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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television production |
| Founded | 1987; 37 years ago (1987), in London |
| Headquarters | London (UK) |
| Key people | Leanne Klein (CEO) |
| Products | The Holy Land and Us: Our Untold Stories Child Genius New Tricks Who Do You Think You Are? Long Lost Family Drugs, Inc. Underworld, Inc. UK's Best Part-Time Band Frontier House George Orwell: A Life in Pictures Colonial House The Edwardian Country House Man on Wire Ancient Egyptians Smallpox 2002 The Day Britain Stopped Back in Time for... |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Television Studios UK (2007–present) |
| Website | www |
Wall to Wall Media, part of Warner Bros. Television Studios UK (formerly Shed Media Group), is a television production company that produces event specials and drama, factual entertainment, science and history programmes for broadcast by networks in both the United Kingdom and United States. Its productions include Who Do You Think You Are?, New Tricks, Child Genius, and Long Lost Family.
In January 2009, Wall to Wall's first feature film Man on Wire won a BAFTA award for Outstanding British Film and followed this success with an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Previously, the company had won a Peabody Award in 2000 for The 1900 House.
Wall to Wall joined the Shed Media Group in November 2007.
In July 2017, Wall to Wall opened a regional production base in Bristol called Wall to Wall West headed by Emily Shields. Productions from Wall to Wall West include variations of the BBC Two lifestyle documentary series Back in Time for... and The World's Most Extraordinary Homes.
Wall to Wall was one of the first production companies to win a factual commission from Apple TV+ with its series Becoming You, which premiered on 13 November, 2020.
The company's name derives from negative references made in the mid-1980s, by then BBC Director-General Alasdair Milne and in the title of a book by Financial Times journalist Chris Dunkley, to "wall-to-wall Dallas" as a possible after-effect of the coming deregulation of UK broadcasting. Future BBC2 controller Jane Root, among the company's founders, considered this a negative, puritanical and conservative view of the medium's possibilities (ref. NME, 17 May 1986) and the name "Wall to Wall Television" was adopted as a conscious celebration of the medium, which its founders considered the "establishment" of the time to be frightened of.
Programming
Current productions
- Long Lost Family: six series for ITV- total 43 episodes with more in production.
- Back in Time For...: five series for BBC Two – total 22 episodes, with more in production.
- Child Genius: four series plus a documentary, Celebrity Special and a "Five Years On" special for Channel 4 – total 18 episodes with more in production.
- Who Do You Think You Are?: twelve series plus adoption special for BBC One – total 110 episodes, with more in production.
- 500 Questions: First series for ITV.
- Waterloo Road: Four series for BBC One - total 30 episodes, with three more series in production.
Filmography
- The Media Show (1987, Channel 4)
- The Human Face (1991 BBC One)
- A Statement of Affairs (1992, ITV1)
- You Me and It (1992, BBC)
- New Nightmares (1992, Channel 4)
- Fellini Film Talk (1992, Channel 4)
- Dark Horses (1992, Channel 4)
- For Love Or Money (1992, Channel 4)
- Grow Your Greens, Eat Your Greens (1992, Channel 4)
- Big City (1993, ITV1)
- Claws, Jaws & Dinosaurs (1993, Channel 4)
- Baby It's You (TV Series) (1994, Channel 4/The Learning Channel)
