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Granada Productions is one of Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
's leading commercial television production and distribution companies.

Since January 2006, the company has used the name ITV Productions when making programmes for 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....
family of channels. Productions for other broadcasters and internationally are still credited to Granada Productions.

ada is the largest commercial TV producer in the UK, creating over 3,500 hours of original programming each year across all genres except news.

Many brands on UK television are part of the Granada family, including Britain’s most watched programme, Coronation Street
Coronation Street

Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
; Emmerdale
Emmerdale

Emmerdale, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989, is a United Kingdom soap opera that has aired on ITV since 1972. It is set in the fictional village of Emmerdale in West Yorkshire, England, and was created by Kevin Laffan, with Keith Richardson serving as Executive Producer since 1986 and Anita Turner as Series Producer from Janu...
, Heartbeat
Heartbeat (TV series)

Heartbeat is a long-running United Kingdom TV police drama series set in 1960s Yorkshire. It is made by ITV Productions at The Leeds Studios for broadcast on ITV....
, Marple
Marple (TV series)

Marple is a United Kingdom television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple....
and Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot is a United Kingdom television program drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot....
, Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brainiac: Science Abuse

Brainiac: Science Abuse is a United Kingdom entertainment TV show with a science motif. Numerous experiments are carried out in each show, often to verify whether common conceptions are true or simply to create impressive explosions....
, University Challenge
University Challenge

University Challenge is a United Kingdom game show that has aired since 1962. The format is based on the United States show College Bowl, which ran on NBC radio from 1953 to 1957, and on NBC TV from 1959 to 1970....
, I'm a Celebrity...

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Granada Productions is one of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
's leading commercial television production and distribution companies.

Since January 2006, the company has used the name ITV Productions when making programmes for 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....
family of channels. Productions for other broadcasters and internationally are still credited to Granada Productions.

Output
Granada is the largest commercial TV producer in the UK, creating over 3,500 hours of original programming each year across all genres except news.

Many brands on UK television are part of the Granada family, including Britain’s most watched programme, Coronation Street
Coronation Street

Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
; Emmerdale
Emmerdale

Emmerdale, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989, is a United Kingdom soap opera that has aired on ITV since 1972. It is set in the fictional village of Emmerdale in West Yorkshire, England, and was created by Kevin Laffan, with Keith Richardson serving as Executive Producer since 1986 and Anita Turner as Series Producer from Janu...
, Heartbeat
Heartbeat (TV series)

Heartbeat is a long-running United Kingdom TV police drama series set in 1960s Yorkshire. It is made by ITV Productions at The Leeds Studios for broadcast on ITV....
, Marple
Marple (TV series)

Marple is a United Kingdom television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple....
and Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot is a United Kingdom television program drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot....
, Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brainiac: Science Abuse

Brainiac: Science Abuse is a United Kingdom entertainment TV show with a science motif. Numerous experiments are carried out in each show, often to verify whether common conceptions are true or simply to create impressive explosions....
, University Challenge
University Challenge

University Challenge is a United Kingdom game show that has aired since 1962. The format is based on the United States show College Bowl, which ran on NBC radio from 1953 to 1957, and on NBC TV from 1959 to 1970....
, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Parkinson
Parkinson (TV series)

Parkinson was a United Kingdom television chat show presented by Sir Michael Parkinson. It was first shown on BBC One from 1971 to 1982, totalling 361 editions....
, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Tonight
Tonight (TV series)

Tonight is the name of a British television newsmagazine, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network since 1999, when it replaced the long-running investigative series World In Action....
, The Jeremy Kyle Show
The Jeremy Kyle Show

The Jeremy Kyle Show is a daytime television talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle which has been running in the UK on ITV since 4 July, 2005. The show is recorded at the Granada Television television studio in Manchester, England, and broadcast each weekday at 9:25 am on the ITV, and rerun later in the day on ITV2; this edition is immediate...
and This Morning
This Morning (TV series)

This Morning is a United Kingdom daytime television programme created by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV1. It first aired from Granada's Albert Dock Studios in Liverpool on 3 October 1988....
are all produced by Granada Productions.

