Box TV
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| Type | Indpendent Parent group DCD Media plc |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters |  London, England |
| Industry | Television production |
| Website | [1] |
Box TV Limited is a UK based production company specialising in film and television drama, subsidiary of production and distribution group DCD Media.
Founded in 2000 by award-winning producer Gub Neal, formerly Head of Drama at Channel 4 and Controller of Drama at Granada Television, Box TV's core team also include executive producers Justin Thomson-Glover and Patrick Irwin. The team were joined by Adrian Bate, formerly Head of Film & Drama at Zenith Entertainment, in October 2006.
Box TV was acquired in December 2005 by DCD Media.
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[edit] Programmes
Notable Box TV productions include:
- The Wind in the Willows adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic of children's literature starring Matt Lucas and Bob Hoskins for BBC One (Christmas drama 2006/audience 5.3m)
- Bon Voyage for ITV1 (broadcast in October 06/ audience 4.4m)
- Sweeney Todd starring Ray Winstone for BBC One, (broadcast December 2005/audience 6.6m)
- Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
[edit] Upcoming productions
- The Last Enemy, a five part new Thriller for BBC One by screenwriter Peter Berry (Prime Suspect 6, Mary Bryant, Kiszko – A Life for a Life)
- Affinity a drama adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel Affinity for ITV, written by Andrew Davies, who also adapted Sarah Waters' Tipping the Velvet.
[edit] Awards
In June 2007 Bon Voyage won Best Mini-Series award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Other awards include FIPA Awards 2005 – Fipa d’Or for Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
