Love Productions

Television production company

Love Productions LimitedCompany type| Subsidiary

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Industry| Television production
Founded| 3 September 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-03) in United Kingdom
Founders|

* Richard McKerrow
* Anna Beattie

Headquarters|

London

England

Number of locations

| 3
Products|

* Benefits Street
* The Baby Borrowers
* The Great British Bake Off
* Tower Block of Commons

Parent|

* Sky Vision (70%; 2014–2020)
* Sky Studios (2020–present)

Website| loveproductions.co.uk
Footnotes / references
[1]

Love Productions Limited is a UK-based television production company. Its cooking competition series The Great British Bake Off is among the most watched shows in the UK of its era.[2]

## History

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Richard McKerrow and Anna Beattie formed Love Productions in 2004.[1] In 2014, Sky acquired a 70% stake in Love Productions.[3] In 2020, Sky bought the remaining shares making the studio a wholly owned subsidiary, seemingly part of a strategy to build a production empire.[4] The acquisition came on the back of increased dividends for Sky 2019 of £22.7 million compared with £3.5 million in 2018; while two directors received £4.6 million in 2019, up from three directors receiving £1.4 million in 2018.[4]

In 2020, the company's key "Bake off" series of productions has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic which is likely to result in a loss of income in 2020/21.[4]

Love Productions is also associated with the brands Love West, based in Bristol, and Love Productions USA.[5]

## Productions

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The list of programmes produced by Love Productions include:

Title  | Genre  | Network(s)  | First broadcast

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Cirque de Celebrité | Game show | Sky One | 2006
The Baby Borrowers | Reality television | BBC Three | 2007
The Great British Bake Off | Baking | BBC Two (2010–2013)
BBC One (2014–2016)
Channel 4 (2017–)  | 2010
Tower Block of Commons | Documentary | Channel 4 | 2010
Junior Bake Off | Baking | CBBC (2011–2016)
Channel 4 (2019–)  | 2011
Rich, Famous and in the Slums | Factual | BBC One | 2011
Make Bradford British | Documentary | Channel 4 | 2012
The Great British Sewing Bee | Sewing | BBC Two (2013–2019)
BBC One (2020–)  | 2013
Benefits Street | Documentary | Channel 4 | 2014
Famous, Rich and Hungry | Factual | BBC One | 2014
The Great Pottery Throw Down | Pottery | BBC Two (2015–2017)
More4 (2020)
Channel 4 (2021–)  | 2015
The Chronicles of Nadiya | Documentary | BBC One | 2016
Battle of Britain: Model Squadron | Structured reality | Channel 4 | 2018
The Biggest Little Railway in the World | Structured reality | Channel 4 | 2018
Westside | Reality television | Netflix | 2018
Singapore Social | Docuseries | Netflix | 2019
The Piano | Talent show | Channel 4 | 2023

## Controversies

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Love Productions' best earning programme, The Great British Bake Off, had moved network channel from BBC Two to BBC One after three series due to its increasing popularity.[6] Towards the end of series six, Love Productions's profits were decreasing; the company wished to remain on BBC One, however the £75 million asking price for three series was unacceptable to the BBC.[7] Controversy arose as there were concerns the nature of the show would change with the move to Channel 4 and because most of the show's presenters did not make the move for the following series.[7][2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Bristol's Love Productions, firm behind The Great British Bake-off, strikes multi-million Sky deal". SouthWestBusiness. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
2. ^ a b "Great British Bake Off final was the UK's most watched TV show since 2012". 7 November 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
3. ^ "Sky buys 70% stake in Bake Off and Benefits Street firm". BBC News. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
4. ^ a b c Kanter, Jake (7 July 2020). "Sky Takes Full Control Of 'The Great British Bake Off' Maker Love Productions". Deadline. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
5. ^ ""Contact Us"". Love Productions. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
6. ^ Sweney, Mark (16 October 2013). "BBC2 controller laments losing the Great British Bake Off to BBC1". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
7. ^ a b Steafel, Elanor (4 August 2017). "5 things we learnt from the new Great British Bake Off trailer". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

## External links

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* Official website

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Sky Group

A subsidiary of Comcast

UK and Ireland|

| Channels|

* Challenge
* Sky Arts
* Sky Atlantic
* Sky Cinema
* Sky Comedy
* Sky Crime
* Sky Documentaries
* Sky Kids
* Sky Max
* Sky Mix
* Sky Nature
* Sky News
* Sky Replay
* Sky Sci-Fi
* Sky Showcase
* Sky Sports
* Box Office
* F1
* News
* Sky Witness

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Defunct channels|

* Now
* Galaxy
* The Power Station
* The Sports Channel
* The Comedy Channel
* Sky Arts
* Sky 2
* The Movie Channel
* Sky Scottish
* Sky Soap
* .tv
* PremPlus
* Sky News Ireland
* The Amp
* Sky One
* Sky Travel
* Sky Real Lives
* Bravo
* 2
* Challenge Jackpot
* Channel One
* Sky Living
* Loves
* Sky 3D
* Real Lives
* Merit

Joint ventures|

* Sky Sports Racing
* A&E Networks UK
* History
* H2
* Blaze
* Crime & Investigation
* Ginx TV
* Paramount UK Partnership
* Comedy Central
* Extra
* Sky News Arabia

Defunct JVs|

* A&E Networks UK
* Lifetime
* Bio

Defunct magazines|

* Sky Magazine
* Sky Kids

Other|

* Amstrad
* Diagonal View
* Freesat from Sky
* On Demand
* Sky Sports Active
* Digibox
* Minidish
* Sky+
* HD
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Germany and Austria|

| Channels|

* Sky One
* Sky Atlantic
* Sky Cinema
* Sky Krimi
* Sky Crime
* Sky Sport
* Sky Sport News
* Sky Sport Bundesliga
* Sky Sport F1

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Defunct|

* Sky 3D
* Sky Arts
* Sky Select
* Sky Comedy

Other|

* Sky Store

Italy|

| Channels|

* Sky Uno
* Sky Arte
* Sky Atlantic
* Sky Cinema
* Due
* Sky Meteo 24
* Sky Primafila
* Sky Sport
* Sky Sport F1
* Sky Sport MotoGP
* Sky Sport 24
* Sky Calcio
* Sky TG24
* Cielo
* TV8
* Sky Documentaries
* Sky Investigation
* Sky Nature
* Sky Serie

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Defunct|

* Sky Vivo
* Sky Show
* Sky 3D
* Sky Music
* Sky Radio

History|

* Timeline
* Criticisms
* British Satellite Broadcasting
* Sky Television (1984–1990)
* Living TV Group
* Former joint ventures & properties
* Australian News Channel
* Granada Sky Broadcasting
* Japan Sky Broadcasting
* Sky México
* SKY Brasil
* Stream TV

See also|

* Sky Campus
* Sky Studios
* Jupiter Entertainment (60%)
* Love Productions
* Sky España
* Sky Switzerland

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