Granada produces programmes for UK television channels including 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, BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
and BBC Two
BBC Two

BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
, Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
, Five and Sky One
Sky One

Sky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched in 1982 as "Satellite Television", and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two ....
, based in key production centres 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....
, Manchester
Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
and Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
, with a small internationally-focussed operation (Anglia Factual) in Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
. The Bristol arm which was originally part of HTV closed in 2006.

ITV Productions
ITV Productions comprises the following network production divisions from its predecessor companies*:

Anglia Television
Anglia Television

Anglia Television is the ITV station for parts of Eastern England. It takes its name from East Anglia, but its territory extends beyond the generally accepted boundaries of that region....
Carlton Television
Carlton Television

Carlton Television is the United Kingdom ITV Broadcast license for Greater London and parts of Home counties from 9:25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday....
Central Independent Television
Central Independent Television

Central Independent Television, more commonly known as just Central and now ITV Central, is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for English Midlands, created following the restructuring of Associated TeleVision and commencing broadcast on 1 January 1982....
Granada Television
Granada Television

Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. It previously held the "North of England" weekday franchise, which also covered most of Yorkshire, from 1954 until 1968 when its broadcast area was divided into two franchises....
HTV
HTV

HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales and West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, owned and operated by ITV plc from studios in Cardiff and Bristol....
Wales and West
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television

London Weekend Television was the ITV network franchise holder for London and the Home Counties at weekends. It broadcast from Fridays at 5:15pm to Monday mornings at 5:59am....
Meridian Broadcasting
Meridian Broadcasting

Meridian Broadcasting is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South East England. The station owned and operated by ITV plc under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited....
Tyne Tees Television
Tyne Tees Television

Tyne Tees Television is the ITV television franchise for North East England and North Yorkshire. The structure of the company has altered across its history, notably in various mergers with Yorkshire Television, and then the larger regional companies that would eventually control the entire ITV network....
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for the Yorkshire franchise. Up until 1974 this was primarily the three Riding of Yorkshire and associated areas served by the Emley Moor transmitting station television transmitter....

^{* Border Television and Westcountry Television rarely contributed network programmes, so were largely unaffected by the creation of ITV Productions.}

The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities The London Studios
The London Studios

The London Studios is a television studio complex which is owned by London Weekend Television and has been home to the London Weekend ITV provider since 1968....
, 3sixtymedia at Granada Studios, The Leeds Studios
The Leeds Studios

File:Calendar Studios.JPGThe Leeds Studios also known as the Yorkshire Television Studios or YTV Studios is a Television studio on A65 road in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England....
, location hire company ProVision
Provision

Provision may refer to:* Provision , a term for liability in accounting* Provision , a Texas synthpop band* Provision , food and other supplies needed in field...
and Leeds-based post production companies Film Lab North and The Finishing School. Granada International and Granada Ventures are part of ITV Global Entertainment. Both arms have been re-united and recently merged as part of the new Global Content division of ITV, led by Lee Bartlett (a former Fox executive and previously chief operating officer of the division under Dawn Airey
Dawn Airey

Dawn Elizabeth Airey, is a British commercial television executive....
). The production company is currently in the process of being rebranded to ITV Studios.

Programmes on non-ITV channels (except S4C
S4C

S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Wales television channel. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh language audience, it is the fourth oldest United Kingdom terrestrial television channel ....
, which uses the name ITV Cymru) still retain the Granada brand. Examples are Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
's Countdown
Countdown (game show)

Countdown is a British game show made by ITV Productions and broadcast on Channel 4. It is currently presented by Jeff Stelling and Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent....
and The Royle Family
The Royle Family

The Royle Family is a popular, BAFTA award-winning television situation comedy produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series between 1998 and 2000, with a special episode in late 2006 and another in 2008....
for the BBC.

