Twofour Broadcast Limited,[1] trading as Twofour, is a British television and digital media group founded in 1989 by Charles Wace, a former BBC news producer, and Christopher Slade, a BBC presenter. With its headquarters in Plymouth, Twofour has offices in London and Los Angeles.
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| Twofour | |
| Formerly | Westpal Limited (February–April 1989)[1] Two Four Productions Limited (1989–2005) |
| Company type | Subsidiary of ITV Studios |
| Industry | |
| Founded | February 23, 1989 |
| Founder | Charles Wace |
| Headquarters | Plymouth, England |
Key people | Tim Carter (CEO) |
| Parent | ITV Studios (2015–present) |
| Divisions |
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| Website | twofour |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
In June 2015, Twofour Group was acquired by ITV Studios.[2]
Melanie Leach was named CEO in summer 2014.[3] In Autumn 2019, Leach stepped down, and Tim Carter was appointed CEO of Twofour and the ITV company Multistory Media.[citation needed]
Divisions
editTwofour
editTwofour supplies programming to channels including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and UKTV.[citation needed]
Recent and upcoming productions include The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy for Apple TV+,[4] and I Kissed A Boy for BBC Three. [5] Twofour was awarded Broadcast's "Best Indie Production Company" title in 2010 and 2014, with titles including The Jump (Channel 4), The Real Marigold Hotel[6] (BBC One/BBC Two) and This Time Next Year (ITV)[7] and Channel 5's longest running series, The Hotel Inspector.[citation needed]
The company produces ob-doc and fixed rig shows such as Channel 4's Educating Yorkshire, Educating the East End and 2011's Educating Essex.[citation needed]
Twofour has produced a range of adventure documentaries such as Harry's Arctic Heroes for BBC One and Harry's Mountain Heroes for ITV, both featuring Prince Harry and a group of wounded soldiers as they attempt to reach the North Pole and Mount Everest respectively and “You’ve Gotta Run” for ITV and Peace Point TV as the students run away and DeeDee is the running teacher.[citation needed]
Twofour Rights
editTwofour Rights was the distribution arm of Twofour. Launched in 2012, they brought Twofour's programmes to the international marketplace.
In 2021, Twofour's parent company ITV Studios, merged Twofour Rights into ITV Studios Distribution.[8]
Selected programmes produced by Twofour
edit2024
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| Big Zuu's 12 Dishes in 12 Hours | ITV1 |
| I Kissed A Girl | BBC Three |
| Loaded in Paradise (S2) | ITV2 |
| The Reluctant Traveler (S2) | Apple TV+ |
2023
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| The Reluctant Traveler[10] | Apple TV+ |
| I Kissed A Boy | BBC Three |
| Challenge Anneka | Channel 5 |
| Roman Kemp: The Fight For Young Lives | BBC Three |
| Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction | BBC Three |
| Rosie Jones: Am I A R*tard? | Channel 4 |
2022
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| Watercolour Challenge | Channel 5 |
| Hotel Benidorm | Channel 5 |
| Happy Campers | Channel 5 |
| Julia Bradbury: Breast Cancer and Me | ITV |
| Loaded in Paradise | ITV |
| Million Pound Pawn | ITV |
| Make Me Prime Minister | Channel 4 |
| Our Boarding School | CBBC |
| The Hotel Inspector 17 | Channel 5 |
2021
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| My Cornwall With Fern Britton[11] | Channel 5 |
| Our School Series 7 | CBBC |
| Motherland (third season) | BBC Two |
| Watercolour Challenge[12] | Channel 5 |
2020
edit| Title | Channel |
|---|---|
| Educating Greater Manchester | Channel 4 |
| Virgin Media's V Fest 2020 | ITV2 |
| Together At Home | BBC1 |
2018
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| My Shirley Valentine Summer | ITV |
| Costa Del Celebrity | Channel 5 |
| This Time Next Year (second series) | ITV |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| Give It A Year | ITV |
| One Night With My Ex | Channel 5 |
2017
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| Confessions of a Junior Doctor | Channel 4 |
| The Real Marigold On Tour (second series) | BBC One |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| The Real Marigold Hotel | BBC One |
| The Jump | Channel 4 |
| One Night With My Ex | Channel 5 |
| A Night with My Ex | Bravo |
| Chopping Block | ITV |
| Spectacular Spain With Alex Polizzi | Channel 5 |
| Our School 3 (third series) | CBBC |
| Educating Greater Manchester (fifth series) | Channel 4 |
2016
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| Royal Navy School | Channel 4 |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| The Real Marigold Hotel | BBC Two |
