Production ServicesTelevision

Thames Television

London, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Services · Television
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Websitetalkbackthames.tv
Emailgeneralenquiries@talkbackthames.tv
Phone+44 20 7861 8000
Statusdormantno credits since 2004 i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.0IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

77 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Emmys4of7nominations57%
BAFTAs14of59nominations24%

85 wins from 314 nominations across all awards

Box office
$6m

Combined US gross, 2 of 199 titles

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Highest rated
Hollywood
1980
9.3868 votes
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Lowest rated
Father Dear Father
1973
4.9189 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, family
Active
1955–2004
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Best known for
Mr. Bean

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 142 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
104424 seasons

1955–2003

Television rating
8.4IMDb

Their films average 7.1, so the television rates 1.3 higher.

Networks
  • ITV171
  • BBC One5
  • Thames Television3
  • Channel 43
  • BBC Two1
  • 51

Across 88 series matched to TMDB, 10,108 episodes. 2 still returning or in production.

Longest runningThe English Programme · 68 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 307

100 films · 99 TV titles

Titles per year7 titles · busiest 2003 with 2

7 titles across 8 years, averaging 0.9 a year. The last five years average 0.0 a year, below their long-run rate. 2 of those 8 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time76 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 8.019601970198019902000

Their 1970s work is their strongest, averaging 8.6 across 25 titles. The 4 titles since 1995 average 7.2, 1.1 below their 8.3 overall. 7 of 76 rated titles sit above their 8.3 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • John Michael Phillips3
  • Eric Sykes3
  • Gavin Millar2
  • Michael Winterbottom2
  • Frank Cvitanovich2
Writers
  • Brian Cooke4
  • Vince Powell4
  • William Shakespeare3
  • Eric Sykes3
  • Johnnie Mortimer3
Notable cast
  • Sidney James4
  • Benny Hill3
  • Ian Holm3
  • Judi Dench3
  • Terry Scott3
Genres
  • Drama69 of 141
  • Comedy51 of 141
  • Family16 of 141
  • Crime15 of 141
  • History10 of 141

Names appearing on two or more of Thames Television’s produced titles, across the 141 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 Thames Television on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

Same website and phone

These listings share this company’s domain and switchboard. Usually a group operating under several names, or a company that was renamed.

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