Granada (Film and TV Production Company)
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Now part of ITV PLC, Granada Television is the longest-established independent broadcaster. In 1956, Granada began broadcasting to the whole of the North of England, including Yorkshire, for five days a week.
This continued until the realignment of ITV franchises in 1968, when Granada was awarded the seven-day licence for North-West England.The Granada transmission region includes the major cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Preston, and stretches from the Lake District to Telford, Shropshire, and from Colwyn Bay on the North Wales Coast as far as the Pennines.
Granada broadcasts to 11.5% of UK homes - over 2.8 million households. Granada's regional headquarters and main studio complex in Manchester was completed in 1961, and covers 15 acres. It has an electronic news centre, and maintains other news operations in Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster and London.
Located within the Granada complex are 3 digital widescreen studios, a virtual studio and 2 film stages, operated by 3sixtymedia, the BBC/Granada production facilities joint venture company. The Studios host many popular BBC, Granada and Independent shows, including A Question of Sport, University Challenge, Question Time, You've Been Framed, Stars In Their Eyes and Wipeout.
3sixtymedia also provide a wealth of graphic and post production talent and services for award winning programmes such as Tonight With Trevor McDonald, The Forsyte Saga, Phoenix Nights and Cold Feet. Granada is Britain's largest commercial programme-maker. Its production business makes 30 per cent of ITV's UK-commissioned programme hours as well as a wide range of programmes for the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky.
This continued until the realignment of ITV franchises in 1968, when Granada was awarded the seven-day licence for North-West England.The Granada transmission region includes the major cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Preston, and stretches from the Lake District to Telford, Shropshire, and from Colwyn Bay on the North Wales Coast as far as the Pennines.
Granada broadcasts to 11.5% of UK homes - over 2.8 million households. Granada's regional headquarters and main studio complex in Manchester was completed in 1961, and covers 15 acres. It has an electronic news centre, and maintains other news operations in Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster and London.
Located within the Granada complex are 3 digital widescreen studios, a virtual studio and 2 film stages, operated by 3sixtymedia, the BBC/Granada production facilities joint venture company. The Studios host many popular BBC, Granada and Independent shows, including A Question of Sport, University Challenge, Question Time, You've Been Framed, Stars In Their Eyes and Wipeout.
3sixtymedia also provide a wealth of graphic and post production talent and services for award winning programmes such as Tonight With Trevor McDonald, The Forsyte Saga, Phoenix Nights and Cold Feet. Granada is Britain's largest commercial programme-maker. Its production business makes 30 per cent of ITV's UK-commissioned programme hours as well as a wide range of programmes for the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky.
Known TV Show involvement
- Casualty 919
- Emmerdale 905
- Coronation Street 767
- Hollyoaks 755
- Holby City 727
- The Bill 646
- X Factor 281
- Britain's Got Talent 243
- Shameless 219
- Autopsy: The last hours of 193
- Heartbeat 133
- This Morning 127
- Taggart 108
- Family Affairs 105
- Grange Hill 98
- Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 82
- The Royal 81
- Cold Feet 77
- London's Burning 74
- A Touch of Frost 70
- Brookside 69
- Lewis 69
- The Chase 60
- Bad Girls 55
- Come Dine With Me 51
- The Worst Witch 51
- Dispatches 43
- Tonight with Trevor McDonald 40
- The Street 39
- Royal Variety Performance 36
- Where the Heart is 36
- Blue Murder 33
- Dancing on Ice 33
- Peak Practice 33
- The Royal Today 32
- Afterlife 31
- Agatha Christie's Poirot 31
- Loose Women 31
- Britania high 30
- Jericho 29
- See No Evil: The Moors Murders 29
- My Parents Are Aliens 28
- The Jeremy Kyle Show 28
- Britains Biggest Heists 27
- Merseybeat 27
- Cold Blood 26
- Marple 26
