Kudos (production company)

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Kudos Film & Television is a UK-based film and television production company, which has produced drama series for most of the major television networks in the UK. Its best-known series are the spy drama Spooks (2002–present; known as MI5 in the United States), con-artist thriller series Hustle (2004–present), time travel/police drama Life on Mars (2006–2007) and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006). It has also made children's television with M.I.High, which debuted in January 2007 on BBC One and CBBC. Ashes to Ashes, a Life on Mars spin-off, began transmitting in February 2008.

In late 2006, the company was sold to Shine Limited.

1 Television
2 Films
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Television

[edit] Forthcoming Productions

Burn Up: one series (2008) for BBC Two, set to air July 2008 - total 2 episodes.
Spooks: Code 9: originally titled Rogue Spooks and Spooks: Liberty. One series (2008) for BBC Three, set to air autumn 2008 - total 6 episodes.^[1]
Law & Order: London: UK version of the hit American crime series, due to air April 2009 on ITV1.

[edit] Current Productions

Ashes to Ashes: one series (2008-) for BBC One - total 8 episodes, with a second series commissioned for 2009.
The Fixer: one series (2008-) for ITV1 - total 6 episodes, with a second series of 6 episodes comissioned for 2009.^[2]
Holby Blue: two series (2007-) for BBC One - total 20 episodes.
M.I.High: two series (2007-) for CBBC - total 23 episodes, with a third series of 13 episodes commissioned for 2009.
Moving Wallpaper: one series (2008-) for ITV1 - total 12 episodes, with a second series commissioned for 2009.
Spooks: six series (2002-) for BBC One - total 56 episodes, with a seventh series commissioned for 2008.
Plus One: single episode pilot (2007-) for Channel 4 - total 1 episode, full series commissioned for 2008.^[3]

[edit] Previous Productions

Echo Beach: one series (2008) for ITV1 - total 12 episodes.
West 10 LDN: single episode pilot (2008) for BBC3 - total 1 episode.
Hustle: four seasons (2004-2007) for BBC One, movie rights optioned by 20th Century Fox - total 24 episodes
Nearly Famous: one series (2007) for E4 - total 6 episodes
Secret Life: one-off episode (2007) for Channel 4 - total 1 episode
Tsunami: The Aftermath: double-episode special (2007) for BBC One - total 2 episodes
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard: one series (2006) for BBC One - total 6 episodes
Life on Mars: two seasons (2006-2007) for BBC One - total 16 episodes
Comfortably Numb: feature-length television film (2004) for Channel 4 - total 1 episode
Pleasureland: one series (2003) for Channel 4 - total 1 episode
Confidence Lab: one series (2002) for BBC Two - total 6 episodes
The Magician's House: two series (1999-2000) for CBBC - total 12 episodes
Pyschos: one series (1999) for Channel 4 - total 6 episodes
Come on Down and Out: one-off episode (1999) for Channel 4 - total 1 episode

Also: Screaming Reels (Channel 4) - 28 episodes, Desperately Seeking Something (Channel 4) - 16 episodes, Good Ideas of the 20th Century (Channel 4), Nigel Slater's Real Food (Channel 4), Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes (Channel 4)