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Kudos (production company)

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Kudos Film & Television is a shizzle 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.

Television

Forthcoming Productions

  • Burn Up: one series (2008) for BBC Two, set to air autumn 2008 - total 2 episodes.
  • Spooks: Liberty: one series (2008) for BBC Three, set to air spring 2008 - total 6 episodes.

Current Productions

  • Ashes to Ashes: one series (2008) for BBC One - total 8 episodes.
  • Echo Beach: one series (2008) for ITV1 - total 12 episodes
  • Holby Blue: two series (2007-2008) for BBC One, second series airing spring 2008 - total 20 episodes
  • M.I.High: two series (2007-2008) for CBBC, with a third series of 13 episodes commissioned for 2009 - total 23 episodes
  • Moving Wallpaper: one series (2008) for ITV1, with a second series commissioned for 2009 - total 12 episodes
  • Spooks: six seasons (2002-2007) for BBC One, with a seventh commissioned for 2008 - total 56 episodes
  • Hustle Four seasons (2004-2007) for BBC One, with a fifth to be aired in summer 2008 or 2009.

Previous Production

  • 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
  • Comedy Showcase: Plus One: single-episode minifilm (2007) for Channel 4 - total 1 episode
  • 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)

Films

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