| Channel X | |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Jonathan Ross Alan Marke |
| Headquarters | |
| Subsidiaries | Channel X North[1] Channel X Hopscotch |
| Website | www |
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 programme The Last Resort.[2]
Channel X's Manchester based subsidiary, Channel X North won its first commissions in 2009, netting deals at the BBC and Channel 4. In 2020, a new subsidiary was launched named Channel X Hopscotch, in partnership with Hopscotch Films to produce comedy and drama set and made in Scotland.[3]
Selected shows
[edit]- The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross
- Saturday Zoo with Jonathan Ross
- Vic Reeves Big Night Out
- Sean's Show
- Shooting Stars
- The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
- Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer
- Catterick
- Popetown
- Blunder
- Modern Toss
- Snuff Box
- So Awkward
- Detectorists
Online
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Channel X | Channel X". 13 December 2010.
- ^ BBC Radio 2 profile of Jonathan Ross
- ^ https://channelx.co.uk/about/
External links
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| National | |
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