- The Great Ape Trial (1995, Channel 4)
- The Real X-Files (1995, Channel 4/Discovery Channel)
- Down by the River (1995, ITV Meridian)
- Heartland (1995, ITV 1)
- Slice of Life (BBC Two)
- Sophie's Meat Course (1995, Channel 4)
- The Big Country (1995, BBC Scotland)
- Plotlands (1996, BBC One)
- Human Jungle / Glass Jungle (1996, Channel 4)
- Lyddie (1996, BBC)
- Spymaster (1996, Discovery Channel)
- The Agenda (1996, ITV1)
- Weekly Planet (1996, Channel 4)
- Our Boy (1997, BBC One)
- It's Not Unusual (1997, BBC Two)
- Loss of Innocence (1997, Channel 4)
- Super Twins (1997, TLC)
- Taste of the Times (1997, Channel 4)
- The Science of Sex (1997, The Learning Channel)
- All Mod Cons (1997, BBC Two)
- Bumping The Odds (1997, BBC One)
- A Rather English Marriage (1998, BBC One)
- Sex Chips and Rock & Roll (1998, BBC One)
- St. Paul's (1998, BBC One)
- Body Story (1998, Discovery Channel)
- Children of the Divorce (1998, BBC One)
- Into Africa (1998, PBS)
- Into the Flames (1998, Channel 5)
- What Granny Did in the War (1999, Channel 4)
- What Shall We Do with the Moon (1999, Channel 4)
- Standing Tall (1999, Channel 4/The Learning Channel)
- Ready to Wear (1998, BBC Two)
- Paleoworld (1999, Discovery Channel, TLC)
- Naked Planet (1999, Channel 4/PBS)
- An Animal's World (1999, Channel 4)
- Deluge (1999, Channel 4, TLC)
- Standing Tall / World's Tallest People (1999, Channel 4/TLC)
- What Shall We Do with the Moon? (1999, Channel 4)
- The 1900 House (1999–2000 Channel 4) PBS
- Stressed Out (2000, Channel 4)
- Marrying Out (2000, Channel 4)
- Building The Biggest (2000, Channel 4/TLC)
- Glasgow Kiss (2000, BBC One)
- Rosemary: Castle Cook (2000, Channel 5)
- When Money Went Mad: The Story of the South Sea Bubble (2000, Channel 4)
- Salvage Squad I (2001, Channel 4)
- Science of Beauty (2001, TLC)
- Real Football (2001, Discovery Channel)
- A Child's World (2001, Discovery Channel)
- Cromwell: New Model Englishman (2001, Channel 4)
- Neanderthal (TV series) (2001, Channel 4/Discovery Channel)
- Enduring Extremes (2001, Discovery Channel)
- Eurocops (2001, Discovery Channel)
- Sex Life (2001, BBC Two)
- Extinct (2001, Channel 4)
- Gunpowder, Treason and Plot (2001, Channel 4)
- Health Cops I: Sentenced to Health (2001, Channel 4)
- Rosemary on the Road (2001, Channel 5)
- The Wedding Planner (2001, Sky Living)
- Muslims in America (2001, Discovery Channel)
- Salvage Squad II (2002, Channel 4)
- One Hit Wonderland (2002, Discovery Channel)
- Cleopatra (2002, Channel 4)
- Frontier House (2002, PBS)
- Giant Monsters (2003, Animal Planet)
- Health Cops II & III: New Orleans & Health Cops Undercover (2002, Discovery Health)
- Ice World (2002, Discovery Channel/Channel 4)
- Outbreak (2002, Discovery Health)
- Real Boxing (2002, Discovery Channel)
- The 1940s House (2002, Channel 4/PBS)
- The Day Britain Stopped (2002, BBC Two)
- World's First Predator (2002, Discovery Channel)
- The Edwardian Country House (2002, Channel 4)/PBS)
- Treats from the Edwardian Country House (2002, Channel 4)
- Outbreak (2002, Discovery Health/Alliance Atlantis)
- Art Crime (2002, BBC Four/Bravo)
- Chariot Race (2002, Channel 4/TLC)
- Smallpox 2002 (2002, BBC Two)
- Scribbling (2002, BBC Two)
- Salvage Squad III (2003, Channel 4)
- Ancient Egyptians (TV series) (2003, Channel 4)
- Five Things I Hate About You (2003, BBC Two)
- Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003, BBC Two)
- Life Beyond the Box: Margo Leadbetter (2003, BBC)
- George Orwell: A Life in Pictures (2003, BBC Two)
- Global Medics (2003, Discovery Channel)
- Joe Millionaire UK (2003, Channel 4)
