Big Talk Studios

British film and television production company

Big Talk Studios Limited

Formerly|

* 26 Nassau Street Limited (Apr–Aug 2008)
* Big Talk Productions Limited (2008–2023)

Company type| Subsidiary
Industry| Film
Television
Genre| Comedy
Founded| 11 February 1994; 31 years ago (1994-02-11)
Founder| Nira Park
Headquarters|

United Kingdom

Parent| ITV Studios (2013–present)
Website| bigtalkstudios.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Big Talk Studios Limited[1] is a British film and television production company founded by Nira Park in 1994. Big Talk was acquired by ITV Studios in 2013.[2]

## Film

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### Filmography

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#### Released

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Year  | Title

|

2004  | Shaun of the Dead
2007  | Hot Fuzz
2010  | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2011  | Paul
2011  | Attack the Block
2012  | Sightseers
2013  | The World's End
2013  | In Fear
2014  | Cuban Fury
2015  | Man Up
2016  | Grimsby
2017  | Baby Driver
2019  | The Kid Who Would Be King
2020  | Rebecca

#### Upcoming

[edit]

Year  | Title

|

TBA  | Baby Driver 2
TBA  | Untitled Attack the Block sequel

### Critical reception

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Film  | Metacritic  | Rotten Tomatoes  | References

|
|
|

Shaun of the Dead | 76  | 92%  | [3][4]
Hot Fuzz | 81  | 91%  | [5][6]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 69  | 82%  | [7][8]
Paul | 57  | 71%  | [9][10]
Attack the Block | 75  | 90%  | [11][12]
Sightseers | 69  | 85%  | [13][14]
The World's End | 81  | 89%  | [15][16]
In Fear | 66  | 83%  | [17][18]
Cuban Fury | 52  | 51%  | [19][20]
Man Up | 68  | 82%  | [21][22]
Grimsby | 44  | 38%  | [23][24]
Baby Driver | 86  | 93%  | [25][26]
The Kid Who Would Be King | 66  | 90%  | [27][28]

## Commercial performance

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Film  | Budget  | Domestic Gross  | Worldwide Gross  | Reference

|
|
|
|

Shaun of the Dead | $6,100,000  | $13,542,874  | $30,039,392  | [29]
Hot Fuzz | $12,000,000  | $23,637,265  | $80,573,774  | [30]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $60,000,000  | $31,524,275  | $47,664,559  | [31]
Paul | $40,000,000  | $37,412,945  | $97,984,015  | [32]
Attack the Block | $13,000,000  | $1,024,175  | $5,824,175  | [33]
Sightseers | N/A  | $61,782  | $2,122,909  | [34]
The World's End | $20,000,000  | $26,004,851  | $46,089,287  | [35]
In Fear | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
Cuban Fury | $1,500,000  | $92,384  | $5,645,773  | [36]
Man Up | N/A  | N/A  | $2,405,002  | [37]
Grimsby | $35,000,000  | $6,828,166  | $19,047,965  | [38]
Baby Driver | $34,000,000  | $107,825,862  | $226,945,087  | [39]
The Kid Who Would Be King | $59,000,000  | $16,790,790  | $32,140,970  | [40]

## TV shows

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### List of TV shows

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Year  | Title

|

1999–2001  | Spaced
2000–2004  | Black Books
2009  | Free Agents
2010–2013  | Him & Her
2010–2014  | Rev.
2011–2020  | Friday Night Dinner
2011  | King Of...
2011  | The Pranker
2011  | Show Me the Funny
2011  | Comedy Showcase: Chickens
2011–2012  | Threesome
2011  | Patrick Monahan Live
2012  | Friday Night Dinner (US)
2013–2016  | Raised By Wolves
2013–2015  | The Job Lot
2013  | Chickens
2013–2014  | Youngers
2013  | Ambassadors
2014  | Mr. Sloane
2014  | Our Zoo
2015  | Cockroaches
2016  | Crashing
2016  | Houdini and Doyle
2016–2019  | Mum
2016–2020  | Cold Feet
2017–2019  | Timewasters
2017  | Just a Couple
2017–2021  | Back
2017–2019  | Living the Dream
2018  | Bliss
2018  | The Imitation Game
2019–2021  | The Goes Wrong Show
2022  | I Hate You
2024  | The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