- Real Crime 26
- GMTV 24
- Kingdom 24
- The Cops 24
- The Paul O'Grady Show 24
- Diamond Geezer 23
- The Pride of Britain Awards 21
- The Ark 20
- Appropriate Adult 19
- Fat Friends 19
- The Wire 19
- Ultimate Force 19
- Clocking Off 18
- The Clinic 18
- Cracker 17
- Love Island 17
- Survivors 17
- Private Lives 16
- South Riding 16
- Vincent 16
- Life Begins 14
- New Street Law 14
- Steel River Blues 14
- Brainiac 13
- Britain's got the Pop Factor 13
- Girls In Love 13
- Murder City 13
- 60 Minute Makeover 12
- Always & Everyone 12
- Boy Meets Girl 12
- Burn It 12
- Cassanova 12
- FM 12
- Prime Suspect 12
- Stars in Their Eyes 12
- Thief Takers 12
- Grease Monkeys 11
- The Ghost Squad 11
- The Last Detective 11
- The Office 11
- wall of silence 11
- Children's Ward 10
- City Lights 10
- Eleventh Hour 10
- Exile 10
- In Suspicious Circumstances 10
- Strictly Confidential 10
- Strike 10
- The Jury 10
- The Quest 10
- City Central 9
- Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere 9
- Mobile 9
- Night & Day 9
- Northern Lights 9
- Queer As Folk 9
- The Innocent 9
- The Sooty Show 9
- The Ward 9
- A & E 8
- Donovan 8
- Henry VIII 8
- In Defence 8
- Medics 8
- The Forsyte Saga 8
- The Grimleys 8
- The Queen 8
- William and Mary 8
- Wipeout 8
- Wired 8
- Band of Gold 7
- Blind Date 7
- Comedy Cuts 7
- Dracula 7
- Honest 7
- Ladykillers 7
- Longford 7
- Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights 7
- Australia's Next Top Model 6
- I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 6
- Linda Green 6
- Moll Flanders 6
- Murder in Suburbia 6
- Perfect Parents 6
- Revelations 6
- Sherlock Holmes 6
- Spender 6
- The Brief 6
- The South Bank Show 6
- Unforgiven 6
- 24Seven 5
- A Class Apart 5
- Extreme Ghost stories 5
- Have I Been Here Before? 5
- Housewife 49 5
- Longitude 5
- Mine All Mine 5
- My Wonderful Life 5
- The Marchioness Disaster 5
- Victoria and Albert 5
- Walk Away and I Stumble 5
- All About George 4
- Call Red 4
- crown court 4
- Dead Clever 4
- Distant Shores 4
- Fiddles, Cheats & Scams 4
- Island at War 4
- It's Adam and Shelley 4
- Liverpool 1 4
- Stan the man 4
- Stand up Britain 4
- Tenants From Hell 4
- The Good Samaritan 4
- The New Worst Witch 4
- The Outsiders 4
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- 2015, Coronation Street Walk on, Passer by
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- 2015, Coronation Street, Extra
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- 2015, Coronation Street, Senior Nurse
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- 2015, Coronation Street, Mrs. Tapa
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- 2015, Coronation Street, Receptionist
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Editor (Offline)- 2015, Australia's Next Princess, Assitant Editor
- 2015, Australia's Next Princess, Assitant Editor
Christie Wright
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- 2014, Lewis, Oxford Student
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Production Assistant- 2014, I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of here, Runner
- 2014, I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of here, Runner
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- 2014, Fire work safety campaign., Makeup Artist
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- 2014, Coronation Street, Gas Fitter
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- 2014, Coronation Street, Warren Simpkins
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Grip- 2014, Coronation St., Grip Assistant
- 2014, Coronation St., Grip Assistant
Sean Bell
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- 2013, Think About, 3 character voices
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Video Editor- 2013, I Love You'Ve Been Framed, Video Editor
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Alternative Company Names
- ITV Granada TV
- Granda Television
- Granda Films
- Granada/YTV
- Granada/Yorkshire
- Granada/LWT/United
- Granada, ITV studios.
- Granada, BSKYB
- Granada TV/ITV Productions/WGBH
- Granada TV Manchester
- Granada TV (UK/USA),
- Granada TV
- Granada Televison
- Granada Television
- Granada Studios
- Granada productions
- Granada Media
- Granada International
- Granada for ITV2
- Granada Films
- Granada Film
- Granada / Channel 4