We also recently produced a highlights show for the 2006 Football World Cup for multichannel broadcaster UKTV plus many other new innovative sporting projects such as coverage of the phenomenally popular Red Bull Air Race.  One-off sport related projects have included The Beckham's World Cup Party (ITV) and the RTS Award-winning Graham Taylor: An Impossible Job (C4).

We have also championed the less mainstream sports such as Snooker, Angling (Tight Lines - live weekly 1 hour programme for Sky Sports, now in its eleventh series), Speedway, Polo, Snowboarding and Darts with great success.

Our entertainment and factual division was launched in 1998 with the acclaimed and influential  ‘Top Ten’ series, for which we ultimately produced over 45 programmes (across every conceivable music and TV genre) for Channel 4.  Over the past 18 months we have made a real impact in the formatted series area and have already aired a number of successful prime-time productions;

Football Icon (10 x 60, Sky One)

A nationwide talent search for the next young star of the world’s biggest football club Chelsea FC – uniquely, this series offers a pro-contract with the Premiership champions as its ultimate prize.  We are currently in production on a second series, the first show airs on Friday 6th October at 8pm.

The Singing Estate (4 x 60, Five)

Residents of a troubled inner-city housing estate audition and unite under conductor Ivor Setterfield to form a choir whose goal is a heart-stopping performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. 

Totally Boyband (8 x 30, MTV)

Five ‘veterans’ from different, defunct boybands are brought together by a recording contract for one last crack at the big time. Egos are ruffled, sparks fly.

Big Ron Manager (6 x 60, Sky One)

Famed, flamboyant, outspoken ex-Manchester United boss Ron Atkinson becomes a football troubleshooter to try to reverse the fortunes of a struggling lower-league club. 

Asbo Teen To Beauty Queen (6 x 60, Five – TX from November)

An unlikely set of gum-chewing bad girls from the mean streets of Manchester, England, are groomed to compete in a big-haired & ball-gowned US teen-beauty pageant.

My God! I’m My Dad! (10 x 30, Bravo)

30/40-something male celebs bemoan/embrace their descent from rash rebellious youth into ‘Dadness’. A comical mix of interview, home movie and tongue-in-cheek recon.

In the documentaries area, we are currently in production on two prime-time projects for Channel 4, one which follows a college for the blind in Hereford and the other a two-part mini-series about couples looking for and living with au-pairs. Two of our recently screened productions, Dead Body Squad (C4, Cutting Edge strand, following extreme cleaning companies) and Guys & Dolls (Five, a study of men who live with state-of-the-art female dolls) are both winners in this year’s selection for Realscreen, the factual specialist trade magazine. 

North One has come to boast an impressive and rapidly expanding portfolio of entertainment shows and documentaries. Hit programmes in our eclectic, award-winning repertoire (past and present) include:

ITV

ITV's World of Sport, Frank Bruno: Gloves Off, Britain’s Biggest Brood, The Great British Pop Test

BBC

Are You Younger Than You Think?, Not Under My Roof (series), Generation Jedi, When Comedy Changed Forever

Channel 4

The Dead Body Squad, James Bond’s Greatest Hits, Taking Care Of The Kids, Blind School, The Ultimate Film, The Ultimate Chart, The Ultimate Pop Stars (the UK’s most successful movies, singles & artists respectively – officially measured by sales), A Very British UFO Hoax,  Killer Queen, The Importance of Being Morrissey, Stalking Pete Doherty, Kylie: Entirely, The Comedians’ Comedian, The World’s Greatest Actor.