## Awards and nominations

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Year | Association | Category | Nominee(s) | Result

|
|
|
|

2017 | Diversity in Media Awards | Production Company of the Year | Big Talk Productions | Nominated

## References

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1. ^ a b "BIG TALK STUDIOS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
2. ^ "ITV Acquires U.K. Indie, 'Shaun of the Dead' Producer Big Talk". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
3. ^ "Shaun of the Dead". metacritic.com.
4. ^ "Shaun of the Dead". rottentomatoes.com.
5. ^ "Hot Fuzz". metacritic.com.
6. ^ "Hot Fuzz". rottentomatoes.com.
7. ^ "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". metacritic.com.
8. ^ "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". rottentomatoes.com.
9. ^ "Paul". metacritic.com.
10. ^ "Paul". rottentomatoes.com.
11. ^ "Attack the Block". metacritic.com.
12. ^ "Attack the Block". rottentomatoes.com.
13. ^ "Sightseers". metacritic.com.
14. ^ "Sightseers". rottentomatoes.com.
15. ^ "The World's End". metacritic.com.
16. ^ "The World's End". rottentomatoes.com.
17. ^ "In Fear". metacritic.com.
18. ^ "In Fear". rottentomatoes.com.
19. ^ "Cuban Fury". metacritic.com.
20. ^ "Cuban Fury". rottentomatoes.com.
21. ^ "Man Up". metacritic.com.
22. ^ "Man Up". rottentomatoes.com.
23. ^ "The Brothers Grimsby". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
24. ^ "The Brothers Grimsby". rottentomatoes.com. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
25. ^ "Baby Driver". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
26. ^ "Baby Driver". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
27. ^ "The Kid Who Would Be King". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
28. ^ "The Kid Who Would Be King". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
29. ^ "Shaun of the Dead". Box Office Mojo.
30. ^ "Hot Fuzz". Box Office Mojo.
31. ^ "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". Box Office Mojo.
32. ^ "Paul". Box Office Mojo.
33. ^ "Attack the Block". Box Office Mojo.
34. ^ "Sightseers". Box Office Mojo.
35. ^ "The World's End". Box Office Mojo.
36. ^ "Cuban Fury". Box Office Mojo.
37. ^ "Man Up". Box Office Mojo.
38. ^ "The Brothers Grimsby (2016) – Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
39. ^ "Baby Driver (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
40. ^ "The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

## External links

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* Official website
* Big Talk Productions at the Internet Movie Database
* Big Talk Studios on Twitter

* v
* t
* e

ITV

Channels|

| Current|

| ITV (network)|

* ITV1
* ITV1 HD
* STV
* UTV

|

ITV Digital Channels|

* ITV2
* ITV3
* ITV4
* ITVBe

ITV Studios|

* ITV Choice

Former|

* CITV
* ITV Box Office
* ITV Encore
* ITV News Channel
* ITV Play
* ITV Select
* ITV Sport Channel
* Merit
* S2
* STV2
* The Store
* UTV2
* UTV Ireland

Companies|

| Current|

* ITV plc
* STV Group plc

|

Former|

* Alpha Television
* Carlton Communications plc
* Granada plc
* ITC Entertainment
* Video Collection International
* Pickwick Video Group
* The Rank Organisation
* General Film Distributors
* Carlton Screen Advertising
* ITV Digital Ltd
* Trident Television
* UTV Media plc
* Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television

Divisions,
brands and
services|

| Current|

| ITV Studios|

* ITV Studios Australia
* 12 Yard
* Big Talk Productions
* Cattleya
* Hartswood Films
* Mammoth Screen
* Multistory Media
* Oxford Scientific Films
* Potato
* So Television
* Twofour
* World Productions

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Other|

* CITV
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* ITV Food
* ITV News
* ITN
* ITV Weather
* ITV Sport
* ITVX
* itv.com
* BritBox
* STV Player
* STV Studios

Former|

* Friends Reunited
* ITV Day
* ITV Digital
* ITV Local
* ITV Play
* ITV Schools
* u.tv

