TalkbackTHAMES
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talkbackTHAMES is a British television production company, a division of FremantleMedia (part of the RTL Group). It was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames Television, the former ITV franchisee for London on weekdays. This merger was arranged in 2001.
The CEO of talkbackTHAMES is Lorraine Heggessey, who took up the post in April 2005, replacing Peter Fincham, who had been CEO of Talkback from 1986 to 2001, and then of talkbackTHAMES from 2001. Fincham left to take over Heggessey's previous job as Controller of BBC One.
Notable talkbackTHAMES productions include:
- The Apprentice for BBC Two;
- The Bill, originally a Thames production, for ITV1;
- Da Ali G Show for Channel 4;
- Des O'Connor With... for ITV1;
- Family Affairs for Five;
- The Price Is Right for ITV1;
- Green Wing for Channel 4;
- How Clean Is Your House? for Channel 4;
- The IT Crowd for Channel 4;
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks for BBC Two;
- Bo Selecta for Channel 4;
- Pop Idol for ITV1;
- Pokerface for ITV1;
- QI for BBC Two;
- Property Ladder for Channel 4;
- Shooting the Past for BBC One;
- They Think It's All Over for BBC One;
- Grand Designs for Channel 4;
- The X Factor in association with SYCOtv, for ITV1;
- The Sharon Osbourne Show for ITV1;
- Family Fortunes for ITV1;
- Dale's Supermarket Sweep for ITV1 (January 2007)
