Hat Trick Productions

Hat Trick Productions is a British independent production company that produces television programmes, mainly specialising in comedy.[1]

Hat Trick Productions

Type	Limited
Industry	Television production
Founded	1986 (1986)
Founder	Rory McGrath Jimmy Mulville Denise O'Donoghue
Headquarters	London , United Kingdom
Key people	Rory McGrath (co-founder) Jimmy Mulville (co-founder) Denise O'Donoghue (co-founder) Geoffrey Perkins (director)
Website	hattrick.co.uk

History

Hat Trick Productions was founded in 1986 by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville[2] and Denise O'Donoghue. Its first commission was Chelmsford 123, a situation comedy for Channel 4.[3] Two years later, Geoffrey Perkins became company director, and helped to produce shows such as Father Ted, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Have I Got News for You.[4]

Perkins left the organisation in 1995, to become head of comedy for BBC Television.[4]

Current programmes

• Derry Girls (Channel 4 2018–present)
• Dinner Date (ITV 2010–2012, ITVBe 2014–present)
• Flack (POP TV and Showtime On Demand 2019–present)
• Have I Got News for You (BBC Two 1990–2000, BBC One 2000–present)
• Kate & Koji (ITV 2020–present)
• Mastermind (BBC Two 2019–present)
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? (ABC & ABC Family 1998–2007, The CW 2013–present)

Former programmes

• The Armstrong & Miller Show (BBC One 2007–2010)
• Ballot Monkeys (Channel 4 2015)
• Bedtime (BBC One 2001–2003)
• The Big One (Channel 4 1992)
• Bike Squad (ITV 2008)
• Bodies (BBC Three 2004–2006)
• Boomers (BBC One 2014–2016)
• Boyz Unlimited (Channel 4 1999)
• The Brain Drain (BBC Two 1992–1993)
• Bromwell High (Channel 4 2005)
• The Bubble (BBC Two 2010)
• Case Sensitive (ITV 2011–2012)
• Chartjackers (BBC Two 2009)
• Cheap Cheap Cheap (Channel 4 2017)
• Chelmsford 123 (Channel 4 1988–1990)
• Chopratown (BBC One 2005)
• Critical (Sky1 2015)
• Doctor Thorne (ITV 2016)
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (BBC Three 2006–2007)
• Drop the Dead Donkey (Channel 4 1990–1998)
• Episodes (BBC Two 2011–2018, Showtime 2011–2017)
• Facejacker (Channel 4 2010–2012)
• Fairy Tales (BBC One 2008)
• The Fake News Show (Channel 4 2017)
• Father Ted (Channel 4 1995–1998)
• Fonejacker (E4 2006–2012)
• Game On (BBC Two 1995–1998)
• Game Show in My Head (CBS 2009)
• God on Trial (BBC Two 2008)
• Great Night Out (ITV 2013)
• Harry Enfield's Television Programme (BBC Two 1990–1992)
• Horrible Science (CITV 2015)
• If I Ruled The World (BBC Two 1998–1999)
• In Denial of Murder (BBC One 2004)
• It's Only a Theory (BBC Four 2009)
• Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (BBC One 2002)
• Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (BBC Two 2009, Comedy Central 2009)
• The Kumars at No. 42 (BBC Two 2001–2004, BBC One 2005–2006, Sky1 2014)
• Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (BBC One 2005)
• Miss Marie Lloyd – Queen of The Music Hall (BBC Four 2007)
• Mutual Friends (BBC One 2008)
• Never Mind the Horrocks (Channel 4 1996)
• News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald (ITV 2007)
• Norbert Smith – a Life (Channel 4 1989)
• Outnumbered (BBC One 2007–2014; 16)
• The Omid Djalili Show (BBC One 2007–2009)
• Paul Merton: The Series (Channel 4 1991–1993)
• The Peter Principle (BBC One 1995–2000)
• Power Monkeys (Channel 4 2016)
• The Revolution Will Be Televised (BBC Three 2012–2015)
• Room 101 (BBC Two 1994–2007, BBC One 2012–2018)
• Round the Bend (CITV 1989–1991)
• The Royal Bodyguard (BBC One 2011–2012)
• The Secret (ITV 2016)
• The Slow Norris (CITV 1996–1999)
• Small Potatoes (Channel 4 1999–2001)
• Some Girls (BBC Three 2012–2014)
• Spy (Sky1 2011–2012)
• The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (ITV 2011–2014)
• This is David Lander (Channel 4 1988)
• Trevor's World of Sport (BBC One 2003)
• Turn Back Time (BBC One 2006)
• The Waiting Game (BBC One 2001–2002)
• Warren (BBC One 2019)
• Whose Line is it Anyway? (Channel 4 1988–1999)
• Worst Week (CBS 2008–2009)
• The Worst Week of My Life (BBC One 2004–2006)
• You, Me & Them (UKTV Gold 2013 - 2015)

References

1. "Entrepreneurs: Hat Trick's dramatic next episode". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
2. https://rts.org.uk/article/mulville-thriving-against-long-odds
3. "Company History About Us". London: Hat Trick Productions. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
4. "Geoffrey Perkins". The Daily Telegraph. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2010.

External links

• Official website