:World Productions

{{Infobox company

| name = World Productions Limited

| logo = File:World_Productions_Logo.svg

| former_name = {{Ubl

| Ashloft Limited (Mar–Sep 1990)

| Island World Productions Limited (1990–1994)

}}

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Television

| founded = {{Start date and age|1990|03|20}} in London, England

| hq_location_city = London

| services = {{Unbulleted list|Production company}}

| owner =

| parent = ITV Studios (2017–present)

| website = {{URL|https://world-productions.com}}

| footnotes =

}}

World Productions Limited{{Cite web |date=1990-03-20 |title=WORLD PRODUCTIONS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02483078 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Companies House |language=en}} is a British television production company, founded on 20 March 1990 by producer Tony Garnett, and owned by ITV plc following a takeover in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-productions.com/about|title=About World Productions - World Productions|last=Productions|first=World|website=World Productions|language=en|access-date=2018-09-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02483078|title=WORLD PRODUCTIONS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-09-03}}

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 drama series. The most notable of these include This Life (BBC2, 1996–97), about a group of young law graduates in London; vampire-based thriller Ultraviolet (Channel 4, 1998); and a 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Cops (BBC2, 1998–99), which was so controversial in its depiction of the police force that official police advice was withdrawn for the second series{{Citation needed| date=January 2013}}.

More recently, the company has made the series No Angels (2004–2006), a drama based around the lives of young nurses, and Goldplated for Channel 4. For Channel Five, it produced the Perfect Day trilogy and Tripping Over, a co-production with Network Ten in Australia. It also co-produced a one-off This Life + 10 reunion special with BBC Wales, transmitted in early 2007.

=Marcus Evans takeover=

It was announced in February 2012 that the company had been taken over by Marcus Evans Entertainment owned 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.{{cite web|author=Mark Sweney |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/feb/16/this-life-party-animals-producer |title=This Life and Party Animals producer bought by Ipswich Town owner | guardian.co.uk |work=The Guardian |date=16 February 2012 |access-date=25 January 2013}}

= Takeover by ITV plc =

ITV plc announced in May 2017 that they had taken over World Productions. As a result of the deal, World Productions became a unit of ITV Studios and ITV Studios Global Entertainment began distributing all future series internationally.{{Cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-studios-acquires-line-duty-producer-world-productions|title=ITV Studios acquires Line of Duty Producer World Productions|work=Press Centre|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/itv-studios-takes-over-world-productions-1202406281/|title=ITV Studios Takes Over World Productions|last=Mitchell|first=Robert|date=2017-05-02|work=Variety|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en-US}}

In 2018, the series Bodyguard which World Productions produced, become the most-watched TV show in the UK since 2008, achieving approximately 10.4 million viewers throughout the programme.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45622655|title=Bodyguard most watched BBC drama in 10 years|date=2018-09-25|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-10-07|language=en-GB}}

Filmography<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-productions.com/productions/recent|title=Productions|last=Productions|first=World|website=World Productions|language=en|access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref>

