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Big Talk Studios

London, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Big Talk Studios is one of the world’s leading scripted television production companies, led by Chief Executive Kenton Allen and Commercial Director Christina Angeloudes. It has an unparalleled reputation for producing genre-defining British comedy and tonally distinctive, character-driven international drama. Across 2024 and 2025, Big Talk cemented that reputation with an output of stellar programming culminating in nominations for Best Independent Production Company at the 2025 Broadcast Awards and Production Company of the Year at Edinburgh TV Awards 2025.

From their site

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Who works there

  • Kenton Allenand Commercial Director Christina Angeloudes
  • Business AffairsCoordinator, was named in the production man

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television · Commercials
Founded2018company website
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Websitebigtalkstudios.com
Emailonline@bigtalkstudios.com
Social
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Phone+44 20 7255 1131
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.5IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

39 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of3nominations0%
BAFTAs4of17nominations24%

142 wins from 470 nominations across all awards

Box office
$261m

Combined US gross, 10 of 53 titles

The Goes Wrong Show poster
Highest rated
The Goes Wrong Show
2019
8.63,165 votes
Dinner with the Parents poster
Lowest rated
Dinner with the Parents
2024
5.4522 votes
Mostly
comedy, drama, action
Active
1996–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Best known for
Baby Driver

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 47 of 53 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
3145 seasons

2000–2026

Television rating
8.0IMDb

Their films average 7.4, so the television rates 0.5 higher.

Networks
  • Channel 46
  • BBC One5
  • BBC Two4
  • ITV23
  • Apple TV1
  • Amazon Freevee1

Across 26 series matched to TMDB, 281 episodes. 4 still returning or in production.

Longest runningFriday Night Dinner · 6 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 56

23 films · 31 TV titles

Titles per year53 titles · busiest 2011 with 6

53 titles across 29 years, averaging 1.8 a year. The last five years hold at 1.8 a year. 7 of those 29 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time39 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 7.5200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.8 across 4 titles. The 15 titles since 2017 average 7.5, holding at their 7.5 overall. 16 of 39 rated titles sit above their 7.5 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Edgar Wright5
  • Joe Cornish2
Writers
  • Edgar Wright5
  • Simon Pegg4
  • Joe Cornish2
  • Nick Frost2
  • Robert Popper2
Notable cast
  • Nick Frost7
  • David Mitchell4
  • Simon Pegg4
  • Robert Webb3
  • Olivia Colman2
Genres
  • Comedy39 of 47
  • Drama11 of 47
  • Action6 of 47
  • Crime4 of 47
  • Adventure4 of 47

Names appearing on two or more of Big Talk Studios’s produced titles, across the 47 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 with12 companies

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

Same website and phone

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