Joanna Page is on hand to lend a sympathetic ear to frustrated and worried pet owners whilst Vet Marc Abraham is at the helm with medical advice.

Exec producer: Jo McGrath
Series Producer: Nicola Key
Producer/Director: Danielle Carpanen & Martin Dowd
Edit Producer: Emma Slack & Kim Boursnell
Main talent: Joanna Page & Marc Abraham
Production start date: January 2010
Delivery date: July 2010
Transmission date: 14th July 2010 @ 8pm on Sky One
Number of Eps: 6
Episode length: 60 mins

In the all new Cook Yourself Thin we visit one curvy contributor in their home each day and get to taste their Downfall Dishes – their three favourite dishes that they just can’t live without. Our chef Gizzi will teach them to cook three easy but delicious alternatives, with a fraction of the calories and fat content. Be assured, we won’t be sacrificing taste or satisfaction!

In each show our contributor will be desperate to lose the inches. They love their food and all have struggled with their weight and have tried every diet in the book, but they have never quite managed to win the battle of the bulge. But this time they have their own expert chef on hand to help them fight the flab.

Exec producer: Jo McGrath
Series Producer: Mark Leslie
Series Director: Paul Durgan
Main talent: Gizzi Erskine
Sponsored by: alli
Production start date: 8th March 2010
Delivery date: June 2010
Transmission date: 7th June 2010 @ 2.55pm Channel 4
Number of Eps: 15
Episode length: 30 mins

MY PET SHAME: Wednesdays @ 20.00 on Sky1

ARGUMENTAL: Tuesdays @ 22.20 on DAVE

TINGA TINGA TALES: everyday @ 07.40 on CBeebies and weekends @ 17.30 on CBeebies 

CHARLIE AND LOLA: weekdays @ 07.00 on CBeebies and 09.00 on BBC2, weekends @ 07.00 on CBeebies

A handful of countries allow foreign singers to enter their own ‘Search for a Song’ competition, as long as the composer is a resident national, so Justin travels around Europe looking for composers to help him. Running alongside this story is a portrait of Europe through Eurovision eyes and a history of the competition itself, as Justin meets past UK winners and less successful entrants,along with past winners from other European countries.

Executive Producers: Clive Tulloh & Andrew O’Connell
Series Producer / Director: Will Yapp
Producer: Nicky Taylor
Main Talent: Justin Lee Collins
Transmission Channel: Five
Production Date: 02, November 2009
Transmission Date: 19, May 2010
Episodes: 2
Episode Length: 60
Series: 1

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Patrick had worked at BBC Northern Ireland since 2004 and also in house in London for several years during the 1990’s.  His commissions from independents included Peter Bowker’s ‘Occupation’ (Winner Prix Europa and Broadcast Press Guild Award, Nominated RTS, Broadcast and the upcoming Bafta and Banff Awards), Rick Cottan’s ‘Hancock and Joan’ (nominated Best Single, Bafta and Broadcast Awards), Heidi Thomas’ hugely successful Boxing Day film for BBC1 ‘Ballet Shoes’ and the Bafta nominated relaunch of ‘Murphy’s Law’, on which Patrick worked with Tiger for the first time.   He personally executive produced Guy Hibbert’s ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ (Winner Best Director and Screenplay at Sundance Film Festival, and Best Single at the RTS and Irish Film Awards, Special Commendation Prix Europa, Nominated Best Single Film at Broadcast, Broadcast Press Guild and the upcoming Bafta and Banff Awards), David Nichols ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ (Nominated RTS and Bafta Awards) and Tony Saint’s recent film about the MP’s scandal ‘On Expenses’, as well as various runs of the BBC’s high profile crime series ‘Waking the Dead’, ‘Messiah’ and ‘Silent Witness’, all in house productions.  In his time at the BBC, he sat on the Drama Editorial Board, the Pan UK Drama Board, the Independent Commissioning Board; and the Senior Management Board, BBC NI.  In his tenure during the 1990’s as Head of Development, Drama Series, he commissioned Barbara Machin’s ‘Waking the Dead’ and, alongside Mal Young, co-commissioned both ‘Holby City’ and ‘Doctors’.  Previous credits also include Matthew Hall’s Bafta nominated series ‘WIng and a Prayer’, which he commissioned whilst at Thames.  He started in the industry in 1994 as a script editor on Jimmy McGovern’s ‘Cracker’.

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Tiger drama hits include ‘Murphy’s Law’ (BBC1), ‘Robin Hood’ (BBC1),  ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ (ITV2) Abi Morgan’s BAFTA award-winning ‘White Girl’ (BBC2) and Guy Hibbert’s recent and critically acclaimed ‘Blood and Oil’ (BBC2).  Forthcoming output includes Abi Morgan’s ‘Royal Wedding’ (BBC2) and Simon Donald’s ‘The Deep’ (BBC1), a five part thriller starring Minnie Driver and James Nesbitt.

