Red Production Company

British television production company

Red Production Company LimitedCompany type| Subsidiary

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Industry| Television
Genre| Production company
Founded| 1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Founder| Nicola Shindler
Headquarters| MediaCityUK,

Manchester

United Kingdom

Key people

| Patrick Schweitzer (CEO)
Parent| StudioCanal (2013–present)
Website| redproductioncompany.com

Red Production Company Limited[1][2] is a British independent television production company owned by StudioCanal.[3]

## Background

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Red Production Company was formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, a television producer who had worked on Our Friends in the North and Cracker. Red's first production was the controversial drama Queer as Folk, written by Russell T Davies and based on the lives of three gay men in the city. This was screened on Channel 4 in early 1999 and drew much comment and praise.

The same year, Red followed this up with another series for Channel 4, an anthology of six half-hour plays about love entitled Love in the 21st Century. Queer as Folk 2 arrived in 2000, and since then Red has expanded to produce dramas for nearly all of the main British television channels. The company's success led to an attempt by Granada Television – in whose Quay Street building the company rented offices – to buy it, but Shindler turned down their offer, wanting to retain control of her own company.

In 2013, Red moved into the MediaCityUK complex in Manchester.[4] RED is now based in offices at Ancoats since 2022, with CEO Patrick Schweitzer (previously from Tall Story Pictures) at the healm.

## Partnerships

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In December 2013, it was announced that Shindler had sold a majority stake in Red to the French media company StudioCanal.[5][6]

In 2015, it was announced that Shindler would provide creative guidance and management oversight to a new production company called Guilty Party, founded by the actor Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet, and Spencer Millman.[7]

In 2016, Shindler went into business with author Harlan Coben to form the US-based production company, Final Twist Productions. Shindler is Co-CEO with Coben. StudioCanal will provide distribution services.[8]

## Programmes

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For BBC One

* Clocking Off (2000–03)
* Linda Green (2001–02)
* Sparkhouse (2002)
* The Good Housekeeping Guide (2006)
* Magnolia (2006)
* New Street Law (2006–07)
* Single Father (2010)
* Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
* The Driver (2014)
* Happy Valley (2014–23)
* Ordinary Lies (2015–16)
* Danny and the Human Zoo (2015)
* Trust Me (2017)
* Come Home (2018)
* Years and Years (2019)
* Ridley Road (2021)

For BBC Two

* Flesh and Blood (2002)
* Indian Dream (2003)

For BBC Choice

* Having It Off (2002)

For BBC Three

* Burn It (2003)
* Casanova (2005)
* Conviction (2004)

For ITV

* Bob & Rose (2001)
* The Second Coming (2003)
* Mine All Mine (2004)
* Big Dippers (2005)
* Dead Man Weds (2005)
* Jane Hall (2006)
* Unforgiven (2009)
* Scott & Bailey (2011–16)
* Prey (2014–15)
* Paranoid (2016)
* Butterfly (2018)
* Finding Alice (2021)
* No Return (2022)

For Channel 4

* Queer as Folk (1999–2000)
* Love in the 21st Century (1999)
* Legless (2005)
* The Mark of Cain (2007)
* Cucumber (2015)
* It's a Sin (2021)

For E4

* Banana (2015)

For Sky One

* Now You See Her (2001)

For Sky Atlantic

* Hit & Miss (2011)

For Netflix

* Paranoid (2016)
* Safe (2018)
* The Stranger (2020)
* Stay Close (2021)

For Amazon Prime Video

* Anansi Boys (TBA)

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## References

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1. ^ "RED PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 24 December 1997. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
2. ^ "Front Page - Red Production Company". Red Production Company. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
3. ^ Perraudin, Frances (24 July 2016). "Happy Valley producer: Gritty north? 'I get very cross about that phrase'". The Guardian.
4. ^ Begum, Shelina (2 October 2013). "RED Production Company moves to MediaCityUK". Manchester Evening News.
5. ^ Sweney, Mark (5 December 2013). "Last Tango in Halifax producer sells majority stake to French company". The Guardian.
6. ^ Barraclough, Leo; Keslassy, Elsa (5 December 2013). "Studiocanal Ramps Up TV Series Biz with RED Acquisition". Variety.
7. ^ Ritman, Alex (14 October 2015). "StudioCanal Launches U.K. TV, Film Banner with 'Inbetweeners' Star". The Hollywood Reporter.
8. ^ Barraclough, Leo (8 March 2016). "Harlan Coben Launches U.S. Production Company Final Twist With Red's Nicola Shindler (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.

