga in October 2014. A 24-episode anime ada ...
, Pre-school, HTV for ITV, 1996-1997
*
The Canterville Ghost
"The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in '' The Court and Society Review'', 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about an American fa ...
, Drama (family feature), Carlton for ITV, 1997
*
The Tomorrow People
''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction television series created by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 February 1979.
The theme music was ...
, Sci-fi drama, Thames/Central/Nickelodeon for ITV, 1992-1995
*
The Treasure Seekers, Drama (TV Movie), Carlton for ITV, 1996
* Magic with Everything, Drama (adapted novel), ITV, 1998
*
What Katy Did
''What Katy Did'' is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name "Susan Coolidge". It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio to ...
, Drama (family feature), Carlton for ITV, 2000
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1992 establishments in England
2000 disestablishments in England
Television production companies of the United Kingdom
Mass media companies established in 1992
Mass media companies disestablished in 2000
Former Bertelsmann subsidiaries
RTL Group