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Tiger Aspect’s Head of Drama, Greg Brenman said “I greatly enjoyed working with Patrick when he was at the BBC and am delighted that this relationship will now be permanent.  Patrick has shown time and again that he is a great champion and producer of talent.”

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Patrick said of the new venture: “This is the perfect marriage for me.  I am very much responsible for my own destiny, but at the same time I am partnered with a team who means business.  I feel very lucky indeed to have found a home here.’

Presented by food writer, stylist and TV presenter, Gizzi Erskine, Cook Yourself Thin is about how small lifestyle changes can lead to big results.  The anti-dieting show will demonstrate how to develop a positive relationship with food through cooking as well as eating.  The series taps into the ‘foodie’ spirit whilst simultaneously promoting responsible weight loss showing how to still indulge and shift the bulge.

Cook Yourself Thin is about keeping things simple, recognising that losing weight isn’t that easy and showing how making small tweaks to cooking methods and favourite meals and treats can deliver delicious, healthier options. It is definitely not about drastic diets, faddy foods or quick fix plans.

Each story will follow someone who is keen to shift the pounds but hasn’t learned the best way to do this.  Gizzi will demonstrate how to cut back on the fat without scrimping on the flavour as she produces a range of low fat and low calorie versions of favourite dishes.  She’ll demonstrate a selection of fat reducing facts and offer insider tips about how to incorporate more exercise into daily life.

The original series of Cook Yourself Thin proved a hit with viewers and the accompanying books became best sellers. The online content was hugely successful and the Channel 4 Food site was one of the most frequently visited.

Helen Warner, Channel 4’s Head of Daytime, said: “It’s great to have Cook Yourself Thin back on Channel 4. It’s a terrific format and Gizzi Erskine is a very exciting and talented presenter.”

Jo McGrath added, “Cook Yourself thin is a positive, pain free, delicious approach to weight loss and I’m delighted to be working with Gizzi again on this brand new format for daytime.”

Speaking on behalf of alli, Ruth Irving said “It is no secret that losing weight is hard and that we all need practical advice to help us make better choices everyday, which is why we are delighted to be sponsoring Cook Yourself Thin.”

Theo follows our companies at every stage. He’s there to offer them the benefit of his own extensive experience of doing business abroad, and he’s also there to ask the difficult questions that they may not want to ask themselves. Will his own conclusions about the viability of these businesses match those of the companies themselves?

A Tiger Aspect production for the Open University.

Exec Producer: Paul Sommers
Series Producer: David Jeffcock
Producer/Director: Claire Lasko
Production Start Date: February 2009
Delivery Date: March 2010
Transmission Date: 4th May 2010 8pm BBC2
Number of Eps: 3
Episode Length: 60

A Tiger Aspect production in association with Finland Station

Exec Producers: Paul Sommers & Barnaby Spurrier
Series Producer: David Jeffcock
Producer/Directors: Grace Chapman & Jamie Muir
Production Start Date: March 2008
Delivery Date: September 2009
Transmission Date: 9th May 2010 7pm ITV1
Number of Eps: 4
Episode Length: 60

Part 1 investigates how oil companies are affecting large tracts of the Amazon in a desire to satisfy the planets energy needs and how the turf wars that arise over cattle ranching and soy plantations have escalated.   

Part 2 investigates how the global demand for cocaine is leading to further deforestation and how the rise in the price of gold has meant that people are tearing up the rainforest as they seek to earn a living.

Executive Producer: Ross Kemp & Clive Tulloh
Producer / Director: Southan Morris
Main Talent: Ross Kemp
Transmission Channel: Sky
Production Date: 19, October 2009
Transmission Date: 20, April 2010
Episodes: 2
Episode Length: 60
Series: 1

Travelling upstream, in the direction of the earliest explorers she journeys along Africa’s ‘life line’, visiting the people who live and work along this famous river today. Travelling through 5 different countries, she crosses some of the most inhospitable landscapes on earth; from deserts where ancient civilizations once ruled to jungles where Victorian explorers underwent unspeakable suffering.

Joanna’s Nile adventure is an epic one but as she nears the end of her 4,000 mile journey in search of the river’s newest source in Rwanda, she discovers that hacking through the jungle to her final goal, is not for the faint hearted.

Executive Producers: Joanna Lumely & Clive Tulloh
Series Producer / Director: Matt Bennett
Producer: Rebecca Harris
Main Talent: Joanna Lumley
Transmission Channel: ITV1
Production Date: 22, June 2009
Transmission Date: 12, April 2010
Episodes: 4
Episode Length: 60
Series: 1