Warner Bros. Television Studios UK (formerly Shed Media Group and later Warner Bros. Television Productions UK) is a British creator and distributor of television content. The Group produces long-running television brands in drama, factual, documentary, factual entertainment, and history. Established in 1998 as

Shed Productions Shed Productions, part of Warner Bros. Television Productions UK, was an independent UK television production company, specialising in contemporary, original drama programming and content. It was established in 1998 by Eileen Gallagher, Brian P ...

, the company floated on AIM (Alternative Investment Market) in March 2005. The group has grown significantly since flotation and to date, five award-winning media companies:

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, Twenty Twenty, Wall to Wall,

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and Outright Distribution have all joined the group. In 2010, it was bought by

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Company history

Shed was established in 1998, specialising in producing long-running returnable drama including '' Waterloo Road'', '' Bad Girls'' and ''

Footballers' Wives ''Footballers' Wives'' is a British television drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives, broadcast on ITV from 2002 to 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different couples, bu ...

''. In March 2005, the company listed on AIM (Alternative Investment Market). In November 2005, Shed acquired

, a leading production company specialising in factual entertainment. Ricochet created and produces global brand

Supernanny ''Supernanny'' is a British reality television programme about parents struggling with their children's behaviour, mealtime, potty training, etc. The show features professional nanny Jo Frost, who devotes each episode to helping a family wher ...

. Other programmes include: '' Extreme Dreams'', '' It's Me or the Dog'', '' Breaking into Tesco'' and '' Blood, Sweat and T-shirts''. Shed acquired Outright Distribution (formerly Screentime Partners) in September 2006. The acquisition was a strategic move in order to maximise exploitation of the Group's IP through its own in-house distribution company, whilst growing third-party business. In September 2007, Shed continued acquired BAFTA award-winning independent Twenty Twenty. Brands include: '' The Choir'', '' That'll Teach 'Em'', '' Brat Camp'', ''

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'', and ''

The Sorcerer's Apprentice "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (german: "Der Zauberlehrling", link=no, italic=no) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. The poem is a ballad in 14 stanzas. Story The poem begins as an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving ...

''. Shed acquired Wall to Wall in November 2007. A multiple BAFTA winner, Wall to Wall produces long-running brands including BBC One's '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' and ''

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural comedy drama, created by Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell, produced primarily by Wall to Wall (until its final year, when it was handled by Headstrong Pictures), and broadcast on BBC ...

''. Reality dramas include: ''

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'' and ''

Frontier House ''Frontier House'' is a historical reality television series that originally aired on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States from April 29 to May 3, 2002. The series followed three family groups that agreed to live as homestea ...

''. Docu-dramas include: ''

The Day Britain Stopped ''The Day Britain Stopped'' is a dramatic pseudo-documentary produced by Wall to Wall Media for the BBC. It is based on a fictional disaster that took place on December 19, 2003, in which a train strike is the first in a chain of events that l ...

'' and '' Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story''. In 2008, Wall to Wall's ''

Man on Wire ''Man on Wire'' is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Petit's 2002 book, ''To Reach the Clouds'', ...

'' won an Academy Award Oscar in the best Documentary Feature category. On 5 August 2010, Warner Bros. Television secured a 55.75% stake in Shed Media.

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completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Shed Media on 14 October. Under the deal, Shed Media will remain an independent company, but its global distribution arm, Outright Distribution, would be folded into the Warner's UK operation. The Shed management team held on to a 21.37% shareholding, with the remaining stake being split between a group of 27 key staff members.

acquired 100% of Shed and renamed the group Warner Bros. Television Productions UK in June 2014. As of 2015 the name was completely phased out and all companies got completely integrated with new websites, however Shed Productions and Watershed became defunct with no new websites, little mentioning or integration.

Awards

Shed Media was nominated for Float of the Year in 2005 and won Deal of the Year 2006 in the Quoted Company Awards for its acquisition of Ricochet. Several of Shed's programmes have won BAFTA, RTS, Rose D'Or and National Television Awards.http://www.shed-media.com/about/about-awards.html

References

External links

* {{Warner Bros. Discovery Warner Bros. Companies based in the London Borough of Camden British companies established in 1998 Mass media companies established in 1998 Television production companies of the United Kingdom British subsidiaries of foreign companies 2010 mergers and acquisitions