Tetra Films
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Tetra Films was a London
- based independent production company, founded by Alan Horrox, ex-controller of children’s programmes at Thames Television
in 1992, the same year when classic ITV
series The Tomorrow People was revived. It has produced a wide range of programmes for ITV and Channel 4
.
London
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- based independent production company, founded by Alan Horrox, ex-controller of children’s programmes at Thames Television
Thames Television
Thames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
in 1992, the same year when classic ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
series The Tomorrow People was revived. It has produced a wide range of programmes for ITV and 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...
.
Films
Notable contributions include:- Cone Zone, Sitcom, Carlton/ITV, 1995-97
- Delta WaveDelta WaveDelta Wave was a children's science fiction television drama series which ran from January 3 to March 4, 1996. It replaced the revived version of The Tomorrow People whose the final season ended in 1995 and was made by Tetra Films for the ITV network....
, Sci-fi drama, Meridian/ITV, 1996
- Mike and AngeloMike and AngeloMike and Angelo is a sci-fi TV sitcom series that ran on CITV between 16 March 1989 and 7 March 2000. It centres on Angelo , an alien who came from another world during the first series; the portal from his world being that of a...
, Sci-fi sitcom, Thames/Carlton for ITV, 1989-2000
- Snap, Comedy-drama, Carlton for ITV, 1997-99
- The New Rainbow ShowRainbow (TV series)Rainbow is a British children's television series, created by Pamela Lonsdale, which ran twice weekly at 12:10 on Tuesdays and Fridays on the ITV network, from 16 October 1972 to 6 March 1992...
, Pre-school, HTV for ITV, 1994
- Rainbow Days, Pre-school, HTV for ITV, 1995-96
- The Canterville GhostThe Canterville Ghost"The Canterville Ghost" is a popular short story by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in the magazine The Court and Society Review in February 1887. It was later included in a collection of short stories entitled...
, Drama (family feature), Carlton for ITV, 1997
- The Tomorrow PeopleThe Tomorrow PeopleThe Tomorrow People is a British children's science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran between 1973 and 1979. The series was re-imagined in 1992, Roger Price acting as executive producer...
, Sci-fi drama, Thames/Central/Nickelodeon for ITV, 1992-95
- The Treasure SeekersThe Treasure Seekers (1996 film)The Treasure Seekers is a 1996 British television family film directed by Juliet May and starring Camilla Power, Felicity Jones and Kristopher Milnes. In Edwardian England, a family have only a few days to raise enough money to stop their home being repossessed. It is based on the novel The Story...
, Drama (TV Movie), Carlton for ITV, 1996
- Magic With EverythingMagic With EverythingMagic with Everything was a 6 part 15 minute series shown on CITV. It ran from April 17 to May 22, 1998; made by Tetra Films, the team behind Mike and Angelo for ITV....
, Drama (adapted novel), ITV, 1998
- What Katy DidWhat Katy DidWhat Katy Did is a children's book written by Susan Coolidge, the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, which was published in 1872. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s...
, Drama (family feature), Carlton for ITV, 2000