Pozzitive Television
Pozzitive Television is a production company formed by producers Geoff Posner and David Tyler in 1992. Between them, they have produced and directed comedy shows in the UK including Spitting Image, Coogan's Run, Not The Nine O'Clock News, French & Saunders, Harry Enfield and Chums, dinnerladies, Little Britain, The Paul & Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Absolutely, Saturday Night Live, Radio Active, Carrott's Lib, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV and The Young Ones.
Pozzitive have won awards including six BAFTAs, two Golden Roses at Montreux, multiple British Comedy & RTS awards, 6 Sony Awards, two International Emmys and once, by mistake, The Crystal Bowl Of Prague.
In June 2009, Pozzitive launched an online encyclopaedia of British comedy spanning their 20 year history.
The site features:
- Over 570 rare photos including never-before-seen shots of comedians like Simon Pegg, Robbie Coltrane, Julian Clary & Jack Dee and behind-the-scenes from shows like Coogan's Run featuring Steve Coogan, John Thomson and Rebecca Front
- Exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage from shows like TLC starring Alexander Armstrong and Reece Shearsmith
- Audio clips, including exclusive specially-edited highlights from current series (Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Another Case of Milton Jones, Giles Wemmbley Hogg, Cabin Pressure)
- Extracts from untransmitted pilots (including Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive and The 99p Challenge)
- Specially-made trailers and extracts from shows never released on CD with stars like Clive Anderson, Jeremy Hardy, Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Angus Deayton and Hugh Dennis
- Over 50 video clips including material from shows never released on DVD featuring Robbie Coltrane, Angus Deayton, Robert Webb in BBC Three's The Comic Side of 7 Days and Steve Coogan playing Mick Jagger in a Spitting Image song.
- Publicity material from shows starring comedians like Steve Punt, Marcus Brigstocke and Steve Coogan, trailers, publicity postcards, scripts and over 76 series written up in full, including full casts and crew list sourced from the original tapes and paperwork.
In July 2009, Pozzitive launched their official YouTube channel. The channel features videos from shows like Coogan's Run and The Comic Side of 7 Days as well as an exclusive behind the scenes look at the making of TLC, the black comedy set in the National Health Service, featuring Reece Shearsmith and Alexander Armstrong.
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