12 Yard
Industry | Television |
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Genre | Production company |
Founded | 2001 |
Founder | David Young |
Headquarters | London , UK |
Owner | ITV plc (2007-present) |
Parent | Hat Trick Productions (50%, 2001-2007) David Young (50%, 2001-2007) ITV Studios (2007-present) |
12 Yard Productions is a British television production company. It was founded in 2001 as a joint-venture between David Young and the creative team behind the worldwide hit Weakest Link and Hat Trick Productions.[1][2]
12 Yard has gone on to become one of the world's most successful entertainment format creators, producing hit formats including the BBC's long-running early evening quiz Eggheads, Saturday night BBC1 lottery formats The National Lottery: In it to Win it and Who Dares Wins!, primetime feel-good format Holding out for a Hero, Take on the Twisters and Big Star's Little Star for ITV, and Coach Trip, Celebrity Coach Trip and Christmas Coach Trip for Channel 4.
On 5 December 2007, it was confirmed that ITV plc had acquired 12 Yard for £35 million.[3]
Programming[]
- Think Tank[4]
- Insert Name Here[5]
- 5-Star Family Reunion[6]
- The Instant Gardener[7]
- Guess This House[8]
- Hello, Campers![9]
- Gift Wrapped
- The Guess List[10]
- Big Star's Little Star[11]
- Pressure Pad
- Eggheads[12]
- Celebrity Eggheads
- Revenge of the Egghead[13]
- In it to Win it[2]
- Who Dares Wins![2]
- Coach Trip[14]
- Celebrity Coach Trip[14]
- Christmas Coach Trip[14]
- The Benefactor[14] (TV Series)
- Perfection[2]
- Take on the Twisters[15]
- Holding out for a Hero[16]
- Don't Blow the Inheritance![17]
- Without Prejudice?[18]
- Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour[19]
- Top Dog Model[16]
- Sorority Girls[20]
- The Great British Village Show (BBC One, 2007)[21]
- Michael Winner's Dining Stars (ITV, 2010)
- The Colour of Money
- The Cabins[22]
- The Rich List[23]
- Dirty Money[24]
References[]
- ^ Show of the week: Letterbox, TBI Vision, 8 January 2018, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ a b c d Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford host new show for ITV Daytime, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ Welsh, James (2007-12-05). "ITV acquires 12 Yard". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ Bill Turnbull set to front new quiz show Think Tank after his BBC Breakfast departure, 12 December 2015, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ Series 4 for Insert Name Here, 10 September 2018, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ BBC1 plans "5 Star Family Reunion", retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ Instant Gardener returns to BBC1 this month, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ Guess this House, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ Hello Campers, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ BBC One Orders Saturday Night Entertainment Series Fronted By Rob Brydon, 7 February 2014, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ Extra: "Little Star" moves to U.S.; "Love Island" to Germany, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ BBC quiz show Eggheads appeals for Glasgow teams to apply, 30 May 2018, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ Lisa cracks quiz to become an Egghead, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ a b c d E4 hits the road with Celebrity Coach Trip, retrieved January 21, 2019
- ^ ITV commissions new daytime quiz show Take on the Twisters, retrieved January 22, 2019
- ^ a b ITV Studios Global Entertainment Sells Three Formats to Far East, 2 December 2013, retrieved January 22, 2019
- ^ Tim Vine to host new family-based ITV quiz show, 3 July 2012, retrieved January 22, 2019
- ^ Ten International Formats To Watch For In 2018, 28 December 2017, retrieved January 22, 2019
- ^ Coach Trip commissioned for ninth series by Channel 4, 4 September 2013, retrieved January 22, 2019
- ^ SORORITY GIRLS, November 2014, retrieved January 22, 2019
- ^ ITV acquires 12 Yard, 5 December 2007, retrieved January 22, 2019
- ^ "ITV2 announces recommission for the Cabins".
- ^ The Rich List, 2 November 2006, retrieved January 22, 2019
- ^ Voice of Big Brother to host Sky One quiz show, 10 January 2002, retrieved January 22, 2019
External links[]
- ITV (TV network)
- Television production companies of the United Kingdom
- Mass media companies established in 2001
- Companies based in the City of Westminster