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'Lime Pictures', formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by renowned producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. Its first major production was the soap opera ''Brookside'' for Channel 4, which ran from the channel's foundation in 1982 until 2003, when it was taken off air due to declining ratings. A spin-off ('soap bubble') of ''Brookside'' was produced in 1987: ''Damon and Debbie''.
In 1995, the company began producing a second soap opera for the same channel, ''Hollyoaks'', which still runs as of 2007. Both of these series were created by Redmond himself, and in 2003 the company took over production of another series he had created, the children's drama ''Grange Hill'', which had first been broadcast on BBC One in 1978 and had been made in-house by the BBC until Mersey Television took over. The company moved production of the series to their Liverpool base, with the fictional school no longer being established as in London but instead its location in the UK was no longer specified.
In the 1992 ITV network franchise auction, Mersey Television made an audacious bid against holders Granada Television for the North West England franchise, which had been Granada's ever since the inception of independent television in the 1950s, with Granada one of the biggest and most established of the ITV companies. However, although Mersey bid more money for the franchise, the licence stayed with Granada as the Independent Television Commission declared that the Mersey Television bid did not meet the required quality threshold.
Mersey Television was bought by All3Media in June 2005 and, in a contractual requirement, renamed ''Lime Pictures'' in 2006. In April 2006, a foul up on the website exposed thousands of applications CV's and personal details. [1]
★ Conker Media
1. The Register
★ Hollyoaks
★ Grange Hill
★ Official website
★ Conker Media
★ All3Media
'Lime Pictures', formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by renowned producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. Its first major production was the soap opera ''Brookside'' for Channel 4, which ran from the channel's foundation in 1982 until 2003, when it was taken off air due to declining ratings. A spin-off ('soap bubble') of ''Brookside'' was produced in 1987: ''Damon and Debbie''.
In 1995, the company began producing a second soap opera for the same channel, ''Hollyoaks'', which still runs as of 2007. Both of these series were created by Redmond himself, and in 2003 the company took over production of another series he had created, the children's drama ''Grange Hill'', which had first been broadcast on BBC One in 1978 and had been made in-house by the BBC until Mersey Television took over. The company moved production of the series to their Liverpool base, with the fictional school no longer being established as in London but instead its location in the UK was no longer specified.
In the 1992 ITV network franchise auction, Mersey Television made an audacious bid against holders Granada Television for the North West England franchise, which had been Granada's ever since the inception of independent television in the 1950s, with Granada one of the biggest and most established of the ITV companies. However, although Mersey bid more money for the franchise, the licence stayed with Granada as the Independent Television Commission declared that the Mersey Television bid did not meet the required quality threshold.
Mersey Television was bought by All3Media in June 2005 and, in a contractual requirement, renamed ''Lime Pictures'' in 2006. In April 2006, a foul up on the website exposed thousands of applications CV's and personal details. [1]
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See also
★ Conker Media
References
1. The Register
Shows
★ Hollyoaks
★ Grange Hill
External link
★ Official website
★ Conker Media
★ All3Media
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