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My Big Fat Operation broadcasts on The Biography Channel on Tuesday 6th March.
Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia set for April transmission on Sky Atlantic.
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model Season 8 starts shooting.
Sell Me The Answer sells to India.
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Thumbs Up Productions was founded in 2004 and soon out of the starting blocks with a 20×30’ series entitled Celebrity Snappers for Living. By the end of 2004, Thumbs Up were Flextech Television’s biggest supplier of original programming and had broken firmly into Broadcast Top 100 indies.
The company continue build on a solid reputation of quality programming ‘no matter the budget’ and have produced factual, entertainment and factual entertainment shows for ITV, Sky One, Living, Discovery, The Biography Channel, Challenge and Sky Atlantic.
Recent productions include one of the UK’s most popular factual entertainment show, Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model (Sky Living), as well as new medical series, My Big Fat Operation (Bio Channel) and a brand new series fronted by Morgan Spurlock (Sky Atlantic).
Having completed seven seasons of BNTM, Thumbs Up now works in partnership with CBS Paramount’s other Top Model licence holders to provide consultancy and co production.
Thumbs Up also has a busy interactive department providing 100’s of hours of content for our broadcast clients.
Thumbs Up are represented in the US by Alan Braun of the Creative Artists Agency in LA.
To date Thumbs Up has been nominated for three Broadcast and Televisual Awards.
The company was founded by Marty Redman and TJ Sherbrooke.
We pride ourselves in being a fun and relaxed place to work and have always got new projects in various stages of development. If you want to send us your CV – email us at tj@thumbsupproductions.tv
Our Work
Thumbs Up have produced a huge variety of high-rating, critically acclaimed shows for a wide range of broadcasters including:
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Our Work
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Season 7
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Season 6
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The Oscar nominated documentary film maker, Morgan Spurlock hosts SKY ATLANTIC’S newest series.
Famed for his multi award-winning 2004 documentary, Super Size Me in which he ate nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days, Spurlock has carved out a successful career challenging society’s accepted norms and bringing wry humour to taboo subjects.
Witty, off-beat and deliciously scathing, each of the 10x 60-minute shows will see Spurlock scrutinize one particular aspect of British society, with the help of some big-name guests from the worlds of comedy, celebrity and politics, from both sides of the Atlantic.
Filmed over the course one year, our cameras follow the life changing journeys of 12 morbidly obese patients as they undergo radical life saving surgery. Including access into the operating theatres, each episode charts the progress of two patients as they struggle with their new bodies and eating regimes. This is their last chance to lose weight and save themselves. Heart wrenching journeys and life changing transformations – this is the true face of super obesity surgery like never seen before.
Distributed by Zodiak Rights
Including global names and stars such as Sachin Tendulkar, Vijay Mallya, Sonu Nigam and AR Rahman, The Asian Awards were broadcast globally across Sony Television’s international platforms.
Season 7
Newly titled Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model, Season 7 began with two massive changes to the audition process, firstly, Elle made a mandatory minimum height requirement of 5’8 and above. Secondly, for the first time ever in the history of top model the judges hosted open auditions including venturing out on their own street castings!
Whilst smashing ratings records, Elle and her panel crowned Jade Thompson their winner after a nail biting runway show modelling designer Mark Fast’s latest collection.
Can a deserving mum be given the transformation of a lifetime in the time between dropping off and picking up the kids at school? Melanie Sykes and her crack team of makeover magicians including Nicky Clarke are about to find out!
This warm hearted, feel good series sees deserving Mums given the opportunity to reconnect with their former glamorous selves as they receive a total head to toe transformation.
Distributed by Alfred Haber Distribution
Gethin Jones hosts this new game show about money and greed! One contestant has to answer ten questions, if they do not know the answer they have the chance to buy the answer from sixty money hungry traders. The trader and contestant only have twenty second to decide on a price, however the risk the contestant takes is that the trader could be bluffing and not actually know the correct answer! Deceit, deception and high stakes.
Distributed by Digital Rights Group.