ITV
(network)
franchises
and
regions|

| National
franchises|

| Breakfast|

* TV-am (1983–1992)
* GMTV (1993–2010)
* ITV Breakfast (2010–present)

|

Teletext|

* ORACLE (1974–1992)
* Teletext Ltd. (1993–2010)

Current
regional
franchises|

| ITV plc|

* Anglia
* Border
* Central
* Channel TV
* Cymru Wales
* Granada
* London
* Meridian
* Tyne Tees
* UTV
* West Country
* Yorkshire

|

STV Group|

* STV Central
* STV North

Former
regional
franchises|

| "Big 4 / 5"|

* ABC
* ATV
* Central
* Granada
* LWT
* Rediffusion
* Thames
* Yorkshire

|

Other|

* Carlton
* HTV
* ITSWW
* ITV Westcountry
* Southern
* TSW
* TVS
* TWW
* Westward
* WWN/Teledu Cymru

Unsuccessful
franchise bids|

* CPV-TV
* Kemsley-Winnick Television
* North West Television

Non-franchise
regions|

* ITV Thames Valley
* ITV Tyne Tees & Border

Timelines|

| Franchises
and regions|

* ABC
* Anglia
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* Border
* Carlton
* Central
* Channel
* Grampian
* Granada
* HTV West
* ITV in Wales
* LWT
* Meridian
* Scottish
* Southern
* Thames & Associated-Rediffusion
* TSW & Westward
* TV-am
* TVS
* Tyne Tees
* UTV
* Westcountry
* Yorkshire

|

Other|

* ITV (network)
* ITV children's TV
* ITV Digital Channels
* ITV News
* ITN
* Regional news
* ITV Sport

Regulators|

* ITA (1954–72)
* IBA (1972–90)
* ITC (1991–2003)
* Ofcom (2003–present)

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* Freely
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* Television House
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* Quibi

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Production companies
and studios|

| Active|

* Aardman Animations
* BBC Film
* Big Talk Studios
* British Lion Films
* DNA Films
* DNEG
* Ealing Studios
* Elstree Studios
* Eon Productions
* Film4 Productions
* Framestore
* Goldcrest Films
* Hammer Film Productions
* HandMade Films
* Heyday Films
* The Imaginarium
* Jellyfish Pictures
* London Films
* Longcross Studios
* Mister Smith Entertainment
* Number 9 Films
* Passion Pictures
* Pinewood Group
* Pinewood Studios
* Shepperton Studios
* Recorded Picture Company
* Scott Free Productions
* Syncopy Inc.
* S4C
* Thin Man Films
* Vertigo Films
* Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden
* Warp Films
* Wimbledon Studios
* Working Title Films

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Former|

* Amicus Productions
* Associated British Picture Corporation
* Astra Films
* British and Dominions
* British Instructional Films
* British National Films Company
* Butcher's Film Service
* Clapham Studios
* Clarendon Film Company
* Craven Park Studios
* Bryanston Films
* The Danzigers
* Denham Film Studios
* Eagle-Lion Films
* Eros Films
* Esher Studios
* G. B. Samuelson Productions
* Gainsborough Pictures
* Gate Studios
* General Film Distributors
* Halas and Batchelor
* Hemdale Film Corporation
* Hepworth Pictures
* Holmfirth Studios
* Ideal Film Company
* Kensington Studios
* London Film Company
* Mancunian Films
* MGM-British Studios
* Merton Park Studios
* The Rank Organisation
* Rock Studios
* Southall Studios
* Stoll Pictures
* Surbiton Studios
* Tempean Films
* Tigon British Film Productions
* Warwick Films
* Woodfall Film Productions
* Woolf & Freedman Film Service

Genres and
movements|

* British New Wave
* British horror cinema
* Documentary Film Movement
* Ealing comedies
* Free Cinema
* Kitchen sink realism
* Gainsborough melodramas

Organisations|

* British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* British Board of Film Classification
* British Film Institute
* BFI National Archive
* BFI Southbank
* British Society of Cinematographers
* Children's Film Foundation
* Cinema Exhibitors' Association
* Moving Image Archive
* National Film and Television School
* National Science and Media Museum
* Northern Ireland Screen
* UK Film Council

People|

* Actors
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Other|

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