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year(s) !! Television title !! Television channel
2026 \|Grams \|BBC One
2024 \|Lockerbie \|Netflix & BBC One{{cite web \| title=BBC and Netflix commission new six-part factual drama Lockerbie \| website=BBC \| date=2023-07-31 \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/lockerbie-factual-drama \| access-date=2023-10-29}}
2024 \|Until I Kill You \|ITV
2024 \|The Gathering \|Channel 4
2023 \|Malpractice \|ITV
2023 \|Fifteen Love \|Prime Video
2023 \|The Hunt For Raoul Moat \|ITV
2022 \|The Suspect \|ITV
2021 \|The Diplomat \|Alibi
2021 \|Karen Pirie \|ITV
2021 \|Showtrial \|BBC One
2021–present \|Vigil \|BBC One
2021 \|The Pembrokeshire Murders \|ITV
2019 \|Anne \|ITV
2018	Bodyguard	BBC One
2018–2019	The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco	ITV, City
2018–2020 \|Save Me \|Sky Atlantic
2017 \|Born to Kill \|Channel 4
2016 \|In Plain Sight \|ITV
2016 \|Dark Angel \|ITV
2016 \|The Secret Agent \|BBC One
2015	Code of a Killer	ITV
2014	Playhouse Presents: Nightshift	Sky Arts
2013	The Great Train Robbery	BBC One
2012	The Fear	Channel 4
2012–2014	The Bletchley Circle	ITV
2012–2021	Line of Duty	BBC Two/BBC One
2011	United	BBC Two
2010	Pulse	BBC Three
2008	Hancock and Joan	BBC Four
2008	Never Better	BBC Two
2007	Saddam's Tribe: Bound by Blood	Channel 4
2007	Rough Diamond	BBC One
2007	Party Animals	BBC Two
2007	Lilies	BBC One
2007	This Life + 10	BBC Two
2006	Goldplated	Channel 4
2006	Perfect Day: The Funeral	Channel 5
2006	Perfect Day: The Millennium	Channel 5
2005	Perfect Day: The Wedding	Channel 5
2005	Ahead of the Class	ITV
2004	Murder Prevention	Channel 5
2004	Outlaws	BBC Three
2004–2006	No Angels	Channel 4
2003	Love Again	BBC Two
2003	Buried	Channel 4
2002	Trance	Sky
2001	Table 12	BBC Two
2001	Men Only	Channel 4
2000	Black Cab	BBC Two
2000–2002	Attachments	BBC Two
2000	Rough Treatment	ITV
1998–2000	The Cops	BBC Two
1998	Ultraviolet	Channel 4
1997	The Heart Surgeon	BBC One
1997	Hostile Waters	HBO & BBC
1996	Sharman	Carlton
1996–1997	This Life	BBC Two
1996–2001	Ballykissangel	BBC One
1995	Christmas	Channel 4
1995	Guardians	Channel 4
1995	Holed	Channel 4
1995	Beautiful Thing	Film4
1995	The Turnaround	Carlton
1995	The Caribou Kitchen	CITV
1994–1996	Cardiac Arrest	BBC One
1993	Wide-Eyed and Legless	BBC One
1992–1994	Between the Lines	BBC One
1992	JUICE	Paramount Bard Entertainment. [https://www.bardentertainments.co.uk/about-us/ "About Us"]. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
1991	Reconstructed Heart	Channel 4 \|

Awards

2012

-Royal Television Society – Midlands (2012)

-Winner – Best Drama – Line of Duty

-Winner – Best Acting Performance (Male) – Lennie James

-Winner – Best Newcomer (Acting Performance) Gregory Piper

2011

-United

-Prix Europa Nomination Best Drama

2009

-Hancock and Joan

-BAFTA Nomination – Best Single Drama

-BAFTA Nomination – Best Actor – Ken Stott

-BAFTA Nomination – Best Actress – Maxine Peake

-Broadcast Awards Finalist – Best Single Drama

2008

-Party Animals

-Broadcast Press Guild Nomination – Best Drama Series

2007

-Perfect Day

-Rose D'Or Nomination – Best Comedy

2005

-Outlaws

-BAFTA Nomination – Best Drama Serial

-Ahead of the Class

-Broadcast Awards Nomination – Best Single Drama

-RTS Awards Nomination – Best Actress – Julia Walters

-RTS Awards Nomination – Best Single Drama

-No Angels

-Indie Awards Nomination – Best Drama Series

2004

-Murder Prevention

-RTS Craft and Design Award – Best Sound

-Love Again

-RTS Awards Nomination – Best Single Drama

-BANFF Awards Nomination – Best Single Drama

2003

-Buried

-BAFTA Award – Best Drama Series

2002

-Men Only

-BAFTA Nomination – Best New Writer

2001

-The Cops

-BAFTA Nomination – Best Drama Series

-World Productions

-won BAFTA Television Craft Award Special Achievement Award

2000

-The Cops

-BAFTA TV Award – Best Drama Series

1999

-The Cops

-BAFTA TV awards – Best Drama Series

-RTS Awards – Best Drama Series

1998

-Ballykissangel

-Broadcasting Press Guild – Best Actor – Tony Doyle

-This Life

-RTS Television Award – Best Drama Series

-BAFTA TV Award – Best Actress – Daniela Nardini

1997

-This Life

-The Writers' Guild of Great Britain – Best Original TV Drama Series

-South Bank Show Award for TV Drama

1996

-Ballykissangel

-Royal Television Society – Best Drama Series

-National TV Awards – Most Popular Actress – Dervla Kirwin

1994

-Cardiac Arrest

-BAFTA Nomination – Best Editing

-Between The Lines

-BAFTA Award – Best Drama

1993

-Between The Lines

-Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award – Best Drama Series

1992

-Between The Lines

-Broadcasting Press Guild – Best Drama Series

References

External links

[http://www.world-productions.com Official company website]

Category:1990 establishments in England

Category:2012 mergers and acquisitions

Category:2017 mergers and acquisitions

Category:British companies established in 1990

Category:ITV (TV network)

Category:Mass media companies based in London

Category:Mass media companies established in 1990

Category:Television production companies of the United Kingdom