Season 6
In 2010 supermodel, actress, designer and business woman Elle Macpherson aka ‘The Body’ burst onto our screens as the new host of Britain’s Next Top Model. Elle was determined to find a new breed of top model. This was BNTM’s first transmission in High Definition and the public loved it!
A completely new panel joined Elle including male model Charley Speed, stylist Grace Woodward and the doyenne of British fashion, designer Julien Macdonald bringing new dynamics and a tougher than ever line up.
Malaysia provided the tropical glamour of the final episodes before a live televised final crowning Tiffany Pisani the eventual winner.
Can mums transform into models? Can divorcees turn into catwalk queens? Can middle aged women rediscover how to look fabulous at forty plus? 6 women all over the age of 40 will will undergo a radical mind and body transformation in their bid to win a modelling contract with Europe’s biggest model agency Models 1 as well as a fashion spread in SHE magazine.
But can they go from the kitchen sink to the catwalk?
Distributed by Digital Rights Group
Series 1 & 2
Derek Acorah made his return to British TV screens in spectacular style with his self titled show on SKY REAL LIVES. Communicating messages from the afterlife to a live studio audience, Derek astounded SKY REAL LIVES viewers with the accuracy of his readings. Including readings for pets as well as psychometry (the ability to connect with objects belonging to the deceased), Derek is back to his best!
Distributed by Target
This series followed the lives of Britain’s only psychic family. Craig and Jane Hamilton Parker are a husband and wife psychic team. Since becoming two of the UK’s most respected psychic’s the couple have bred a family of psychics including daughters Danielle and Celeste.
The series follows the paranormal exploits of this extraordinary family, from private readings to starting their own psychic school!
Former England and Arsenal superstar Ian Wright takes to the US highways for the road trip of a lifetime. Accompanied by legendary custom chopper builder Nicky Bootz – Ian and Nicky will cross over 3000 miles from Florida “Wright across America” to San Diego California. Tearing up the tarmac and most tiny towns on Route 66, this Ian Wright at his very best.
Distributed by Electric Sky.
Seasons 1-5
The massively successful US primetime show arrived in the UK in 2005 on Living TV. Season one began with British model Lisa Butcher complimented by Hilary Alexander, Marie Helvin and Jonathan Phang as fellow panellists. In seasons two to five Lisa Snowdon took the central role as host amongst an assortment of panellists including Gerry DeVeaux, Louis Mariette, Paula Hamilton and Huggy Ragnarsson.
The show traversed the globe in these first five seasons including episodes in Marrakech, Milan, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
The critical and commercial success of the show brought record ratings to the channel and consolidated its position as Britain’s most popular multi channel factual entertainment show.
The Queen of showbiz and the first lady of British television presents an unforgettable two hour live show – jam packed with reunions, dating, celebrity guests and incredible surprises.
Series 1 & 2
Witness the weird, wonderful and death defying record attempts Guinness World Records shows all over globe. This 40 part series presented by Jamie Rickers is action packed from start to finish bringing you the best of global Guinness World Records.
This 20 part fly on the wall documentary series followed the finest photographers in the world of fashion, music, celebrities, movies and glamour.
Team
Thumbs Up prides itself on being fun and relaxed place to work. And with a number of shows at various stages of production we’re always on the look out for new members of the team. If you feel you’ve got something to offer then email info@thumbsupproductions.tv
Meet the teamTeam
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Marty Redman – Managing Director
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TJ Sherbrooke – Head of Development
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George Wong – Head of Production
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Cheryl Price – Executive Producer
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Luke Macfarlane – Series Producer
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Charlton Singende – Production Accountant
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Julia Engleman – Press & Publicity
Contact
34 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 7RF
Tel: 020 7902 9880
Fax: 020 7633 9058
We pride ourselves in being a fun and relaxed place to work and have always got new projects on in various stages of development. So if you want to send us your cv – email us at: info@thumbsupproductions.tv
If you reckon you’ve got a great TV show idea and want to talk to our development team about it, then email: tj@thumbsupproductions.tv
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