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PRODUCTION 100 TOP 100 01 AVALON
(Avalon Entertainment) group CEO Laura Kennedy co- exec chairman Jon Thoday, Richard Allen-Turner turnover £223m shows Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO/Sky), Taskmaster (C4), Breeders, (FX/Sky) Starstruck (HBO Max/BBC)
Avalon, which spans TV, talent management, live shows and distribution, takes the number one spot in the Production 100 for the
03 PULSE FILMS (Vice Media) ceo Thomas Benski ceo, UK & Europe Marisa Clifford turnover £68.7m shows Gangs of London (AMC/Starzplay/Sky), Hair Power: Me and My Afro (C4), Inside Misguided: Made in Manchester (C4)
Pulse is one of the UK’s most diversified production companies, operating across TV, commercials, film and music videos. Having expanded into TV drama, it cemented its reputation in the genre with the successful launch of Gangs of London. It has also won business with three new clients Hulu, YouTube and HBO. “We are very invested in scaling our scripted division, with a global outlook, developing projects on our slate which could go into production in multiple territories,” says Pulse.
first time ever. Despite the pandemic, it says it has had its most successful year since launching in 1989, with nearly 30 shows produced in 2020, including 11 new commissions. Its slate includes Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, nominated for seven Emmy’s this year. Pause with Sam Jay became Avalon’s second contribution to HBO’s late night schedule and was quickly picked up for a second season. Sky and FX’s Breeders launched a second season, and has been recommissioned for a third. And Taskmaster completed its move from UKTV to Channel 4. Elsewhere, it launched BritBox’s Spitting Image; Sky Germany has also ordered a bespoke German- language version. Starstruck
Taskmaster
launched on HBO Max and BBC3, and has been recommissioned. Its slate also includes Showtime’s Flatbush Misdemeanors, The Russell Howard Hour and Not Going Out. New orders also include Sky scripted series Safe Space and ITV2
sitcom Buffering. Avalon says group turnover is forecast to hit an all time high of £223m, up from £168m (it also owns producer Topical). Last October, Avalon took a majority stake in leading talent firm The Agency.
04 OBJECTIVE (All3Media) ceo Layla Smith coo director of prod Roz Pound turnover £65.2m shows The Million Pound Cube (ITV), Feel Good (Netflix), Lingo (ITV), The Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders (C5)
Objective Media Group is a superindie within a superindie. Part of All3Media, it houses not only Objective but also Betty, Triple Brew, Main Event, Story Films and Purple. Despite the pandemic, it’s been a strong year for Objective which claims its highest ever place in the P100, on the back of growing number of commissions in the UK and the US. Coming up is its adaption of H.E. Bates’ novel, The Darling Buds of May, entitled The Larkins, for ITV.
05 THAMES (Fremantle) md Amelia Brown dir of progs Charlie Irwin creative director Shona Baldwin dir of prod Dean Jones turnover £61.4m shows Britain’s Got Talent (ITV), Too Hot to Handle (Netflix), I Can See Your Voice (BBC1), Game of Talents (ITV)
Thames has been busy diversifying. At the beginning of 2018 it only made shows for ITV - notably The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. It shot two series of Too Hot to Handle for Netflix (in the Caribbean under tight Covid-19 restrictions). And it produced Hello 2021 for YouTube Originals, and won new Saturday night orders for I Can See Your Voice, Game of Talents, and Family Fortunes. Britain’s Got Talent has been postponed to 2022 and The X Factor cancelled.
06 LOVE (Sky Studios) ceo Richard McKerrow md Letty Kavanagh creative dirs Kieran Smith, Sara Ramsden turnover £59.1m shows The Great British Bake Off (C4), Junior Bake Off (C4), The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC), The Great British Pottery Throw Down(C4)
The Bake Off producer pulled out all the stops to the get the hit series on air last year. Working with C4 and Sky’s health and safety team, it created extensive protocols allowing safe filming of the series for delivery for the autumn schedule. It was the first production of scale to film in early July 2020 and in advance of the broadcasters’ guidance being published. It has also upscaled its IT and edit tech to manage full remote editing of all its series.
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