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Euston Films was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 production company. It was a subsidiary company of Thames Television
Thames Television

Thames Television was a Broadcast license of the United Kingdom ITV television network, covering Greater London and parts of Home counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
, and operated from the 1970s to the 1990s, producing various series for Thames, which were screened nationally on the ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 network. The most famous Euston Films productions include Van der Valk
Van der Valk

Van der Valk was a United Kingdom television series produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk....
 (1972), The Sweeney
The Sweeney

The Sweeney was a United Kingdom television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the Metropolitan Police Service specialising in combatting armed robbery and violent crime within the Metropolitan Police area in London....
 (1975-78), Minder
Minder (TV series)

Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London Organized crime. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV....
 (1979-1994), Quatermass
Quatermass (TV serial)

Quatermass is a United Kingdom Science fiction on television serial produced by Euston Films for Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV network in October and November 1979....
 (1979) and Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983).






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Euston Films was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 production company. It was a subsidiary company of Thames Television
Thames Television

Thames Television was a Broadcast license of the United Kingdom ITV television network, covering Greater London and parts of Home counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
, and operated from the 1970s to the 1990s, producing various series for Thames, which were screened nationally on the ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 network. The most famous Euston Films productions include Van der Valk
Van der Valk

Van der Valk was a United Kingdom television series produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk....
 (1972), The Sweeney
The Sweeney

The Sweeney was a United Kingdom television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the Metropolitan Police Service specialising in combatting armed robbery and violent crime within the Metropolitan Police area in London....
 (1975-78), Minder
Minder (TV series)

Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London Organized crime. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV....
 (1979-1994), Quatermass
Quatermass (TV serial)

Quatermass is a United Kingdom Science fiction on television serial produced by Euston Films for Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV network in October and November 1979....
 (1979) and Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983). The Sweeney series had two feature film spin-offs, Sweeney and Sweeney 2, which were also produced by Euston.

The company was disbanded soon after Thames lost their ITV franchise for broadcasting on weekdays in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in 1992 and was merged with Talkback, becoming Talkback Thames.

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