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Channel X

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Channel X
Founded1987
FounderJonathan Ross
Alan Marke
Headquarters
SubsidiariesChannel X North[1]
Websitewww.channelx.co.uk

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.[2]

Channel X's Manchester based subsidiary, Channel K, has also won its first commissions in 2009, netting deals at the BBC and Channel 4.

Selected shows

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Online

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Channel X | Channel X". 13 December 2010.
  2. ^ BBC Radio 2 profile of Jonathan Ross
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