Talkback
Talkback launched in February 2012, handling Fremantle's comedy programmes. The company has its origins as Talkback Productions, founded in the 1980s by Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith. With a rich history of memorable comedy entertainment programmes spanning four decades, the label continues to create innovating and entertaining television shows for new generations of viewers.
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Current productions
| Status | Medium | Production | Broadcaster | Genre | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Returning | TV |  |
Celebrity Juice | ITV2 | Panel Show | ITV2 panel show hosted by Leigh Francis as Keith Lemon, focused on the world of celebrity and silly games. |
| Returning | TV |  |
QI | BBC2 | Panel Show | Panel game that contains lots of difficult questions and a large amount of quite interesting facts. |
Notable archive productions
| Medium | Production | Broadcaster | Genre | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV |  |
Through The Keyhole | ITV | Panel Show | Keith Lemon presents an updated comic version of classic panel game Through The Keyhole, in which a panel must guess a home's owner. |
| TV |  |
Your Face Or Mine | Comedy Central | Comedy | Comic game show about contestants' faces, hosted by Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan. |
| TV |  |
Virtually Famous | E4 | Panel Show | A panel show about internet stars and the clips that go viral. |
| TV |  |
Sweat The Small Stuff | BBC3 | Panel Show | Nick Grimshaw hosts a celebrity-based BBC Three panel show featuring fickle obsessions, plus games and questions. |
| TV |  |
PhoneShop | E4 | Sitcom | E4 sitcom set in a mobile phone shop. It follows a disfunctional sales team of five at home and at work as they try to reach big sales targets. |
| TV |  |
They Think It's All Over | BBC1 | Panel Show | Sports-based panel show hosted by Nick Hancock. Regulars included David Gower, Gary Lineker, Rory McGrath and Jonathan Ross. |
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Comedy title launches
| Year | Medium | Genre | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Online | Sitcom | Halfbreed |
| 2019 | Radio | Sitcom | ReincarNathan |
| 2019 | TV | Chat Show | Shopping With Keith Lemon |
| 2019 | Radio | Stand-Up | The Clemmie Hart Years |
| 2018 | TV | Comedy | Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier |
| 2018 | TV | Comedy | Keith Lemon: Coming In America |
| 2018 | Online | Comedy | The Luke McQueen Pilots |
| 2017 | TV | Comedy | The Keith & Paddy Picture Show |
| 2017 | TV | Comedy | Your Face Or Mine |
| 2016 | TV | Sketch Show | @elevenish |
| 2015 | TV | Sketch Show | Glitchy |
| 2013 | TV | Sketch Show | Animal Antics |
| 2013 | TV | Chat Show | Staying In With Greg & Russell |
| 2013 | TV | Panel Show | Sweat The Small Stuff |
| 2013 | TV | Panel Show | Through The Keyhole |
| 2013 | TV | Panel Show | What A Load Of Buzzcocks |
| 2012 | TV | Chat Show | Unzipped |
| 2009 | TV | Sitcom | PhoneShop |
| 2008 | TV | Panel Show | Celebrity Juice |
| 2003 | TV | Panel Show | QI |
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