Twofour Group is a British television and digital media group founded in 1989 by Charles Wace, a former BBCnews producer. With headquarters in Plymouth, Twofour has offices in London and Los Angeles. The Twofour Group consists of Boomerang, Delightful Industries, Mainstreet Pictures, Twofour, Twofour America, and Twofour Rights. In June 2015, Twofour Group was acquired by ITV Studios. Melanie Leach was named CEO in summer 2014. In Autumn 2019, Leach stepped down, and Tim Carter was appointed CEO of Twofour and the ITV company Multistory Media.
Divisions
Twofour
Twofour supplies programming to channels including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and UKTV. Twofour was awarded Broadcast's "Best Indie Production Company" title in 2010 and 2014, with titles including The Jump, The Real Marigold Hotel and This Time Next Year and Channel 5's longest running series, The Hotel Inspector. The company produces ob-doc and fixed rig shows such as Channel 4'sEducating Yorkshire, Educating the East End and 2011's Educating Essex. Twofour has produced a range of adventure documentaries such as Harry's Arctic Heroes for BBC One and Harry's Mountain Heroes for ITV, both featuring Prince Harry and a group of wounded soldiers as they attempt to reach the North Pole and Mount Everest respectively.
Boomerang
Boomerang produces factual entertainment, factual, documentary and sports entertainment programmes from its Cardiff base.
Twofour Rights
Twofour Rights, the distribution arm, was launched in 2012 and brings the programmes to the international marketplace.
Programmes produced by Twofour
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2011
Awards
This Time Next Year was named the fastest selling format in the world in 2016, and secured a C21 award and a Realscreen Award. The Real Marigold Hotel won a Rose d'Or award in 2016. The series was moved to BBC One for its second series. Educating Yorkshire won a National Television Award, RTS Award, Broadcast Award for Best Documentary, IVCA Award, a BAFTA Craft award and two BAFTA Television nominations. Twofour held the title Best Indie Production Company in 2010 and 2014, and secured 1st place in Televisual Magazine's True Indie Survey 2013. The company has been awarded several IVCA and RTS awards. In 2013, triple BAFTA-nominated Educating Essex won a Broadcast Award for Best Documentary Series.
