Princess Productions

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foundation = 1996
founder = Sebastian Scott Henrietta Conrad
location_city = London
location_country = UK
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homepage = http://www.princesstv.com
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Princess Productions is a London based television production company started in September 1996 by Henrietta Conrad and Sebastian Scott and which has produced broadcast shows and pilots across a variety of genres.

Based in Whiteleys in West London, Princess has its own TV studio on the third floor and a talent agency (Princess Talent) which represents Dave Berry, Jeremy Edwards and Janet Street-Porter, among others.

In 2007 it was announced that Princess was merging with three other UK based production companies; Shine Limited, Kudos and Firefly.cite web |url=http://www.shinegroup.tv/#/About/ |title=Shine Group - About Us|accessdate=2008-07-09]

Programming

* "The Sunday Night Project" - weekly comedy-variety show where regular hosts Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr are joined by a celebrity guest host. These guests provide an opening monologue, are interviewed by Alan and Justin and take questions from the studio audience. They also take part in comedy sketches, hidden camera stunts and a game show where someone from the audience is selected to win prizes.
* "The Search" - television show on Channel 4, which first aired in 2007. Ten contestants with unique skills must solve a variety of ancient clues and puzzles from throughout history, with the aim in each episode of finding "The Symbol". The team which fulfils this directive wins the game and the losing team must then sacrifice a team member. The final episode saw the remaining (three) contestants compete to uncover a £50,000 hidden treasure.
* "The Wright Stuff" - British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and currently airing on Five each weekday at 9:00am. The format is based upon the more traditional radio phone-in, featuring well-known guests discussing topical issues, and encouraging contributions from the studio and television audiences, text messages, e-mails and a phone vote.
* "Something For The Weekend" - weekly magazine-style entertainment show, including cookery, celebrity guests and television clips. Currently airing 10.00am - 11.30am Sunday mornings on BBC Two.
* "Doctor, Doctor" - live daily show which tackled a series of topical medical issues in front of a studio audience. "Doctor Doctor" was a one-hour show, with medical experts in different fields answering viewers' questions about their physical and mental well being broadcast on Five in 2006.
* "Date My Mom (UK)" - similar to the US version of the show (Date My Mom) each episode features a different guy looking for love in the weirdest place - on dates with three different mums. He's not looking to hook up though, he's spending time with the mums to discover everything he can about their daughters. He won't be able to see a picture of the daughters on his dates, so he'll have to work hard to get the truth out of the mums. In the end, everyone meets up to hear his decision. This is the spot where he'll finally get to see what these daughters look like. Broadcast on MTV UK & Ireland in 2006 - 2007.
* "Danger! 50,000 Volts!" - Comedy survival series in which Nick Frost met up with experts in different fields of survival and asked questions on what to do in highly unlikely situations involving danger.
* "Show Me The Money" - live daily gameshow on Channel 4 pitting teams against the Stock Exchange. It had a short 2 series run. The show won the prestigious accolade of Royal Television Society Daytime Show of the Year.
* "Lily Allen and Friends" - chat show with singer Lily Allen, with an audience of her MySpace friends. Broadcast on BBC Three.

Carbon Media

Carbon Princess was a joint venture between Princess Productions and Carbon Media, specialising in high end documentaries including science, history, arts and contemporary journalism. Their joint programming included:

* "The Big Art Project" - once in a lifetime opportunity for members of public to get the chance to get involved in the commissioning of a work of art, courtesy of Channel 4.
* "Jump London" (2003) and "Jump Britain" (2005) - series of documentaries about free running.

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External links

* [http://www.princesstv.com/ Princess Productions (Official Homepage)]
* [http://www.carbonhq.com/ Carbon Media (Official Homepage)]