Channel X
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| foundation = 1987
| founder = Jonathan Ross
Alan Marke
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| subsid = Channel X North{{Cite web|url=http://www.channelx.co.uk/about/|title = Channel X | Channel X|date = 13 December 2010}}
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Channel X Productions is a UK comedy and entertainment company with a 22–year history of producing programmes for all of the major broadcasters. The company specialises in scripted broken and narrative comedy, comedy-entertainment formats and game shows.
The company was formed in 1987 by Jonathan Ross and Alan Marke, and the former made his television presenting début as a stand-in presenter for Channel X program The Last Resort.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/presenters/jonathan-ross/ BBC Radio 2 profile of Jonathan Ross]
Channel X's Manchester based subsidiary, Channel K, has also won its first commissions in 2009, netting deals at the BBC and Channel 4.
Selected shows
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Channel X also produced an online comedy drama series called Chelsey OMG which aired on social networking website Bebo. By February 2009 the show had amassed almost 2,000,000 views.
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External links
- [http://www.channelx.co.uk Channel X Website]
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Category:Television production companies of the United Kingdom
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