Box TV
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Box TV Limited is a UK based production company specialising in film and television drama, subsidiary of production and distribution group DCD Media
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Founded in 2000 by award-winning producer Gub Neal, formerly Head of Drama at Channel 4
and Controller of Drama at Granada Television
, Box TV's core team also included executive producers Justin Thomson-Glover and Patrick Irwin. The team were joined by Adrian Bate, formerly Head of Film & Drama at Zenith Entertainment, in October 2006.
Box TV was acquired in December 2005 by DCD Media
.
Box TV has since been merged into DCD Drama and its core team have all left.
In June 2007 Bon Voyage won Best Mini-Series award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Other awards include FIPA Awards 2005 – Fipa d’Or for Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
DCD Media
DCD Media plc is a large independent UK and US based group specialising in the production and distribution of factual, entertainment, drama, music and arts programming for television DVD and new media worldwide....
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Founded in 2000 by award-winning producer Gub Neal, formerly Head of Drama at Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
and Controller of Drama at Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
, Box TV's core team also included executive producers Justin Thomson-Glover and Patrick Irwin. The team were joined by Adrian Bate, formerly Head of Film & Drama at Zenith Entertainment, in October 2006.
Box TV was acquired in December 2005 by DCD Media
DCD Media
DCD Media plc is a large independent UK and US based group specialising in the production and distribution of factual, entertainment, drama, music and arts programming for television DVD and new media worldwide....
.
Box TV has since been merged into DCD Drama and its core team have all left.
Programmes
Notable Box TV productions include:- Affinity one off drama starring Zoe TapperZoe TapperZoe Tapper is an English actress who first came to prominence playing Nell Gwynne in Richard Eyre's award-winning film Stage Beauty in 2004. She is known for portraying Anya Raczynski in Survivors and Mina Harker in Demons.-Background:...
and Anna MadeleyAnna MadeleyAnna Madeley is a British actress. She has been described by the British Theatre Guide's Philip Fisher as one of the United Kingdom's "brightest and most versatile young actresses".-Biography:...
for ITV1ITV1ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
based on the novel by Sarah WatersSarah WatersSarah Waters is a British novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.-Childhood:Sarah Waters was born in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966.... - The Last EnemyThe Last Enemy (TV series)The Last Enemy is a BBC TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and featuring Robert Carlyle and Max Beesley which first aired on 17 February 2008.-Plot:...
starring Max BeesleyMax BeesleyMaxton Gig Beesley Jr. , known simply as Max Beesley, is an English actor and musician.Beesley rose to fame for his role of Andy Simpson in Every Woman, Every Man from 1993 to 1998, and has since appeared in a variety of television shows including Bodies, Hotel Babylon, London Ink, Survivors and...
and Robert CarlyleRobert CarlyleRobert Carlyle, OBE is a Scottish film and television actor. He is known for a variety of roles including those in Trainspotting, Hamish Macbeth, The Full Monty, The World Is Not Enough, Angela's Ashes, The 51st State, and 28 Weeks Later...
for BBC OneBBC OneBBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution... - The Wind in the Willows adaptation of Kenneth GrahameKenneth GrahameKenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows , one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon; both books were later adapted into Disney films....
's classic of children's literature starring Matt LucasMatt LucasMatthew Richard "Matt" Lucas is an English comedian, screenwriter and actor best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain; as well as for his portrayals of the scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the comedy panel game Shooting Stars, Tweedledee and...
and Bob HoskinsBob HoskinsRobert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. is an English actor known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday , and Mona Lisa , and lighter roles in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook .- Early life :Hoskins was born in Bury St...
for BBC OneBBC OneBBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
(Christmas drama 2006/audience 5.3m) - Bon Voyage for ITV1ITV1ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
(broadcast in October 2006/ audience 4.4m) - Sweeney Todd starring Ray WinstoneRay WinstoneRaymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone is an English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum and as Will Scarlet in the cult television adventure series Robin of Sherwood. He has also become well known as a voice over...
for BBC OneBBC OneBBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
, (broadcast December 2005/audience 6.6m) - Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
Awards
In June 2008 Anna Madeley won Best Actress' award at the Monte Carlo Television Festivalfor her role in Affinity.In June 2007 Bon Voyage won Best Mini-Series award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Other awards include FIPA Awards 2005 – Fipa d’Or for Gunpowder, Treason and Plot