Channel X
UK comedy and entertainment company
Channel X Productions is a UK comedy and entertainment company with a 22-year history of producing programmes for all of the major broadcasters. The company specialises in scripted broken and narrative comedy, comedy-entertainment formats and game shows.
The company was formed in 1987 by Jonathan Ross and Alan Marke, and the former made his television presenting début as a stand-in presenter for Channel X program The Last Resort.
Channel X's Manchester based subsidiary, Channel X North won its first commissions in 2009, netting deals at the BBC and Channel 4. In 2020, a new subsidiary was launched named Channel X Hopscotch, in partnership with Hopscotch Films to produce comedy and drama set and made in Scotland.
01Selected shows
- The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross
- Saturday Zoo with Jonathan Ross
- Vic Reeves Big Night Out
- Sean's Show
- Shooting Stars
- The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
- Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer
- Catterick
- Popetown
- Blunder
- Modern Toss
- Snuff Box
- So Awkward
- Detectorists
Online
Channel X also produced an online comedy drama series called Chelsey OMG which aired on social networking website Bebo. By February 2009 the show had amassed almost 2,000,000 views.
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Channel X”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.