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Boom Pictures is an independent production group founded on 4th July 2012 by former BBC One controller, Lorraine Heggessey |
Boom Pictures is an independent production group founded on 4th July 2012 by former BBC One controller, Lorraine Heggessey and Huw Eurig Davies, former CEO of Boomerang Plus, a Welsh production company. The group’s headquarters are in Cardiff and it has offices in Plymouth, London, Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles. |
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With the backing of the leading mid-market private equity firm LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) Heggessey and Davies led the management buy out of Boomerang Plus and took the company private, delisting from AIM. Heggessey and Davies planned to build a leading production group based in the Nations and Regions. |
With the backing of the leading mid-market private equity firm LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) Heggessey and Davies led the management buy out of Boomerang Plus and took the company private, delisting from AIM. Heggessey and Davies planned to build a leading production group based in the Nations and Regions. |
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Since launch Boom Pictures has attracted leading creative talent into the group : |
Since launch Boom Pictures has attracted leading creative talent into the group : |
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In their biggest deal to date, in October 2013 they merged with Plymouth-based Twofour, producers of Educating Yorkshire, Hotel Inspector and Splash! |
In their biggest deal to date, in October 2013 they merged with Plymouth-based Twofour, producers of Educating Yorkshire, Hotel Inspector and Splash! |
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Boom Pictures also includes : |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*{{Official website|http://www.boompictures.co.uk/}} |
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Boom Pictures is an independent production group founded on 4th July 2012 by former BBC One controller, Lorraine Heggessey and Huw Eurig Davies, former CEO of Boomerang Plus, a Welsh production company. The group’s headquarters are in Cardiff and it has offices in Plymouth, London, Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles. With the backing of the leading mid-market private equity firm LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) Heggessey and Davies led the management buy out of Boomerang Plus and took the company private, delisting from AIM. Heggessey and Davies planned to build a leading production group based in the Nations and Regions. Since launch Boom Pictures has attracted leading creative talent into the group : Boom Pictures has backed comedy creator and writer Graham Linehan (Father Ted, The IT Crowd, Black Books) to set up Delightful Industries with producer Richard Boden (Blackaddre Goes Forth, 2 point 4 Children, The IT Crowd) (comedy label launched September 2012).
In July 2013 they launched Mainstreet Pictures, a new drama company set up by Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes former Director and Controller of ITV Drama respectively. (drama label launched 2013).
In their biggest deal to date, in October 2013 they merged with Plymouth-based Twofour, producers of Educating Yorkshire, Hotel Inspector and Splash!
Boom Pictures also includes : Boom Pictures Cymru – MD Nia Thomas, which produces over 400 hours of Welsh language programming for S4C and is the UK’s largest indie supplier of children’s programmes.
Boomerang – MD Gareth Rees (Clare Balding Show for BT Sport, Nismo TV – Nissan YouTube channel, GT Academy for ITV winner for Branded Content at Broadcast’s Digital Awards)
BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Oxford Scientific Films – MD Clare Birks (Pandas 3D and Meerkats 3D for Sky, Secret Life of Dogs for ITV, Animal Odd Couples for BBC 1, The Real White Queen and Her Rivals for BBC 2 and Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons for Channel 4, Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet)
Indus Films – MD Steve Robinson (Amazon with Bruce Parry, Wild Shepherdess with Kate Humble, The London Markets – all for BBC Two)