Twofour
Twofour Group is a British television and digital media group founded in 1989 by Charles Wace, a former BBC news producer. With headquarters in Plymouth, Twofour has offices in London and Los Angeles.
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| Type | Subsidiary of ITV Studios |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television, digital media |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Charles Wace |
| Headquarters | Plymouth, England |
Key people | Tim Carter (CEO) |
| Parent | ITV Studios |
| Divisions | Twofour Boomerang Twofour Rights |
The Twofour Group consists of Boomerang, Delightful Industries, Mainstreet Pictures, Twofour, Twofour America, and Twofour Rights. In June 2015, Twofour Group was acquired by ITV Studios.[1]
Melanie Leach was named CEO in summer 2014.[2] In Autumn 2019, Leach stepped down, and Tim Carter was appointed CEO of Twofour and the ITV company Multistory Media.
Divisions
Twofour
Twofour supplies programming to channels including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and UKTV.
Twofour was awarded Broadcast's "Best Indie Production Company" title in 2010 and 2014, with titles including The Jump (Channel 4), The Real Marigold Hotel[3] (BBC One/BBC Two) and This Time Next Year (ITV)[4] and Channel 5's longest running series, The Hotel Inspector.
The company produces ob-doc and fixed rig shows such as Channel 4'sEducating Yorkshire, Educating the East End and 2011's Educating Essex.
Twofour has produced a range of adventure documentaries such as Harry's Arctic Heroes for BBC One and Harry's Mountain Heroes for ITV, both featuring Prince Harry and a group of wounded soldiers as they attempt to reach the North Pole and Mount Everest respectively.
Boomerang
Boomerang produces factual entertainment, factual, documentary and sports entertainment programmes from its Cardiff base.
Twofour Rights
Twofour Rights, the distribution arm, was launched in 2012 and brings the programmes to the international marketplace.
Programmes produced by Twofour
2018
| Title[5] | Channel |
|---|---|
| Costa Del Celebrity | Channel 5 |
| This Time Next Year (second series) | ITV |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| Give It A Year | ITV |
| One Night With My Ex | Channel 5 |
2017
| Title[5] | Channel |
|---|---|
| Confessions of a Junior Doctor | Channel 4 |
| The Real Marigold On Tour (second series) | BBC One |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| The Real Marigold Hotel | BBC One |
| The Jump | Channel 4 |
| One Night With My Ex | Channel 5 |
| Chopping Block | ITV |
| Spectacular Spain With Alex Polizzi | Channel 5 |
| Our School 3 (third series) | CBBC |
| Educating Greater Manchester (fifth series) | Channel 4 |
2016
| Title[5] | Channel |
|---|---|
| Royal Navy School | Channel 4 |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| The Real Marigold Hotel | BBC Two |
| The Jump | Channel 4 |
| Drive | ITV1 |
| Our School | CBBC |
| This Time Next Year | ITV |
| The Real Marigold On Tour | BBC Two |
| Dating in the Dark | ITV2 |
| Disabled Daredevils | Channel 4 |
| Tom Daley Diving For Gold | ITV |
| Choccywoccydoodah | UKTV |
| The Hotel Inspector | Channel 5 |
| World's Best Restaurants | UKTV |
| The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis | Channel 4 |
| Tiny Tots Talent Agency | Channel 4 |
| Impossible Engineering | UKTV |
| Chopping Block | ITV |
| Drive | ITV |
| Born to Kill | UKTV |
| Get Me To The Church On Time | UKTV |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| Housing Enforcers | BBC |
2015
| Title[5] | Channel |
|---|---|
| The Vote | More 4 |
| Educating Cardiff (fourth series) | Channel 4 |
| Ibiza Weekender | ITV2 |
| Taking New York | E4 |
| The Jump | Channel 4 |
| Eternal Glory | ITV1 |
| The Housing Enforcers | BBC One |
| Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial | BBC Two |
| Kings and Queens of Speech | Sky1 |
| Our School | CBBC |
2014
| Title[5] | Channel |
|---|---|
| A Night of Heroes | ITV |
| Risking it All | TLC |
| Edge of Alaska | Discovery Channel |
| Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy | Channel 5 |
| The Housing Enforcers | BBC One |
| The Hunt | History |
| Chrome Underground | Discovery Channel |
| 90's Greatest | Nat Geo |
| Stammer School | Channel 4 |
| Dirty Weekenders in France | Channel 4 |
| Harry's South Pole Heroes | ITV |
| James Nesbitt's Ireland | ITV |
| Cooks' Questions | More 4 |
| The Magaluf Weekender | ITV2 |
| The Jump | Channel 4 |
| Splash | ITV |
| The Hotel Inspector | Channel 5 |
| Alex Polizzi: The Fixer | BBC Two |
| Educating the East End (third series) | Channel 4 |
2013
| Title[5] | Channel | Start date | No. of episodes | Running time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educating Yorkshire (second series) | Channel 4 | 5 September 2013 | 8 | 60 minutes |
| Alex Polizzi's Christmas Fix | BBC Two | 19 December 2013 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| Holiday Hit Squad | BBC One | 6 February 2013 | 4 | 60 minutes |
| Country House Sunday | ITV | 21 April 2013 | 21 | 60 minutes |
| Storage Hoarders (series 2) | ITV | 30 | 60 minutes | |
| Happy Families | ITV | 2013 | 4 | 60 minutes |
| The 80s Greatest | National Geographic Channel | 2013 | 4 | 60 minutes |
| Splash! (series 1) | ITV | 5 January 2013 | 5 | 75 minutes |
| Choccywoccydoodah Star Challenge | Good Food | 2013 | 10 | 60 minutes |
| Tropical Diseases | Discovery Channel | 2013 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| The Body Shocking Show | E4 | 2013 | 8 | 30 minutes |
| James Nesbitt's Ireland | ITV | 2013 | 10 | 30 minutes |
