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Lion Television's US Show Cash Cab won the Emmy for Outstanding Game Show.

Lion Television's drama Consenting Adults has won two Scottish Baftas. Sean Biggerstaff won the Best Actor - Television award and Julian Mitchell won Best Writer - Television. Consenting Adults was also nominated for Best Drama.

Britain from Above, a major series presented by Andrew Marr, is in production for BBC1, BB2, BBC4 and BBC interactive. It uses revolutionary new aerial photography techniques to reveal Britain in a way never seen before. A fascinating book with incredible images will accompany the series.

Lion has recently completed production on Chinese Food Made Easy. Exciting new cooking discovery Ching-He Huang reveals the secret of cooking quick, healthy and delicious Chinese cooking in the home. It will air on BBC2, on Mondays at 8.30pm from July 7, 2008. A book full of delicious recipes will also be available.

Filming has just finished for The Hottest Place on Earth, a major BBC1/Discovery co-production. Presented by Kate Humble, Steve Leonard, and professor Dougal Jerram, the programme follows an expedition to the most hostile environment in the world.

Production is under way for a major children’s series for BBCOne. Horrible Histories brings Terry Deary’s best selling books that have sold 21 million copies around the world (published by Scholastic) to the small screen.

Lion has been commissioned to produce The Ultimate Guide: a spin off series from the Rough Guide series for FIVE.

Working with the owners of the hugely popular Top Trumps cards (Winning Moves), Lion has developed a new format for FIVE. Tops Trumps is presented by Robert Llewellyn and Ashley Hames, it brings the spirit of the card game to the screen in an adventure packed 10-part series.

At the recent International Emmy's cinematographer Lee Pulbrook won an award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography for his work on Atlas: China Revealed.

African School: Show Me the Money's Nicki Stoker is nominated for the Grierson Award for Best Newcomer.

Lion celebrates another win - the Channel 4 Award at the British Archaeological Awards for The First Emperor.

Lion is celebrating a double win for documentary Ape to Man, produced for the History Channel. Director Nic Young won an Emmy for Best Documentary Script, and the show won the US National Academy of Sciences Annual Communication Award for Best TV Programme. Just one award of this kind is given out each year for a television production, and recognises excellence in reporting and communicating science, engineering, and medicine to the general public.

     


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Lion Television is one of the most successful independent production companies in the United Kingdom. Since its inception, Lion has produced over 1,500 hours of original television and had its formats and finished programmes sold around the world.

In June 2004 Lion became part of the All3Media group - the UK's second biggest independent producer.

Lion TV currently has over 300 production staff at its London, Glasgow, New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Chinese bases.

Find out more about the Company, Productions or contact us here.

Current Productions

Britain from Above (BBC)
Horrible Histories (BBC)
Ultimate Guide (Five)
Homes Under The Hammer (BBC1)
Revealed: Camilla's Family Affair (Five / History Channel)
The Hottest Place on Earth (BBC / Discovery Channel)
Top Trumps (Five)
Tales from the Victorian Farm (BBC2)
India Atlas (Discovery)

 
   
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