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Left Bank Pictures (stylized as LEFT BANK Pictures) is a British film and television production company. It was formed in 2007 and was the first British media company to receive investment from BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the

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. Left Bank Pictures' productions include the television series '' Wallander'', '' Strike Back'', ''

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'' and '' Outlander''. Their production, ''

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History

Left Bank Pictures was founded in 2007 by

Andy Harries Andrew Harries''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005''. Volume 15, page 1493, reg # 792. (born 7 April 1954) is chief executive and co-founder of Left Bank Pictures, a UK based production company formed in 2007. ...

, formerly controller of drama, comedy and film at

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, Francis Hopkinson and Marigo Kehoe. The company was the first British media company to receive equity investment from BBC Worldwide, the commercial venture of the

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. BBC Worldwide took a 25% stake, worth £1 million, in Left Bank in exchange for first-look distribution rights on all television productions,Harries, Andy (October 2008).
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. Parliament of the United Kingdom. URL retrieved on 27 November 2008. in a five-year deal.Rushton, Katherine (6 April 2012).

. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (Telegraph Media Group). URL retrieved on 6 April 2012. In December 2008, Left Bank Pictures was one of many independent production companies to receive the production vision award from the

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. The award part-funded Left Bank's film development slate. In February 2009, Suzanne Mackie, formerly head of development at Harbour Pictures, joined the company as head of film.Clarke, Steve (25 February 2009)
Mackie moves to Left Bank
. ''Variety'' (Reed Business Information). URL retrieved on 25 February 2009. Hopkinson announced his departure in 2011 to take up a new position with

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. Michael Casey joined the company, taking on the development slate, and Simon Lupton joined the comedy department. The company was put up for sale for £40 million on 6 April 2012. On 5 July 2012,

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made a deal to acquire Left Bank for £40 million. The sale was completed on 23 August 2012, with SPT becoming the majority shareholder, and BBC Worldwide, Harries and Kehoe reducing their stake in the company. BBC Worldwide reduced its stake from 25% to 12.2%. Sony Pictures Television intends to build Left Bank's international productions.

Productions

Left Bank Pictures' first television commission was '' Wallander'', a television adaptation of

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novels. The first series was filmed on location in Skåne, Sweden in the summer of 2008, and broadcast in November and December 2008.Martin, Philip (26 November 2008).
On location: Wallander
. ''Broadcast'' (Emap Media). URL retrieved on 26 November 2008. The series won the

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. The BBC announced the commissioning of a second series in May 2009. Filming ran over the summer again and the series was broadcast in January 2010. The final series as broadcast in 2016. In March 2008, it was announced that Left Bank would be producing '' Strike Back'', a six-part series for Sky1 based on

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's novel. The production, starring Richard Armitage and Andrew Lincoln, was filmed on location in South Africa in 2009 for broadcast on Sky1 and Sky1 HD in 2010. Also in 2008, Left Bank produced its first feature film; ''

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'' was directed by

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from a script adapted by Peter Morgan from

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's novel ''

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''. 2008 also saw Left Bank's first commission for

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; ''Kids School of Comedy'', a pilot sketch show, was produced for the ''

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'' strand, and was based on a stage show in which Andy Harries' son performed. A six-part '' School of Comedy'' series was commissioned by E4 and was broadcast in 2009. A second series has since been commissioned. At the end of 2008, Left Bank received its first commission from ITV, to produce

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's four-part serial drama '' Father & Son''. The drama was co-financed by ITV, the Irish broadcaster RTÉ and the Irish Film Board. The production was based in Dublin, where most of the programme was filmed, even though it was set in Manchester, England. RTÉ broadcast the drama in 2009, and it went on to win the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Single Drama/Drama Serial category. It was broadcast on

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in June 2010. In 2009, Left Bank produced the six-part romantic comedy series ''

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and

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, and was filmed on location in

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. It was broadcast on ITV1 in February and March 2010. In 2010, Left Bank produced an adaptation of Peter Robinson's ''

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'' for ITV, starring

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as DCI Banks, and ''

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'', an adaptation of three of

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novels, which was filmed on location in Italy for BBC Scotland. In 2011, Sky1 broadcast the first series of Left Bank's '' Mad Dogs'', starring

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and Max Beesley. In 2012

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distributed the feature film '' All in Good Time''.Cooper, Sarah (16 September 2010).
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Filmography

;Television * '' Wallander'' (2008−2016) * '' Father & Son'' (2009) * '' School of Comedy'' (2009−2010, piloted in 2008) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Strike Back'' (2010−2015) (co-produced by

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in 2011) * ''

'' (2010−2016) * ''

'' (2011) * '' Mad Dogs'' (2011−2013) * '' Strike Back: Project Dawn'' (2011) * '' Cardinal Burns'' (2012) * '' Loving Miss Hatto'' — TV film * ''

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'' (2013) * ''Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This'' (2014) * '' Outlander'' (2014–present) * ''

'' (2016−present) * '' The Replacement'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'' (2017) * '' Pls Like'' (2017-2021) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2020) * '' White Lines'' (2020) * '' Behind Her Eyes'' (2021) * ''Without Sin'' (2022) * ''The Fear Index'' (2022) ;Film * ''

'' (2009) (Distributed by

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) * '' The Lady'' (2011) (Distributed by EuropaCorp (France), Entertainment Film Distributors (UK), Cohen Media Group (US), and Golden Scene Company Limited (Hong Kong)) * '' All in Good Time'' (2012) *'' Dark River'' (2017) * '' Misbehaviour'' (2020)

Awards

*Broadcast Award for Best Independent Production Company (2011) — WonWinners 2011
. Emap Awards. URL retrieved on 5 February 2011.

References

External links

Official websiteLeft Bank Pictures
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