- Spymaster USA (2003, Discovery Channel)
- Tournament (2003, Channel 4)
- First Columbus (2004, Discovery Channel)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2004–present, BBC One)
- Secret Admirer (2004, Channel 4)
- New Tricks (2004–2014, BBC One)
- Rosemary: Queen of the Kitchen (2004, Discovery Home & Leisure)
- Pioneer House (2004, Channel 4)
- Colonial House (2004, WNET)
- Spy (2004, BBC)
- The Story of Us (2004, Discovery Health)
- Salvage Squad (2004, Channel 4)
- The Regency House Party (2004, Channel 4/WNET)
- Spy (2004, BBC Three)
- We've Got the Builders In (2004, BBC Two)
- Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004, BBC Two)
- The Man Who Broke Britain (2004, BBC One)
- Child Genius Documentary (2005, Channel 4)
- Oil Storm (2005, FX)
- The Mafia (2005, Five/National Geographic Channel)
- Not Forgotten (2005, Channel 4)
- The Reclaimers (2005, BBC Two)
- Ian Fleming: Bondmaker(2005, BBC One)
- Things I Hate About You USA (Bravo)
- Your Money Or Your Wife (2006, Channel 4)
- Texas Ranch House (2006, Channel 4/PBS)
- 100% English (2006, Channel 4)
- Underworld Histories (2006–2011, National Geographic Channel)
- The Battle That Made Britain (2006, BBC Four)
- H. G. Wells: War with the World (2006, BBC Two)
- Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006, BBC Two)
- Saving Ronald Reagan (2006, Discovery Channel)
- Outlaw Bikers (2007, National Geographic Channel)
- Empire's Children (2007, Channel 4)
- Building the Future (2007, Discovery Channel)
- You Don't Know You're Born (2007, ITV1)
- HD Atlas: France (2007, Discovery Channel)
- Crisis at the Castle (2007, BBC Two)
- Coal House (2007–2008, BBC One Wales)
- Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008, BBC Two)
- Man on Wire (2008, Discovery Channel/BBC)
- The First New Heart / Beating Death (2007, Channel 4/Discovery Channel)
- The Genius of Photography (2007, BBC Two)
- You Don't Know You're Born (2007, ITV1)
- Crashes That Changed Flying: Aviation Safety (2008, Discovery Channel)
- 10 Commandments of the Mafia (2008, Discovery Channel)
- Dispatches (2008, Channel 4)
- Oligart (2008, Channel 4)
- The Man Who Ate Everything: The Alan Davidson Story (2008, BBC Four)
- Backstairs Billy (2009, Channel 4)
- My Life in Verse (2009, BBC Two)
- Neanderthal Code (2009, National Geographic)
- Sea Patrol UK I (2009, National Geographic)
- Who Killed Scarlett? (2009, Channel 4)
- Electric Dreams, (2009, BBC Four)
- Surviving Terror (2009, Spike)
- Not Forgotten: Soldiers of Empire (2009, Channel 4)
- Anatomy of a Takedown (2009, Discovery Channel)
- Outlaw Biker Women (2009, National Geographic)
- Crack House USA (2010, MSNBC)
- Turn Back Time: The High Street (2010, BBC One)
- Dispatches Special: Bravo's Deadly Mission (2010, Channel 4)
- The Young Ones (2010, BBC One)
- Drugs, Inc. (2010–2015, National Geographic)
- The Genius of Design (2010, BBC Two)
- Stone Age Atlantis (2010, National Geographic)
- That's Britain! (2011, BBC One)
- Mayday Mayday (2011, ITV1)
- Black in Latin America (2011, PBS)
- Petworth House: The Big Spring Clean (2011, BBC Four)
- The Great Estate: The Rise and Fall of the Council House (2011, BBC Four)
- Wicked Pirate City (2011, National Geographic)
- The People's Supermarket (2011, Channel 4)
- Arthur's Hell on High Water (2011, Channel 4)
- Long Lost Family (2011–present, ITV)
- The Girl (2012, BBC Two/HBO)
- The Trouble With Aid (2012, BBC Four)
- Goodnight Britain (2012, BBC One)
- The House The 50s Built (2012, Channel 4)
- Turn Back Time: The Family (2012, BBC One)
- Arts Troubleshooter (2012, BBC Two)