Granada America
The Sherman Oaks, California and New York-based US arm, Granada America, is one of the Top 3 largest international commercial producers for the US market. In Summer of 2005 they had more primetime network programming on air in the US than any other producer.

Granada America is a major force in acquiring, developing and producing Hollywood TV movies, scripted series and reality programming for US networks and the international market, with over 25 Granada shows on US TV every week.

A leading producer of reality programming, Granada America has shows in production at many of the major broadcast and cable networks, including Hell's Kitchen and Nanny 911
Nanny 911

Nanny 911 is a reality television show in the United States, which airs on Fox Broadcasting Company .In April 2005, a potential spin-off for the show was aired as a "special episode" entitled Marriage 911....
for Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
, Hit Me Baby One More Time
Hit Me Baby One More Time

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time is a 2005 reality show first aired by ITV on British television and later, as a new version, by NBC in the United States; both were presented by Vernon Kay....
and Little Friends for NBC, But Can They Sing?
But Can They Sing?

But Can They Sing? was a reality television series that premiered on October 30, 2005 on VH1 as part of its celebreality programming. Hosted by Ahmet Zappa, the series was partially based on NBC's announced but abandoned project I'm a Celebrity but I Wanna Be a Pop Star ....
and Celebrity Fit Club for VH1
VH1

VH1 is an United States cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in television, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slighter older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music....
, Airline, The First 48
The First 48

The First 48 is an United States reality television show based on homicide detective units in various cities across the United States. The show's premise is summarized in its title voiceover: "For homicide detectives, the clock starts ticking the moment they are called....
and House Of Dreams for A&E
A&E Network

A&E is a cable television and satellite television television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Connecticut, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London....
Room Raiders
Room Raiders

Room Raiders is a Dating game show/reality television series on MTV....
for MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
and Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)

Eleventh Hour is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the Eleventh Hour . The CBS series premiered on Thursday October 9, 2008 at 10 pm ....
for CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
.

In 2006, Granada, in association with RTL Group
RTL Group

RTL Group is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. It has 43 television and 32 radio stations in 10 countries....
, produced a US version of Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon
Gameshow Marathon (UK game show)

Gameshow Marathon is a United Kingdom game show, broadcast from 17 September, 2005 to 26 May, 2007 on ITV.After a quick retrospective look at the history of the particular show, the show itself is recreated....
.

Granada America is also one of the largest producers and distributors of Hollywood TV movies. An average of 12 Hollywood TV movies are produced or acquired by Granada America each year and regularly feature big name stars such as Molly Shannon
Molly Shannon

Molly Helen Shannon is an American actress, comedienne and writer. She is best known for her work as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1995-2001, and is currently starring on the NBC sitcom Kath & Kim ....
in 12 Days of Christmas Eve, Jason Priestly in The Reality Of Love, Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett

Ferrah Leni Fawcett is an United States actress. She became a noted pop culture figure and sex symbol of the 1970s and into the 1980s, shaping the landscape of fashion and pop culture....
in Hollywood Lives, based on Jackie Collins
Jackie Collins

Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins is an United Kingdom novelist and former actress. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. Each of Collins' twenty-six novels have been on the New York Times bestsellers list....
’ best selling novel, Anne Heche
Anne Heche

Anne Celeste Heche is an United States actor, film director and screenwriter....
in Dead Will Tell, Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith is an Academy Award and Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-award winning United States actress. She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and the wife of actor Antonio Banderas....
in Lethal Seduction, Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn is an Emmy Award-nominated United States actor....
and Mary Louise Parker in Unexpected Journey and Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1995 film, Dead Man Walking ....
in Icebound.

