12 Yard

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12 Yard
IndustryTelevision
GenreProduction company
Founded2001 (2001)
FounderDavid Young
Headquarters
London
,
UK
OwnerITV plc (2007-present)
ParentHat 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]

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  2. ^ a b c d Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford host new show for ITV Daytime, retrieved January 21, 2019
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  4. ^ Bill Turnbull set to front new quiz show Think Tank after his BBC Breakfast departure, 12 December 2015, retrieved January 21, 2019
  5. ^ Series 4 for Insert Name Here, 10 September 2018, retrieved January 21, 2019
  6. ^ BBC1 plans "5 Star Family Reunion", retrieved January 21, 2019
  7. ^ Instant Gardener returns to BBC1 this month, retrieved January 21, 2019
  8. ^ Guess this House, retrieved January 21, 2019
  9. ^ Hello Campers, retrieved January 21, 2019
  10. ^ BBC One Orders Saturday Night Entertainment Series Fronted By Rob Brydon, 7 February 2014, retrieved January 21, 2019
  11. ^ Extra: "Little Star" moves to U.S.; "Love Island" to Germany, retrieved January 21, 2019
  12. ^ BBC quiz show Eggheads appeals for Glasgow teams to apply, 30 May 2018, retrieved January 21, 2019
  13. ^ Lisa cracks quiz to become an Egghead, retrieved January 21, 2019
  14. ^ a b c d E4 hits the road with Celebrity Coach Trip, retrieved January 21, 2019
  15. ^ ITV commissions new daytime quiz show Take on the Twisters, retrieved January 22, 2019
  16. ^ a b ITV Studios Global Entertainment Sells Three Formats to Far East, 2 December 2013, retrieved January 22, 2019
  17. ^ Tim Vine to host new family-based ITV quiz show, 3 July 2012, retrieved January 22, 2019
  18. ^ Ten International Formats To Watch For In 2018, 28 December 2017, retrieved January 22, 2019
  19. ^ Coach Trip commissioned for ninth series by Channel 4, 4 September 2013, retrieved January 22, 2019
  20. ^ SORORITY GIRLS, November 2014, retrieved January 22, 2019
  21. ^ ITV acquires 12 Yard, 5 December 2007, retrieved January 22, 2019
  22. ^ "ITV2 announces recommission for the Cabins".
  23. ^ The Rich List, 2 November 2006, retrieved January 22, 2019
  24. ^ Voice of Big Brother to host Sky One quiz show, 10 January 2002, retrieved January 22, 2019

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