World Productions
World Productions is a British television production company, founded in the early 1990s by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett, and owned by the Marcus Evans Group following a takeover in 2012.
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[edit] History
The company's first major series was the police drama Between The Lines (BBC1, 1992-94), and throughout the decade they went on to produce a succession of highly successful drama series. The most notable of these include This Life (BBC2, 1996-97), a successful drama about a group of young law students in London which became cult viewing; vampire-based thriller Ultraviolet (Channel 4, 1998); and another police series for the BBC, The Cops (BBC2, 1998-99), which was so controversial in its depiction of the police force that official police advice was withdrawn for the second series.
More recently, the company has found success with the series No Angels for Channel 4 (2004-2006), a drama based around the lives of young nurses, and was hoping for similar success with the new series Goldplated and for Channel Five it has produced the Perfect day: Trilogy and Tripping Over a co production with Network Ten. It also co-produced, with BBC Wales, a one-off This Life reunion special, transmitted in early 2007.
[edit] Marcus Evans Takeover
It was announced in February 2012 that the company had been taken over by billionaire businessman and owner of Ipswich Town F.C., Marcus Evans. Evans's company had been looking to get involved with television and film production for a number of years beforehand, and in 2010 set up its own production operation, Marcus Evans Entertainment.[1]
[edit] Filmography
- United (2011) (TV) ... Production Company
- Saddam's Tribe (2007) (TV) ... Production Company
- Party Animals (2007) ... Production Company
- This Life + 10 (2007) (TV) ... Production Company
- Lilies (2007) ... Production Company
- Tripping Over (2006) (TV) ...Production Company
- Perfect Day: The Funeral(2006) (TV) ... Production Company
- Perfect Day: The Millennium (2006) (TV) ... Production Company
- Rough Diamond (2006) ... Production Company
- Perfect Day (2005) (TV) ... Production Company
- Ahead of the Class (2005) (TV) ... Production Company
- Murder Prevention (2004) ... Production Company
- Outlaws (2004) ... Production Company
- No Angels (2004) ... Production Company
- Love Again (2003) (TV) ... Production Company
- Buried (2003) ... Production Company
- Table 12 (2001) ... Production Company
- Trance (2001) (TV) ... Production Company
- Attachments (2000) ... Production Company
- Rough Treatment (2000) (TV) ... Production Company
- Black Cab (2000) ... Production Company
- The Cops (1998) ... Production Company
- Ultraviolet (1998) (TV) ... Production Company
- Hostile Waters (1997) (TV) ... Production Company
- The Heart Surgeon (1997) (TV) ... Production Company
- Beautiful Thing (1996) ... Production Company
- This Life (1996) ... Production Company
- Ballykissangel (1996) ... Production Company
- Christmas (1996) (TV) ... Production Company
- Between the Lines (1992) ... Production Company
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