Until recently, the Chief Executive Officer of Granada America was David Gyngell
David Gyngell

David Gyngell is the CEO of Australian commercial broadcasting network Nine Network. He is currently serving his second stint as CEO after resigning from the job in May 2005....
, son of the late Bruce Gyngell
Bruce Gyngell

Bruce Gyngell , born in Melbourne, Victoria was a leading Australian television executive. He was the head of many television networks in Australia, including the Nine Network, the Seven Network during the 1970s and also as deputy chairman of the ATV Network in the United Kingdom....
, the former managing director of ITV breakfast franchisee TV-am
TV-am

TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast to the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 to 31 December 1992. It made history by being the first national operator of an ITV franchise at breakfast-time, and was broadcast every day of the week, for most or all of the period between 6am and 9.25am....
and Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television.

Granada Australia
Granada Productions Australia is one of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
’s leading independent television producers. Established in 1998, Granada Productions has grown to the point where it now produces over 120 hours of television every year.

The company was originally Artist Services, a company formed by a group of investors including Steve Vizard
Steve Vizard

Stephen William Vizard, born 6 March 1956 in Richmond, Victoria, is an Australian media personality, businessman and philanthropist....
, producing many shows such as Fast Forward, Full Frontal
Full Frontal (TV series)

Full Frontal was an Australian sketch comedy series which debuted in 1993. The show first aired on the Seven Network on May 13, 1993, and finished on September 22, 1997....
and SeaChange
SeaChange

SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard , Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong....
. Granada purchased the company in the late 1990's.

Its core business is to produce and develop television shows across all genres primarily for the Australasian television market. Its current slate includes the new hit show for the Seven Network Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)

Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning Australian light entertainment television series based on the British show Strictly Come Dancing....
; Mars Venus for W on Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
; the acclaimed show Merrick and Rosso Unplanned
Merrick and Rosso

Merrick and Rosso are an Australian comedian duo, Merrick Watts and Tim Ross. They are best known for their typical Australian attitude and larrikin humour....
, World Comedy Unplugged and Celebrity Super Powers for the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
; the FOX8
FOX8

FOX8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television subscription platforms. It is the most watched subscription television channel in Australia ....
hit, Australia's Next Top Model
Australia's Next Top Model

Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television series based on the America's Next Top Model, which is broadcast on the Australian subscription television channel FOX8....
and the new show for Network Ten
Network Ten

Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
, Australian Princess
Australian Princess

Australian Princess is an Australian reality television show that first premiered on Network Ten on 5 October,2005. It is produced by Granada Productions, who are responsible for other programs such as Dancing with the Stars , Australia's Next Top Model and Merrick and Rosso....
.

Granada Germany
Granada Germany is one of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
's top five television producers.

Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!

Ich bin ein Star ? Holt mich hier raus! is a German television series based on the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!....
, Granada's German production of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! is one of the most successful entertainment shows ever on leading channel RTL
RTL Television

RTL Television is a German television commercial television station distributed via cable television and satellite television along with DVB-T ....
, with two series produced in 2004.

Other recent Granada productions include three MANIA shows, celebrity music talent show Star Duell and Deutschlands Beste Doppelgänger (Stars And Their Doubles) for RTL, and East-West German comedy Ei Verbibbsch for Sat.1
Sat.1

Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station and started one day before RTL Television....
.

ITV Global Entertainment Ltd (Formerly Granada International)
ITV Global Entertainment Ltd is Britain’s leading commercial distributor, representing more than 35,000 hours of programming across all genres from Granada’s / ITV's own production teams and independent producers.

Distributing to over 155 territories worldwide, ITV Global Entertainment Ltd's portfolio includes the largest British feature film collection, including Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter is a 1945 in film British film directed by David Lean about the mores of British suburban life, centring on a housewife for whom real love was an unexpectedly "violent" thing....
, and the Carry On...
Carry On films

Carry On is a long-running film series of low-budget United Kingdom comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. They are an energetic mix of parody, farce, slapstick and double entendres....
films. Also a part of this collection is the ITC Entertainment
ITC Entertainment

The Incorporated Television Company is a United Kingdom television company largely involved in production and distribution. It was founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954....
feature film library, including The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed is a book by Jack Higgins set during World War II. It first published in 1975 in literature. It was made into a The Eagle Has Landed in 1976 in film starring Michael Caine....
, The Return of the Pink Panther
The Return of the Pink Panther

