Ginger Productions, alongside

STV Studios STV Studios (previously STV Productions, SMG Productions, and originally known as Scottish Television Enterprises) is the television production arm of the Scottish company STV Group plc. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, Scotland with an office ...

, is part of the network production arm of

STV Group plc STV Group plc (formerly known as Scottish Television plc, Scottish Media Group plc and SMG plc) is a media company based in Glasgow, Scotland. Beginning as a television broadcaster in 1957, the company expanded into newspapers, advertising and r ...

. Based in Waterhouse Square in London, the company's output focuses on Entertainment and Factual Entertainment programming. Ginger was acquired as part of STV's acquisition of the Ginger Media Group in 2000. Ginger Productions have created ''

TFI Friday ''TFI Friday'' (Thank Four it's Friday) is an entertainment show that was broadcast on Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom. It was produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker, and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first five ...

'', ''The Priory'' and ''

Don't Forget Your Toothbrush ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' is a British light entertainment TV programme that aired on Channel 4 from 12 February 1994 to 25 February 1995 and was hosted by Chris Evans. Background ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' was written ...

'' – which is a format which can now be seen across the globe - ''Detox Camp'' and ''Celebrity Detox Camp'' ( Channel 5) brought the nation's attention to the extreme holistic treatment of caffeine enemas in Thailand. This was followed up in 2005 with ''Extreme Celebrity Detox'' for

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, which challenged celebrities to try out some of the most unusual and challenging detox regimes on offer. ''The Tribute to the Likely Lads'' for ITV starring

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. ''Don't Drop the Coffin'' (ITV). This series followed the day-to-day activities of a team of South London undertakers and was one of the most talked about programmes in 2003. Ginger Productions is also responsible for the multi-award-winning ''Cannibals and Crampons'' for

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...

, which helped launched the career of

Bruce Parry Bruce Parry (born 17 March 1969) is an English documentarian, indigenous rights advocate, author, explorer, trek leader and former Royal Marines commando officer. He employs an ethnographic style and a form of participant observation for his d ...

. Other Ginger Productions include ''The True Story of Ferrari'' for BBC One and the Channel 4 drama series ''Lock Stock...'', based on the seminal London gangster film. In 2005, Ginger began producing '' Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie'', a documentary series for

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. The team film Jack around the world as he attempts challenges. The series has been sold to 12 territories including New Zealand, Korea and Discovery Travel in USA. To date, four series of ''Adrenaline Junkie'' have aired on

. Ginger Productions made another show for

, with Jack Osbourne's sister as the star of ''Kelly Osbourne: Turning Japanese'' in 2006. Other programming titles have included ''Whatever'', a daily TV show for

Sky1 Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non- terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989 ...

and '' Take Me to the Edge'', a reality series for

Virgin1 Virgin1 was a British free-to-air entertainment television channel owned and operated by Virgin Media Television, later known as Living TV Group. The channel was launched on 1October 2007 at 21:00, intended to rival BSkyB's Sky One. Virgin Me ...

. The company has been listed as a

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since at least 2019.

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