Five

The Singing Estate, Asbo Teen To Beauty Queen, Fifth Gear, The Gadget Show, Battered Husbands, Guys & Dolls, Ten Kids & Counting, At War With Next Door, Did David Icke Get It Right?, Hidden Lives:  It's Not Easy Being A Wolf Boy, My 100,000 Lovers, The Curse of… (series), The Trouble With Celebrity (series), Britain's Favourite Number One/Love Songs/ Break-Up Songs, The Truth About Gordon Ramsay, Beckham Abroad, Bad Boys of Comedy

Multi-channel

Football Icon, Big Ron Manager, Fergie V Wenger, Ronnie Biggs – The Last Escape? (Sky), Totally Boyband (MTV), My God! I’m My Dad! (Bravo), Big Big Bikes, Building The Biggest…, John Lydon’s Megabugs, The Anatomy Of Formula One, Ultimate Bike Challenge, Cocktail Kings (Discovery), I Didn’t Know That (Nat Geo), The Greatest Xmas TV Moments, 25 Years of Only Fools & Horses

The Commercial Programming Department was initially set up to investigate alternative methods of funding television production, given the ever-changing landscape of broadcast finance.

We are now the UK's leading producer of branded content with over 100 hours broadcast this year through our work with marketeers. Our strong relationships with the commissioning, commercial and compliance departments of all UK broadcasters mean that we are able to manage the process from strategy to on-air with ease.

Our branded content projects include everything from huge international events and one-off specials for global brands to long-form series, government sponsored campaigns and the launch of the world's first ever branded content channel.

We also lead the way in terms of digital distribution, creating multi-media solutions for commercial content using IPTV, Web and Mobile applications - starting with the world's first legal TV download service we now offer platform-neutral content to a worldwide audience.

for further information, please contact:

john.nolan@northonetv.com

Our Creative division is a cross media design branding company with a strong emphasis on Channel Branding, idents, title sequences, commercials and promotions for all the major networks both in the UK and overseas.

Founder of North One Creative and multi-award winning director Daryl Goodrich, is a leading creative talent in broadcast design. As a director, he has created striking commercials for brands such as Ford, Budweiser, Nokia, Southern Comfort, Panasonic, Coca-Cola, Texaco and Sprite as well as directing a range of documentaries and television dramas. Most recently he produced the multi award-winning London 2012 Olympic bid film along with it’s follow-up film which was the centre-piece of London's final push for the Games.

As a designer, Daryl has created broadcast identities for American Football, NBA, World Rally Championships, Formula One, World Cup Rugby and the World feed for the 2004 Athens Olympics.  He also produced the titles for Channel 4's coverage of The Ashes.  In May 2006 Daryl was presented with the highly acclaimed 'Judges Award' at the Royal Television Society Awards for his 2012 Olympic Bid Films.

For further information, please contact:

daryl.goodrich@northonetv.com

North One's regional production office in Birmingham was established in 2001 and is now based at The Custard Factory in Digbeth.

Core business revolves around two returnable brands for Channel Five, namely, Fifth Gear (series 10 in production for Autumn '06) and The Gadget Show (series 5 due to start on September 18th 2006).

Also recently completed is a new 10 part returnable series for the National Geographic Channel called I Didn’t Know That, which transmits from Sept 7th 2006.

In 2004 North One Television Midlands produced a documentary on The Victoria Cross, presented by Jeremy Clarkson, for BBC TWO. A follow-up documentary has

one into production during '06.

In September '05 North One Television Midlands successfully applied to the BBC's Regional Development Fund and is currently developing several Daytime and Factual projects with the broadcaster – including a prime-time ob-doc series for BBC ONE, and a peak leisure strand for BBC TWO.

For further information, please contact:

richard.pearson@northonetv.com

North One recently expanded into the Asia/Pacific market and has now opened an office based in Sydney, Australia. North One Australia recently acquired its first commission, working with Tennis Australia at the Australian Open Grand Slam event. Programming for this includes the 2007 preview programme, official film & classic matches. In addition we will be producing the daily and evening highlights programmes for World Feed broadcasters on-site. 

Fronting the Australian operation are Jo Ormston, Head of Production and Adam Kay, Head of Programming.

For further information, please contact:

adam.kay@northonetv.com

jo.ormston@northonetv.com