The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film in the Pink Panther series, released in . The film stars Peter Sellers in the role of Inspector Clouseau in his third Panther appearance, after the original The Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark ....
, and On Golden Pond
On Golden Pond (1981 film)

On Golden Pond is a 1981 in film cinema of the United States drama film directed by Mark Rydell. The screenplay by Ernest Thompson was adapted from his On Golden Pond ....
. The television library features programming by most of the major 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....
companies (except 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....
, which belongs to RTL Group
RTL Group

RTL Group is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. It has 43 television and 32 radio stations in 10 countries....
) including award-winning drama titles such as Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect is a United Kingdom police procedural television drama series made by Granada Television for the ITV network in the 1990s and 2000s....
, Dr. Zhivago (2002 miniseries
Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes....
), The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class Great Britain family....
(2002), Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse

Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a fictional character in a series of thirteen detective novels by United Kingdom author Colin Dexter, as well as the Inspector Morse produced by Central Independent Television from 1987?2000, in which he was portrayed by John Thaw....
and Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot is a United Kingdom television program drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot....
, through to innovative formats, captivating children’s shows, star-studded Hollywood TV movies, stunning wildlife documentaries and outstanding factual programming.

ITV Global Entertainment Ltd has also established strong relationships with key broadcasters and producers around the world, and is a major player in programme financing and co-production partnerships.

Current independent producer relationships include Wall to Wall (Ancient Egyptians, The Story Of Us), Darlow Smithson Productions (Seconds From Disaster), Wark Clements (A Mother's Journey), Aardman (Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts was originally a 1989 short film made in United Kingdom about how animals feel about living in a zoo, and later became a series of commercials for Heat Electric....
), Chorion (Agatha Christie's Marple and Poirot), Carnival Films
Carnival Films

Carnival Films is a British television production company, founded by Brian Eastman in 1978 as Picture Partnership Productions Limited. The company swiftly built up a strong reputation as an independent production company....
(Rosemary & Thyme
Rosemary & Thyme

Rosemary & Thyme is a British television series that starred Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme....
) and Red Productions (Bob and Rose, Second Coming), with broadcaster relationships including A&E
A&E Network

A&E is a cable television and satellite television television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Connecticut, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London....
, WGBH, Mediaset
Mediaset

Mediaset is an Italy commercial television network and it has headquarters in Milan, Lombardy. The network was founded by Silvio Berlusconi, but today it is controlled by his family through Fininvest which has as major shareholder Silvio Berlusconi himself....
, National Geographic, Discovery
Discovery Channel

The Discovery Channel is an United States satellite and cable TV channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications....
and NDR
NDR

NDR may refer to:* Nador International Airport — IATA code Morocco airport* National Derby Rallies * Nash Dom Rossiya , Russian political party...
. It also produced the children's series Allsorts
Allsorts (TV series)

Allsorts was a children's television show that was broadcasted from 1989 to 1995 on CITV, made by Granada Television. It was highly remembered for its quirky humour, songs and entertaining storylines that the characters would have to discover, solve or enjoy....
.

ITV Global Entertainment Ltd also incorporates ITV DVD, and a publishing and consumer licensing division, responsible for merchandising and exploiting the rights of ITV Productions and third-party programmes (including CBeebies
CBeebies

CBeebies is a United Kingdom television channel produced by the BBC and aimed at children 6 years and under. Launched on 11 February 2002, the station broadcasts from 06:00 to 19:00 each day on Freeview , cable television, IPTV and digital satellite television....
' Numberjacks). Both have recently been merged in a restructuring of ITV's international arm, which saw the new entity firstly named ITV Worldwide and now ITV Global Entertainment Ltd.

See also

Granada Television
Granada Television

Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. It previously held the "North of England" weekday franchise, which also covered most of Yorkshire, from 1954 until 1968 when its broadcast area was divided into two franchises....
ITV plc
ITV plc

ITV plc is a United Kingdom media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom....

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