- Sicily Unpacked (2012, BBC Two)
- The Art of Australia (2013, BBC Four)
- That Music Show (2013, Channel 4)
- The People's Medal (2013, ITV1)
- Child Genius (2013–present, Channel 4)
- Nature's Newborns (2013, ITV1)
- Secrets from the Workhouse (2013, ITV1)
- The Voice UK (2012–2016, BBC One)
- Italy Unpacked (2013–present, BBC Two)
- Wanted: A Family Of My Own (2014, ITV1)
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (2014, ITV1)
- Who Do They Think They Are?: 10 Years, 100 Shows (2014, BBC One)
- Secrets from the Clink (2014, ITV1)
- Secrets from the Asylum (2014, ITV1)
- Drugs, Inc. – Dealers' POV (2014, National Geographic)
- Back in Time For Christmas (2015, BBC Two)
- Underworld Inc. (2015–present, National Geographic)
- Time Crashers (2015, Channel 4)
- First Peoples (2015, PBS)
- The Scandalous Lady W (2015, BBC Two)
- Back in Time for Dinner (2015, BBC Two)
- The Gift (2015, BBC One)
- Bring Back Borstal (2015, ITV1)
- UK's Best Part-Time Band (2016, BBC Two/BBC Four)
- Back in Time for the Weekend (2016, BBC Two)
- Victorian Bakers (2016, BBC Two)
- Bus Pass Beauty Queens (2016, Channel 5)
- Long Lost Family Series 6 (2016, ITV)
- 500 Questions (2016, ITV)
- The Victorian Slum (2016, BBC Two)
- Child Genius vs Celebrities: SU2C Special (2016, Channel Four)
- Back in Time For Brixton (2016, BBC Two)
- Six Wives With Lucy Worsley (2016, BBC One)
- Victorian Bakers at Christmas (2016, BBC Two)
- The World's Most Extraordinary Homes (2017, BBC Two/Netflix)
- Further Back in Time For Dinner (2017, BBC Two)
- Lawless Oceans (2017, National Geographic Channel)
- Little Big Shots (2017, ITV)
- Me and My Dog: The Ultimate Contest (2017, BBC Two)
- Long Lost Family: What Happened Next (2017, ITV)
- The Sweet Makers (2017, BBC Two)
- Long Lost Family 7 (2017, ITV)
- My Family, Partition & Me (2017, BBC One)
- Mysteries of the Missing (2017)
- Blitz: The Bombs that Changed Britain (2017, BBC Two)
- The Sweet Makers at Christmas (2017, BBC Two)
- Dope (2017, Netflix)
- Child Genius vs Celebrities Christmas Special (2017, Channel 4)
- Rome Unpacked (2018, BBC Two)
- Back in Time for Tea (2018, BBC Two)
- Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits (2018, BBC Two/Netflix)
- 100 Years Younger in 21 Days (2018, Channel 4)
- The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story (2018, BBC Four)
- Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star (2019, BBC Three)
- Alien Worlds (2020, Netflix)
- Becoming You (2020, Apple TV+)
- Aids: The Unheared Tapes (2022, BBC Two)
- Flordelis: A Family Crime (2022, HBO Max)
- Go Hard or Go Home (2023 -, BBC Three)
References
- "Wall to Wall Key Staff".
- "Film | Outstanding British Film in 2009". BAFTA. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- "Experience over nine decades of the Oscars from 1927 to 2021". Oscars. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- "Awards". Peabody Awards. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- Tryhorn, Chris (29 November 2007). "Shed agrees Wall to Wall buy-up terms". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- "Wall to Wall opens Bristol production base". Televisual.com. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- "Wall to Wall West". Wall to Wall. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- Creamer, John (28 April 2021). "How we made it: Wall to Wall's Becoming You for Apple". Televisual.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- "The Genius of Photography". Wall to Wall Media. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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