| Britain's Biggest Hoarders | BBC One | 2013 | 3 | 60 minutes |
| The Magaluf Weekender | ITV2 | 6 January 2013 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| Cornwall with Caroline Quentin (series 2) | ITV | 7 January 2013 | 10 | 30 minutes |
| Alex Polizzi: The Fixer (series 2) | BBC Two | 12 February 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
2012
| Title[5] | Channel | Start date | No. of episodes | Running time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards | ITV | 14 December 2012 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| Body Invaders | Discovery Channel | 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| Paddy's Show and Telly | ITV | 22 December 2012 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| Holiday Home Sweet Home | ITV | 2012 | 20 | 60 minutes |
| Storage Hoarders | ITV | 2012 | 20 | 60 minutes |
| All Star Christmas Presents | Sky1 | 23 December 2012 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| The Secret Interview | Channel 5 | 2012 | 4 | 60 minutes |
| My Kidney and Me | More4 | 2012 | 1 | 30 minutes |
| Tom Daley: Diving for Britain | BBC One | 23 July 2012 | 1 | 50 minutes |
| My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham | ITV | 2012 | 20 | 60 minutes |
| Harry's Mountain Heroes | ITV | 2012 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| Bumps, Babies & Beyond | Discovery Real Time | 2012 | 6 | 30 minutes |
| City Secrets | Sky Atlantic | 2012 | 8 | 60 minutes |
| The Hotel Inspector (series 9) | Channel 5 | 2012 | 10 | 60 minutes |
| Britain's Biggest Hoarders | BBC One | 2012 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| God Save the Queens | Sky Atlantic | 2012 | 3 | 60 minutes |
| Be Your Own Boss | BBC Three | 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| British Cycling: Road to Glory | Sky Atlantic | 20 August 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| Bradley Wiggins – A Year in Yellow | Sky Atlantic | 21 November 2012 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| The Angel | Sky1 | 2012 | 5 | 60 minutes |
| A Short History of Everything Else | Channel 4 | 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| The Exclusives | ITV2 | 2012 | 7 | 60 minutes |
| Alex Polizzi: The Fixer (series 1) | BBC Two | 31 January 2012 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| The Story of Musicals | BBC Four | 2012 | 3 | 60 minutes |
| Cornwall with Caroline Quentin (series 1) | ITV | 2 January 2012 | 8 | 30 minutes |
| Home of the Future | Channel 4 | 2012 | 5 | 60 minutes |
| Table Dancing Diaries | BBC Three | 2012 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| Out on a Limo | Channel 4 | 2012 | 1 | 60 minutes |
2011
| Title[5] | Channel | Start date | No. of episodes | Running time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Night of Heroes | ITV | 2011 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| Paddy's Show and Telly | ITV | 29 December 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| #tweetsoftheyear | ITV2 | 2011 | 1 | 90 minutes |
| So This Is Christmas | Channel 4 | 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| Sealed Bid | Channel 4 | 2011 | 5 | 60 minutes |
| Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $ Girl | Channel 5 | 2011 | 3 | 60 minutes |
| Harry's Arctic Heroes | BBC One | 2011 | 2 | 60 minutes |
| My Hoarder Mum and Me | BBC One | 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| TA and the Taliban | Watch | 2011 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| My Funniest Year | Channel 4 | 2011 | 4 | 120 minutes |
| Best of British | Channel 4 | 2011 | 10 | 60 minutes |
| Educating Essex | Channel 4 | 2011 | 7 | 60 minutes |
| The Hotel Inspector (series 7) | Channel 5 | 18 April 2011 | 8 | 60 minutes |
| The Hotel Inspector (series 8) | Channel 5 | 3 October 2011 | 8 | 60 minutes |
| Choccywoccydoodah | Good Food | 2011 | 10 | 30 minutes |
| Graffiti Wars | Channel 4 | 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| New Look Style the Nation | Channel 4 | 2011 | 6 | 60 minutes |
| Fisherman's Friends | Channel 4 | 2011 | 1 | 60 minutes |
| 50 Greatest Wedding Shockers | E4 | 2011 | 1 | 120 minutes |
Awards
This Time Next Year was named the fastest selling format in the world in 2016,[6] and secured a C21 award and a Realscreen Award.[7]
The Real Marigold Hotel won a Rose d'Or award in 2016.[8] The series was moved to BBC One for its second series.[3]
Educating Yorkshire won a National Television Award, RTS Award, Broadcast Award for Best Documentary, IVCA Award, a BAFTA Craft award and two BAFTA Television nominations.
Twofour held the title Best Indie Production Company in 2010 and 2014, and secured 1st place in Televisual Magazine's True Indie Survey 2013.
The company has been awarded several IVCA and RTS awards. In 2013, triple BAFTA-nominated Educating Essex won a Broadcast Award for Best Documentary Series.[9]
References
- "TV acquires Twofour Group". ITV Press Centre. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- "Televisual | NEWS & COMMENTS". www.televisual.com.
- "BBC - The Real Marigold Hotel - series two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "This Time Next Year".
- "Our Work". Twofour. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- "This Time Next Year". C21media. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "Realscreen Awards ★ nominees ★". awards.realscreen.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "News". www.rosedor.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "Broadcast Awards 2013: Winners". Broadcast Now. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
