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Talkback (production company)

Talkback is a British television production company established in 1981 by comedy duo Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones.[1]

Company type

Subsidiary

1981 (1981)[1]

Mel Smith[1]
Griff Rhys Jones[1]

London
,
England

Fremantle

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History[edit]

Talkback was sold to Pearson Television in 2000.[2] The company merged with Thames Television in 2003 and the combined entity was renamed Talkback Thames. However, on 1 January 2012, Talkback Thames was split into four separate production companies; Boundless, Retort, Talkback and Thames.[3]


On 2 September 2018, FremantleMedia UK was renamed to simply Fremantle UK. This was soon followed by Talkback receiving a new logo after six-and-a-half years of the old one, which was inspired by the original design from 1984 since its launch whilst retaining the green colour the company has been associated with since 2003, when it merged with Thames to form Talkback Thames. It was designed in-house.

(Channel 4, 1998–2000)

The 11 O'Clock Show

(ITV, 2020–2022)

Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow

(BBC One & BBC Two, 1991–1998; Sketchbook: BBC One, 2006)

Alas Smith and Jones

(Channel 4, 2001)

The Armando Iannucci Shows

(BBC One, 1991)

Bernard and the Genie

(BBC Two, 1998–2002)

Big Train

(BBC One, 1993)

Bonjour la Classe

(Channel 4, 1997–2001)

Brass Eye

(ITV2, 2008–2022)

Celebrity Juice

(Channel 4, 2000–2004; HBO, 2003–2004)

Da Ali G Show

(BBC Two, 1994)

The Day Today

(ITV, 1993)

Demob

(Channel 4, 2003–2004)

Distraction

(BBC One, 2006)

Friends and Crocodiles

(Channel 4, 2003)

Gash

(BBC One, 2006)

Gideon's Daughter

(Channel 4, 2004–2007)

Green Wing

(BBC Two, 1999)

Hippies

(Channel 5, 1998–2003)

House Doctor

(BBC Two, 1997–2002)

I'm Alan Partridge

(BBC Two, 2000)

In A Land Of Plenty

(Channel 4, 2000)

Jam

(Channel 4, 2002)

Jamie's Kitchen

(Dave, 2018–2019)

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

(ITV, 2017–2018)

The Keith & Paddy Picture Show

(ITV2, 2015–2016)

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

(ITV, 2012)

Keith Lemon's LemonAid

(BBC Two, 1994–1995)

Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge

(ITV2, 2012–2013)

Lemon La Vida Loca

(BBC Two, 2002–2005)

Look Around You

(Channel 4, 2001)

Los Dos Bros

(BBC One, 2003)

The Lost Prince

(Channel 4, 2000)

Meet Ricky Gervais

(BBC Three, 2003–2005)

Monkey Dust

(BBC Two, 1991–1999)

Murder Most Horrid

(Channel 4, 2005)

Nathan Barley

(BBC Two, 1996–2015; Sky Max, 2021–present)

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

(BBC Two, 2001)

Perfect Strangers

(BBC Four, 2003–2008; BBC Two, 2003–2008 & 2011–present; BBC One, 2009–2011)

QI

(Channel 4, 2004)

The Sex Inspectors

(BBC Two, 1999)

Shooting the Past

(Channel 4, 2002)

Shoreditch Twat

(Channel 4, 1999–2003)

Smack the Pony

(BBC Three, 2013–2015)

Sweat the Small Stuff

(Channel 4, 2001)

Sword of Honour

(BBC One, 1995–2006)

They Think It's All Over

(ITV, 2013–2019)

Through the Keyhole

(Netflix, 2020–present)

Too Hot to Handle

(E4, 2014–2017)

Virtually Famous

(BBC Two, 2001–2004)

Would Like to Meet

(E4, 2002–2003; Comedy Central, 2017–2019)

Your Face or Mine?

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Talkback Thames

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