Prospect Pictures
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Prospect Pictures Limited is a UK-based prodcution company specialising in live, volume programming - particularly in the lifestyle genre such as food programming. It was acquired by production and distribution group DCD Media in August 2007. The company was founded in Wales in 1988 where it still maintains a Cardiff production base but is headquartered in London.
Prospect Pictures topped the Broadcast magazine "Indies League Table 2006" in the Factual Entertainment category.
[edit] Programmes
Notable productions include:
- Saturday Cooks - on ITV1
Antony Worrall Thompson is joined by celebrity chefs including Gino D'Acampo, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Jo Pratt. The wine advice is provided by Matt Skinner, Jamie Oliver’s sommelier from his restaurant Fifteen.[1]
- Daily Cooks on ITV1
Antony Worrall Thompson and his team of chefs including Gino D’Acampo, Richard Phillips and Jo Pratt provide a daily suggestion of what to cook tonight.
Prospect Pictures recently created its own website, [www.cooksforcooks.com], to exploit its extensive archive in the cookery programme genre.
[edit] References
- ^ "BBC1's chef poached by ITV in £5m deal.", Factiva, March 24, 2006.
