Open Media

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Open Media is a British television production company, best known for the discussion series After Dark, which was described by The Daily Mail as "the most intelligent, thought-provoking and interesting programme ever to have been on television"^[1].

The company was founded in 1987 and has produced over 400 hours of television for all the main UK network broadcasters, including BBC TV, the ITV network and Channel 4. It has made entertainment series and factual specials which have sold all over the world. It also produces communications and corporate media for some of Britain's most important businesses.

Open Media programmes have been nominated for many awards by the Royal Television Society and the British Academy BAFTA.

Two different Open Media productions were featured during the 25th anniversary of Channel 4 in autumn 2007: The Secret Cabaret [1] and After Dark [2] were shown again on More4 during the celebratory season.

1 Productions
- 1.1 Entertainment
- 1.2 Factual
2 Stars
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Productions

[edit] Entertainment

Entertainment series include Don't Quote Me and The Secret Cabaret.

[edit] Factual

Factual series and specials include After Dark, The Big Sleep, Brave New World, The Great Pot Debate, The Greatest F***ing Show on TV, Is This Your Life?, James Randi: Psychic Investigator, The Mediator, Natural Causes, Opinions, Orient: Club For A Fiver, Secrets of the Psychics, The Spy Machine, Superpowers?, The Talking Show, Theme Park Heaven and Weird Thoughts.

[edit] Stars

Stars of Open Media productions include Simon Drake, Ricky Jay, Andrew Neil, James Randi, Jerry Sadowitz, Sandi Toksvig and John Wells.

The two series of Is This Your Life? featured extended and in-depth interviews with Jeremy Beadle, Ian Botham, Morris Cerullo, Max Clifford, Germaine Greer, Olivia Newton-John, Albert Reynolds, Jimmy Savile, Peter Tatchell and Fatima Whitbread: "a must-see, the most incisive chat show on the box"^[2].

Open Media has produced talks by Edward de Bono, Linda Colley, James Goldsmith, Paul Hill, Dusan Makavejev, G.F. Newman, Dennis Potter, Andrew Roberts, George Soros and Norman Stone. One such - an Opinions talk for Channel 4 in 1993 by Alan Clark - was described in his diary (later published) as "It was good. Clear, assured, moving. I looked compos and in my 'prime'. Many people saw it. All were enthusiastic. Today acres of coverage in The Times."^[3]