British independent TV production company
Hat Trick Productions Limited[1] is an independent British production company that produces television and radio programmes, mainly specialising in comedy, based in London.[2][3] The company's logo is depicted as a rabbit pulling a man out of a hat instead of the other way around.
History
Hat Trick Productions was founded in 1986 by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville,[4] and Denise O'Donoghue. Its first commission was Chelmsford 123, a situation comedy for Channel 4.[5] Two years later, Geoffrey Perkins became company director, and helped to produce shows such as Father Ted, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and Have I Got News for You.[6] Perkins left the organisation in 1995, to become head of comedy for BBC Television.[6]
Hat Trick International struck a first look deal with Cardiff Productions[7] and has a joint venture with British television writer Jed Mercurio called HTM Television,[8] with this production company responsible for dramas such as Bloodlands[9][10] with James Nesbitt and the forthcoming DI Ray with Parminder Nagra.[11][12]
Current programmes
Former programmes
References
- ^ "Hat Trick Productions Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 30 April 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Entrepreneurs: Hat Trick's dramatic next episode". standard.co.uk. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "HAT TRICK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- ^ "Mulville: Thriving against long odds". Royal Television Society. 17 November 2014.
- ^ "Company History About Us". London: Hat Trick Productions. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Geoffrey Perkins". The Daily Telegraph. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ "Hat Trick Int'l secures first-look deal with Cardiff Productions". Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd".
- ^ "Bloodlands".
- ^ "Bloodlands to return for a second series on the BBC after biggest BBC drama launch in Northern Ireland on record".
- ^ "ITV commissions compelling crime thriller DI Ray starring Parminder Nagra".
- ^ "Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd".
- ^ Bryan, Scott (16 September 2024). "Inside CNN's New Comedy Quiz Show. Yes, You Read That Right". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ McCormack, Kirsty (28 February 2021). "Rich House Poor House fans in tears as widow is offered business opportunity". mirror.
- ^ "My5".
- ^ "My5".
- ^ "Trigger Point review – utterly preposterous … but what a blast". TheGuardian.com. 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd".
- ^ "Trigger Point is "set up to be a returner", says Jed Mercurio".
- ^ "Whose Line is It Anyway? USA, Series 1, Episode 1 - Whose Line is It Anyway? USA on UKTV Play".
- ^ "Whose Line is It Anyway? USA | Dave Channel".
- ^ "Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd".
- ^ "'Line of Duty,' 'Bodyguard' Creator Jed Mercurio to Produce Stephen Lawrence Sequel". 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd".
- ^ "Steve Coogan to star in ITV sequel to the Murder of Stephen Lawrence". 10 February 2021.
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