## External links

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* Official website

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Vivendi

* List of owned assets

Directors|

* Vincent Bolloré
* Arnaud de Puyfontaine
* Pierre Rodocanachi

Groupe Canal+|

| Canal+
France|

* C8
* Canal+ (provider)
* Afrique
* Calédonie
* Caraïbes
* Canal+ Sport 360
* Canal+ Sport
* Canal+ Foot
* Canal+ Séries
* Canal+ Cinéma
* Canal+ Docs
* Canal+ Kids
* CNews
* CStar
* Mezzo TV (50%)
* Mezzo Live HD (50%)
* MultiThématiques
* OCS
* Ciné+ Frisson
* Ciné+ Émotion
* Ciné+ Family
* Ciné+ Festival
* Ciné+ Classic
* InfoSport+
* Foot+
* Rugby+
* Golf+
* Olympia TV
* Comédie+
* Polar+
* Planète+
* Planète+ Crime
* Planète+ Aventure
* Seasons
* CStar Hits France
* Piwi+
* Télétoon+
* Télétoon+1
* Thema TV
* Nollywood TV
* Nollywood TV Epic
* Novelas TV

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Canal+
Poland (51%)|

* Ale Kino+
* Domo
* Kuchina
* MiniMini+
* Canal+
* Premium
* Sport
* Sport 2
* Teletoon+

M7 Group|

* Canal Digitaal
* Focus Sat
* Skylink
* Télésat
* TV Vlaanderen

StudioCanal|

* Arthaus
* Red Production Company
* Rok Studios
* StudioCanal UK
* Tandem Productions
* Dutch FilmWorks

Vivendi Ticketing|

* Digitick
* Vivendi Village
* See Tickets
* See Tickets USA
* Flavorus
* MyBestPro
* Watchever
* L’Olympia

Prisma Media|

* Capital
* Femme Actuelle
* Geo (France)
* Prima
* VSD
* Voici

* v
* t
* e

Lagardère Group

Lagardère
Publishing /
Hachette Livre|

* Armand Colin
* Calmann-Lévy
* Dalloz
* Fayard
* Gautier-Languereau
* Grasset
* Hachette
* Hatier
* Larousse
* Librairie Générale Française (80%)
* JC Lattès
* Pika
* Stock
* Hatier
* Edelsa

| Hachette
Book Group|

* Grand Central
* Hachette Nashville
* Center Street
* FaithWords
* Little, Brown
* Little, Brown Spark
* Mulholland Books
* Voracious
* Orbit
* Perseus
* Avalon Travel
* Basic Books
* Seal Press
* Hachette Books
* Da Capo
* PublicAffairs
* Running Press
* Black Dog & Leventhal
* Yen (49%)

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Hachette UK|

* Hachette Children's
* Orchard Books1
* Franklin Watts1
* Wayland
* Headline
* Hodder & Stoughton
* Coronet
* Sceptre
* Yellow Kite
* Hodder Education
* Galore Park
* Gibson
* Philip Allan Updates
* Teach Yourself
* John Murray
* Hodder Faith
* John Murray Learning
* Chambers
* Michel Thomas Method
* Two Roads
* Little, Brown
* Constable & Robinson
* Mulholland
* Orbit
* Virago
* Sphere
* Octopus
* Cassell Illustrated
* Conran Octopus
* Gaia
* Godsfield
* Hamlyn
* Mitchell Beazley
* Philip's
* Spruce
* Orion Books
* Weidenfeld & Nicolson
* Gollancz
* Quercus
* Bookouture
* Hachette India

Lagardère
News|

| Hachette
Filipacchi|

* Elle (brand)
* Le Journal du Dimanche
* Paris Match

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TV & Radio|

* Delta Radio
* Europe 1
* Jacaranda FM (20%)
* Radio ZET (part owner)
* VIBE FM
* Europe 2
* RFM

Lagardère
Services|

* Lagardère Live Entertainment
* HDS Retail
* LS Travel Retail Asia Pacific
* Virgin Megastores (France)
* Paradies Lagardère

1 Lagardère SCA owns these brands in the United Kingdom only. These brands are owned by Scholastic Corporation in the United States.

Havas|

* Arnold Worldwide
* BETC
* Camp+King
* Euro RSCG London
* FullSIX
* Havas Creative
* Havas London
* Havas Media
* Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG
* Snyder Communications

Other assets|

* Dailymotion
* Gameloft

Equity investments|

* Telecom Italia (23.75%)

Defunct/former
assets|

* Activision Blizzard
* Activision
* Blizzard Entertainment
* Budcat Creations
* Infinity Ward
* Luxoflux
* Massive Entertainment
* Neversoft
* Radical Entertainment
* RedOctane
* Shaba Games
* Sierra Entertainment
* Treyarch
* Animation Magic
* Banijay Group
* Canal+ Family
* Canal+ Gol
* Editis
* Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment
* Gala
* GVT
* Knowledge Adventure
* Maroc Telecom
* NBCUniversal
* Rogue Pictures
* Universal Pictures
* SFR
* Sport+
* Universal Music Group
* Veolia
* Vivendi Games
* Fox Interactive
* Universal Interactive
* OCS
* Ciné+ Premier
* Ciné+ Famiz
* Ciné+ Club

* Category
* Commons

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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