Talkback Productions

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Talkback Productions

Talkback Productions was formed in 1981 by Mel Smith

Mel Smith

Mel Smith is an English people comedian, actor, film director, writer, and producer....
and Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones

Griffith Rhys Jones , better known as Griff Rhys Jones, is a Wales comedian, writer and actor. He came to national attention in the 1980s when he starred with Mel Smith in a number of Sketch comedy programmes on British TV....
. The company is one of the UK

United Kingdom

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’s leading production companies and part of the 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....
, a major European broadcast

Broadcasting

Broadcasting is distribution of Sound and/or video Signalling s which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults....
and content company.

Talkback has a long track record of producing popular shows including Smack the Pony
Smack the Pony

Smack the Pony was a United Kingdom sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Its title was intended to sound like a euphemism for female masturbation; the working title was Spot the Pony....
, Green Wing
Green Wing

Green Wing is an award-winning British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital Trust. It was created by the same team behind the Sketch comedy show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
, Da Ali G Show
Da Ali G Show

Da Ali G Show is the name of two related Satire TV series starring Great Britain comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G....
, I'm Alan Partridge
I'm Alan Partridge

I'm Alan Partridge is a BBC situation comedy starring Steve Coogan; two series of six episodes were produced, the first in 1997 and the second in 2002....
, QI
Qi

In traditional Chinese culture, qi is an active principle forming part of any living thing.It is frequently translated as "energy flow," and is often compared to Western notions of energeia or ?lan vital as well as the Yoga Pranayama of prana....
, Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a popular music and rock music theme, currently presented by Simon Amstell, starring Phill Jupitus and a weekly guest team captain, and produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC....
, They Think It's All Over
They Think It's All Over (TV series)

They Think It's All Over was a British comedy panel game with a sporting theme produced by Talkback Thames and shown on BBC One. The show's name is taken from Kenneth Wolstenholme's famous 1966 FIFA World Cup commentary quotation, "They Think It's All Over...it is now!" and the show has heightened the popularity of the phrase ....
and House Doctor
House Doctor

House Doctor is a United Kingdom Entertainment television programme. Broadcast on Five , each week the House Doctor, California real estate stylist Ann Maurice helps UK home owners sell their houses with her industry know-how and style tips....
.

Past credits include shows such as Alas Smith and Jones
Alas Smith and Jones

Alas Smith and Jones was a United Kingdom comedy sketch comedy television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. It was broadcast on the BBC from 1982 to 1998....
, Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid was a BBC black comedy anthology series starring comedian Dawn French. It ran for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999....
, The Day Today
The Day Today

The Day Today is a Surrealism British parody of television news programmes. It is an adaptation of the radio programme On The Hour. The series is composed of six half-hour episodes and a selection of shorter, five-minute slots recorded as promotion trailers for the longer segments....
, The Eleven O'Clock Show
The Eleven O'Clock Show

The 11 O'Clock Show was a Satire late-night United Kingdom television comedy series on Channel 4, which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items....
, and Big Train
Big Train

Big Train is a surreal United Kingdom television comedy sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, writers of the successful sitcom Father Ted....
.

In 2003, the company was sold to 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....
's owner FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of RTL Group, Europe's largest TV, radio, and production company. Its world headquarters are located in London, United Kingdom....
for £62 million.