Talkback Thames

Talkback Thames

Type	Public
Founded	2003
Headquarters	London, England
Key people	Lorraine Heggessey (CEO)
Industry	Media
Products	Television
Owner(s)	FremantleMedia (part of the RTL Group)
Website	talkbackthames.tv

Talkback Thames (styled as talkback THAMES) is a British television production company, a division of FremantleMedia (part of the RTL Group). It was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames Television, the former ITV network franchisee for London on weekdays between 1968 and 1992. This merger was arranged in February 2003.

The company also includes, as subsidiaries, several other production companies owned by FremantleMedia, including the UK arm of Grundy Productions; comedy specialists Alomo Productions, and William G. Stewart's company Regent Productions.

The CEO of Talkback Thames is Lorraine Heggessey, who took up the post in April 2005, replacing Peter Fincham, who had been CEO of Talkback from 1986 to 2003, and then of Talkback Thames from 2003. Fincham left to take over Heggessey's previous job as Controller of BBC One.

Productions

Notable Talkback Thames productions include:

• The Apprentice for BBC One;
• As The Bell Rings for Disney Channel UK
• The Bill, originally a Thames production, for ITV;
• Bo' Selecta! for Channel 4;
• Britain's Got Talent in association with SYCOtv, for ITV
• Celebrity Juice for ITV2
• Da Ali G Show for Channel 4;
• Dale's Supermarket Sweep for ITV
• Des O'Connor With... for ITV;
• Duel in association with Gallowgate, for ITV (from 2008)
• Escape to the Country for BBC
• Family Affairs for Five;
• Family Fortunes for ITV;
• Going for Gold for Five;
• Grand Designs for Channel 4;
• Grease Is the Word in association with SYCOtv, for ITV
• Green Wing for Channel 4;
• Hole in the Wall for BBC One;
• How Clean is Your House? for Channel 4;
• The IT Crowd for Channel 4;
• I'm Alan Partridge for BBC Two
• Look Around You for BBC Two
• Manhunt - Solving Britain's Crimes for ITV
• Monday Monday - Comedy drama for ITV
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks for BBC Two;
• Pop Idol for ITV;
• PokerFace in association with Gallowgate, for ITV;
• The Price Is Right for ITV;
• Property Ladder for Channel 4;
• QI, in association with Quite Interesting Limited, for BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four;
• The Sharon Osbourne Show for ITV;
• Shooting the Past for BBC One;
• They Think It's All Over for BBC One;
• Wish You Were Here...?/Do You Still Wish You Were Here...? for ITV
• The X Factor in association with SYCOtv, for ITV;

External links

• Talkback Thames.tv