Production CompanyDistributionTelevision

BBC

Broadcasting House, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Distribution · Television
LocationBroadcasting House, United Kingdom
Websitebbc.co.uk
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.1IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

116 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars2of6nominations33%
Emmys23of40nominations57%
BAFTAs80of113nominations71%

559 wins from 1,785 nominations across all awards

Box office
$154m

Combined US gross, 13 of 199 titles

Planet Earth poster
Highest rated
Planet Earth
2006
9.4233,824 votes
Teletubbies poster
Lowest rated
Teletubbies
1997
3.99,337 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, documentary
Active
1953–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Best known for
Planet Earth

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 141 of 199 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
1071,229 seasons

1953–2026

Television rating
8.4IMDb

Their films average 6.9, so the television rates 1.5 higher.

Networks
  • BBC One58
  • BBC Two21
  • ITV14
  • CBeebies2
  • BBC Four2
  • HBO2

Across 86 series matched to TMDB, 26,870 episodes. 20 still returning or in production.

Longest runningPanorama · 73 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 5,533

99 films · 100 TV titles

Titles per year122 titles · busiest 2015 with 9

122 titles across 30 years, averaging 4.1 a year. The last five years average 4.8 a year, above their long-run rate.

Quality over time64 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 8.1200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.6 across 25 titles. The 12 titles since 2017 average 7.1, 0.9 below their 8.1 overall. 12 of 64 rated titles sit above their 8.1 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Richard Eyre2
Writers
  • Richard Eyre2
  • Ian La Frenais2
  • T.R. Bowen2
  • Agatha Christie2
  • Sydney Newman2
Notable cast
  • Martin Freeman3
  • Jeremy Clarkson3
  • Idris Elba2
  • David Attenborough2
  • Hugh Laurie2
Genres
  • Drama65 of 136
  • Documentary30 of 136
  • Comedy29 of 136
  • Crime24 of 136
  • Mystery13 of 136

Names appearing on two or more of BBC’s produced titles, across the 136 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside BBC on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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