1981 ; 35 years ago 1981 1 founder mel smith 1 griff rhys jones 1 headquarters london england united kingdom owner bertelsmann parent rtl group divisions fremantlemedia website official website talkback is a british television production company that was established as an independent production company in 1981 by mel smith and griff rhys jones . 1 contents 1 history 2 productions 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company merged with thames television in 2003 and the combined entity was renamed talkback thames . on 23 november 2011 it was announced that talkback thames would split into four separate production companies which are boundless retort talkback and thames . 2 productions edit smith and jones bbc one & bbc two 1991 98 ; sketchbook bbc one 2006 big train bbc two 1998 2002 celebrity juice itv2 2008 present da ali g show channel 4 2000 04 ; hbo 2003 04 distraction channel 4 2003 04 the day today bbc two 1994 the eleven o clock show channel 4 1998 2000 green wing channel 4 2004 07 house doctor channel 5 1998 2003 i m alan partridge bbc two 1997 2002 keith lemon s lemonaid itv 2012 lemon la vida loca itv2 2012 13 look around you bbc two 2002 05 murder most horrid bbc two 1991 99 never mind the buzzcocks bbc two 1996 2015 qi bbc four 2003 08 ; bbc two 2003 08 & 2011 present ; bbc one 2009 2011 smack the pony channel 4 1999 2003 through the keyhole itv 2013 present & 1987 1995 ; sky one 1996 ; bbc one 1997 2008 they think it s all over bbc one 1995 2006 your face or mine e4 2002 03 see also edit companies portal television in the united kingdom portal list of television production companies talkback thames references edit a b c d thorpe vanessa 20 july 2013 . mel smith remembered a gentleman and a scholar a gambler and a wit griff rhys jones talks about his shock at the news of his former comedy partner s death from a heart attack at home . the guardian . retrieved 10 august 2013 . conlan tara 23 november 2011 . talkback thames to be split up . the guardian . retrieved 23 november 2011 . external links edit official website talkback at the internet movie database v t e bertelsmann rtl group 75.1 % de at ch tv n tv rtl rtl iijv rtl crime rtl living rtl nitro rtl passion super rtljv vox radio 89.0 rtl 104.6 rtl bigfm radio hamburg rtl radio rtl nederland nl tv rtl 4 rtl 5 rtl 7 rtl 8 rtl z rtl crime rtl lounge rtl telekids m6 group fr ; 48.6 % tv 6ter m6 w9 tf6 paris premi re m6 boutique & co m6 music m6 music black rtl9 radio fun radio rtl rtl 2 belgium tv club rtl plug rtl rtl tvi radio bel rtl radio contact luxembourg tv rtl t l l tzebuerg radio rtl radio croatia tv rtl televizija rtl 2 hungary tv cool film rtl ii rtl klub atresmedia es tv antena 3 hd lasexta hd neox nova mega radio europa fm onda cero fremantlemedia buzzr random house studio talkback thames penguin random house 53 % random house bantam books crown del rey doubleday ebury hutchinson knopf mcclelland & stewart rider villard virgin penguin group ace books alpha berkley books dorling kindersley hamish hamilton penguin books penguin classics viking gruner jahr brigitte capital der spiegel 25 % geo s chsische zeitung 60 % stern news 56 % news profil prisma press femme actuelle prima voici vsd motor presse stuttgart aerokurier auto motor und sport sport auto other assets alliant international university arvato brockhaus arvato entertainment sonopress bmg rights management relias learning verlagsgruppe random house goldmann verlag category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title talkback production company & oldid 740454104 categories british companies established in 1981performing arts in londontelevision production companies of the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from august 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 04 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view