Remedy Productions


Remedy Productions appoints CCO

Remedy Productions, whose recent productions include BBC1’s Saturday night, family game show Ready or Not, and a recent episode of Channel 4’s Dispatches, has just appointed Denis O’Connor as its new chief creative officer. O’Connor comes from Buccaneer Media where, as head of department, he oversaw development, pitching and production of the company’s unscripted department. Prior to that he worked […]

Argonon launches prodcos with NBCU & All3 execs

UK-based Argonon Group has established a pair of joint venture production entities, with execs from NBCUniversal and All3Media behind them. Barefaced TV will focus on factual entertainment formats for the UK and international markets, while Bandicoot is billed as a multi-genre production house. Lucy Golding and Rosie Bray (pictured right, l-r), who were joint heads […]

Argonon launches prodcos with NBCU & All3 execs

UK-based Argonon Group has established a pair of joint venture production entities, with execs from NBCUniversal and All3Media behind them. Barefaced TV will focus on factual entertainment formats for the UK and international markets, while Bandicoot is billed as a multi-genre production house. Lucy Golding and Rosie Bray (pictured right, l-r), who were joint heads […]

Argonon Int’l hires Fox formats chief

Jess Khanom has left Fox Networks Group to become managing director of UK-based distributor Argonon International, TBI can reveal. Khanom was global head of formats at Fox’s international sales business, which TBI last week revealed had been retooled as Fox Networks Group Content Distribution under Prentiss Fraser. She has exited to take on the newly-created […]

Argonon opens Scottish base

Argonon Group and its subsidiary Remedy Productions have launched an office in Scotland to capitalise on opportunities in the territory. Argonon Scotland and Remedy Scotland will both operate out of an office in Glasgow, with “a leading industry” figure recruited as head of both operations. This exec will report to Remedy’s chief creative officer Tom […]

Remedy taps ex-Sky factual exec

Argonon Group-owned Remedy Productions has hired ex-Sky Living commissioner Sophie Wurzer-Willliams as head of factual entertainment. The music and entertainment-focused producer is targeting a move into factual entertainment formats and series, and Wurzer-Williams will recruit a new team to that end. Wurzer-Williams will report to Remedy’s chief creative officer Tom Blakeson and managing director Juliet […]

Argonon gets Blacklisted

Independent global producer Argonon today unveiled a new joint venture drama prodco, Blacklisted Films. Founded by former Leopardrama development producer David Chikwe, the joint venture will complement existing companies under the Argonon umbrella, including April 2013 acquisition Transparent Television and Leopardrama. Blacklisted Films has several scripted series already in development, including online transsexual sitcom Living […]

Channel 4 turns clock back to Fifteen to One

The UK’s Channel 4 is bringing back classic quiz Fifteen to One as part of a Retro Night in September. Argonon Group-owned Remedy Productions will produce the show, which broadcasts on Friday, September 20. Comedian Adam Hills will host the celebrity special in which fifteen contestants will battle it out to win the quiz, each […]

News brief: MTV renews Remedy deal

UK pay TV channel MTV has renewed its deal with Argonon-owned Remedy Productions to produce its music programming for a fifth consecutive year. The deal sees Remedy producing around a 1,000 hours of content across a range of music-themed formats and MTV channels such as The UK Top 40, celebrity-hosted music countdowns and artist profile […]

The new super groups: Argonon

In the first of a two-part feature on emerging production super groups, Stewart Clarke talks with James Burstall, CEO of UK-based Argonon, which today acquired Transparent Television. When James Burstall formed Argonon through the creation of indies Leopard and Remedy in 2011 he said it would be a £100 million (US$153 million) turnover business within […]