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Hat Trick Productions

London, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Hat Trick Productions is an independent production and distribution company co‑founded and led by Jimmy Mulville with offices in London and Belfast. Established with the principle of putting writers first, we continue to nurture both new and established creative talent.

From their site

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Who works there

  • Jimmy MulvilleManaging Director
  • Josh BuckinghamComedy Executive
  • Katie BurgessGroup HR Manager
  • Paul CohenGroup Commercial Director
  • Nick CoupeDevelopment Producer (Scripted)
  • Laura DjanoglyDirector of Production

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

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
Founded1986company website
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Websitehattrick.co.uk
Emailreception@hattrick.com
Social
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Phone+44 (0) 20 7184 7777
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.1IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

44 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Emmys1of11nominations9%
BAFTAs6of23nominations26%

55 wins from 153 nominations across all awards

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Highest rated
Father Ted
1995
8.647,586 votes
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Lowest rated
The Royal Bodyguard
2011
4.3583 votes
Mostly
comedy, drama, game-show
Active
1972–2026
Best known for
Derry Girls

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 66 of 77 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
51232 seasons

1972–2026

Television rating
8.2IMDb

Their films average 6.8, so the television rates 1.3 higher.

Networks
  • Channel 412
  • BBC One11
  • BBC Two8
  • ITV16
  • BBC Three2
  • CBS2

Across 46 series matched to TMDB, 2,970 episodes. 7 still returning or in production.

Longest runningHave I Got News for You · 71 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 78

26 films · 52 TV titles

Titles per year66 titles · busiest 2008 with 5

66 titles across 30 years, averaging 2.2 a year. The last five years hold at 2.2 a year. 2 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time39 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 8.1200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 8.1 across 18 titles. The 14 titles since 2017 average 8.1, holding at their 8.0 overall. 3 of 39 rated titles sit above their 8.0 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Guy Jenkin4
Writers
  • Guy Jenkin4
  • Mark Burton2
  • Richard Osman2
  • Richard Pinto2
  • Sharat Sardana2
Notable cast
  • Paul Merton4
  • James Nesbitt3
  • Ian Hislop3
  • Brenda Blethyn2
  • Martin Clunes2
Genres
  • Comedy46 of 65
  • Drama16 of 65
  • Game-Show10 of 65
  • Thriller3 of 65
  • Documentary3 of 65

Names appearing on two or more of Hat Trick Productions’s produced titles, across the 65 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 Hat Trick Productions on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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