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Talkback (production company)

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Type
  
Subsidiary

Divisions
  
FremantleMedia

Founded
  
1981, United Kingdom

Parent organizations
  
RTL Group, FremantleMedia

Owner
  
Bertelsmann

Website
  
Official website

Headquarters
  
London, United Kingdom

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Founders
  
Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones

Talkback is a British television production company that was established as an independent production company in 1981 by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones.

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History

The company merged with Thames Television in 2003, and the combined entity was renamed Talkback Thames. On 23 November 2011, it was announced that Talkback Thames would split into four separate production companies, which are Boundless, Retort, Talkback and Thames.

Productions

  • Smith and Jones (BBC One & BBC Two, 1991–98; Sketchbook: BBC One, 2006)
  • Big Train (BBC Two, 1998–2002)
  • Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 2008–present)
  • Da Ali G Show (Channel 4, 2000–04; HBO, 2003–04)
  • Distraction (Channel 4, 2003–04)
  • The Day Today (BBC Two, 1994)
  • The Eleven O'Clock Show (Channel 4, 1998–2000)
  • Green Wing (Channel 4, 2004–07)
  • House Doctor (Channel 5, 1998–2003)
  • I'm Alan Partridge (BBC Two, 1997–2002)
  • Keith Lemon's LemonAid (ITV, 2012)
  • Lemon La Vida Loca (ITV2, 2012–13)
  • Look Around You (BBC Two, 2002–05)
  • Murder Most Horrid (BBC Two, 1991–99)
  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two, 1996–2015)
  • QI (BBC Four, 2003–08; BBC Two, 2003–08 & 2011–present; BBC One, 2009–2011)
  • Smack the Pony (Channel 4, 1999–2003)
  • Through the Keyhole (ITV, 2013–present & 1987–1995; Sky One, 1996; BBC One, 1997–2008)
  • They Think It's All Over (BBC One, 1995–2006)
  • Your Face or Mine? (E4, 2002–03)

    • References

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