| The Jump | Channel 4 |
| Drive | ITV |
| Our School | CBBC |
| This Time Next Year | ITV |
| The Real Marigold On Tour | BBC Two |
| Dating in the Dark | ITV2 |
| Disabled Daredevils | Channel 4 |
| Tom Daley Diving For Gold | ITV |
| Choccywoccydoodah | UKTV |
| The Hotel Inspector | Channel 5 |
| World's Best Restaurants | UKTV |
| The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis | Channel 4 |
| Tiny Tots Talent Agency | Channel 4 |
| Impossible Engineering | UKTV |
| Chopping Block | ITV |
| Drive | ITV |
| Born to Kill | UKTV |
| Get Me To The Church On Time | UKTV |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| Housing Enforcers | BBC |
2015
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| The Vote | More 4 |
| Educating Cardiff (fourth series) | Channel 4 |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| Taking New York | E4 |
| The Jump | Channel 4 |
| Eternal Glory | ITV |
| The Housing Enforcers | BBC One |
| Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial | BBC Two |
| Kings and Queens of Speech | Sky1 |
| Our School | CBBC |
2014
edit| Title[9] | Channel |
|---|---|
| A Night of Heroes | ITV |
| Risking it All | TLC |
| Edge of Alaska | Discovery Channel |
| Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy | Channel 5 |
| The Housing Enforcers | BBC One |
| The Hunt | History |
| Chrome Underground | Discovery Channel |
| 90's Greatest | Nat Geo |
| Stammer School | Channel 4 |
| Dirty Weekenders in France | Channel 4 |
| Harry's South Pole Heroes | ITV |
| James Nesbitt's Ireland | ITV |
| Cooks' Questions | More 4 |
| The Magaluf Weekender | ITV2 |
| The Jump | Channel 4 |
| Splash | ITV |
| The Hotel Inspector | Channel 5 |
| Alex Polizzi: The Fixer | BBC Two |
| Educating the East End (third series) | Channel 4 |
2013
edit| Title[9] | Channel | Start date | No. of episodes | Running time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educating Yorkshire (second series) | Channel 4 | 5 September 2013 | 8 | 60 minutes |
| Alex Polizzi's Christmas Fix | BBC Two | 19 December 2013 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| Holiday Hit Squad | BBC One | 6 February 2013 | 4 | 60 minutes |
| Country House Sunday | ITV | 21 April 2013 | 21 | 60 minutes |
| Storage Hoarders (series 2) | ITV | 30 | 60 minutes | |
| Happy Families | ITV | 2013 | 4 | 60 minutes |
| The 80s Greatest | National Geographic Channel | 2013 | 4 | 60 minutes |
| Splash! (series 1) | ITV | 5 January 2013 | 5 | 75 minutes |
| Choccywoccydoodah Star Challenge | Good Food | 2013 | 10 | 60 minutes |
| Tropical Diseases | Discovery Channel | 2013 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| The Body Shocking Show | E4 | 2013 | 8 | 30 minutes |
| James Nesbitt's Ireland | ITV | 2013 | 10 | 30 minutes |
| Britain's Biggest Hoarders | BBC One | 2013 | 3 | 60 minutes |
| The Magaluf Weekender | ITV2 | 6 January 2013 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| Cornwall with Caroline Quentin (series 2) | ITV | 7 January 2013 | 10 | 30 minutes |
| Alex Polizzi: The Fixer (series 2) | BBC Two | 12 February 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
2012
edit| Title[9] | Channel | Start date | No. of episodes | Running time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards | ITV | 14 December 2012 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| Body Invaders | Discovery Channel | 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| Paddy's Show and Telly | ITV | 22 December 2012 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| Holiday Home Sweet Home | ITV | 2012 | 20 | 60 minutes |
| Storage Hoarders | ITV | 2012 | 20 | 60 minutes |
| All Star Christmas Presents | Sky1 | 23 December 2012 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| The Secret Interview | Channel 5 | 2012 | 4 | 60 minutes |
| My Kidney and Me | More4 | 2012 | 1 | 30 minutes |
| Tom Daley: Diving for Britain | BBC One | 23 July 2012 | 1 | 50 minutes |
| My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham | ITV | 2012 | 20 | 60 minutes |
| Harry's Mountain Heroes | ITV | 2012 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| Bumps, Babies & Beyond | Discovery Real Time | 2012 | 6 | 30 minutes |
| City Secrets | Sky Atlantic | 2012 | 8 | 60 minutes |
| The Hotel Inspector (series 9) | Channel 5 | 2012 | 10 | 60 minutes |
| Britain's Biggest Hoarders | BBC One | 2012 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| God Save the Queens | Sky Atlantic | 2012 | 3 | 60 minutes |
| Be Your Own Boss | BBC Three | 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| British Cycling: Road to Glory | Sky Atlantic | 20 August 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| Bradley Wiggins – A Year in Yellow | Sky Atlantic | 21 November 2012 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| The Angel | Sky1 | 2012 | 5 | 60 minutes |
| A Short History of Everything Else | Channel 4 | 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| The Exclusives | ITV2 | 2012 | 7 | 60 minutes |
| Alex Polizzi: The Fixer (series 1) | BBC Two | 31 January 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| The Story of Musicals | BBC Four | 2012 | 3 | 60 minutes |
| Cornwall with Caroline Quentin (series 1) | ITV | 2 January 2012 | 8 | 30 minutes |
| Home of the Future | Channel 4 | 2012 | 5 | 60 minutes |
| Table Dancing Diaries | BBC Three | 2012 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| Out on a Limo | Channel 4 | 2012 | 1 | 60 minutes |
2011
edit| Title[9] | Channel | Start date | No. of episodes | Running time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Night of Heroes | ITV | 2011 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| Paddy's Show and Telly | ITV | 29 December 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| #tweetsoftheyear | ITV2 | 2011 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| So This Is Christmas | Channel 4 | 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| Sealed Bid | Channel 4 | 2011 | 5 | 60 minutes |
| Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$ Girl | Channel 5 | 2011 | 3 | 60 minutes |
| Harry's Arctic Heroes | BBC One | 2011 | 2 | 60 minutes |
| My Hoarder Mum and Me | BBC One | 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| TA and the Taliban | Watch | 2011 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| My Funniest Year | Channel 4 | 2011 | 4 | 120 minutes |
| Best of British | Channel 4 | 2011 | 10 | 60 minutes |
| Educating Essex | Channel 4 | 2011 | 7 | 60 minutes |
| The Hotel Inspector (series 7) | Channel 5 | 18 April 2011 | 8 | 60 minutes |
| The Hotel Inspector (series 8) | Channel 5 | 3 October 2011 | 8 | 60 minutes |
| Choccywoccydoodah | Good Food | 2011 | 10 | 30 minutes |
| Graffiti Wars | Channel 4 | 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| New Look Style the Nation | Channel 4 | 2011 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| Fisherman's Friends | Channel 4 | 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| 50 Greatest Wedding Shockers | E4 | 2011 | 1 | 120 minutes |
1998
editWhat would you do? | BBC One | 45 episodes | 30 minutes
Awards
editThis Time Next Year was named the fastest selling format in the world in 2016,[13] and secured a C21 award and a Realscreen Award.[14]
The Real Marigold Hotel won a Rose d'Or award in 2016.[15] The series was moved to BBC One for its second series.[6]
Educating Yorkshire won a National Television Award, RTS Award, Broadcast Award for Best Documentary, IVCA Award, a BAFTA Craft award and two BAFTA Television nominations.[citation needed]
Twofour held the title Best Indie Production Company in 2010 and 2014, and secured 1st place in Televisual Magazine's True Indie Survey 2013.[citation needed]
The company has been awarded several IVCA and RTS awards.[citation needed] In 2013, triple BAFTA-nominated Educating Essex won a Broadcast Award for Best Documentary Series.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c "TWOFOUR BROADCAST LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 23 February 1989. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "TV acquires Twofour Group". ITV Press Centre. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "Televisual | NEWS & COMMENTS". www.televisual.com.
- ^ "Watch The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy | Apple TV+ (UK)". Apple TV. 24 February 2023.
- ^ "BBC Three announces new gay dating show hosted by Dannii Minogue". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b "BBC - The Real Marigold Hotel - series two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "This Time Next Year".
- ^ "ITV Studios | Profiles | Showcase". Broadcast. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Our Work". Twofour. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Apple TV+ travel series "The Reluctant Traveler," hosted by Emmy Award winner Eugene Levy, to premiere on February 24, 2023". Apple Inc. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Channel 5 Head to Cornwall for Two New Series". 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Channel 5 Revive c4's Watercolour Challenge". 28 April 2021.
- ^ "This Time Next Year". C21media. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Realscreen Awards ★ nominees ★". awards.realscreen.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "News". www.rosedor.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Broadcast Awards 2013: Winners". Broadcast Now. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.