verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message planet 24 industry television fate merged to carlton 1 founded 1992 headquarters united kingdom key people bob geldof 2 website http www.castawaytelevision.com about us planet 24 was a television production company . 3 it produced the big breakfast and the word . 4 it had an animation division called impossible tv . bob geldof and tony boland television producer founded planet pictures which merged with 24 hour productions headed by charlie parsons and waheed later lord alli . the company was bought by carlton communications in 1999 and eventually merged with carlton productions of which lord alli became managing director . 5 planet 24 also developed the original concept for survivor which was initially called castaway . geldof and parsons met with the bbc to pitch the program as a reality competition show . however the bbc which was intrigued by the concept instead developed its own competing documentary style show castaway 2000 . as a result planet 24 had to change the title and the show was originally produced as expedition robinson in sweden in 1997 before its u.s. success in 2000 . when geldof parsons and lord alli sold planet 24 to carlton they retained the rights to this program by transferring them to a new company named castaway television productions . itv now own planet 24 and the company has virtually closed as all planet 24 productions have ceased . filmography edit can you pull 2004 the richard taylor interviews 2003 survivor 2001 2002 the richard blackwood show 1999 2001 take 2 1999 watercolour challenge 1998 2001 totally california 1997 american visions 1997 hotel babylon 1996 surf potatoes 1994 the wednesday weepie 1993 the word access all areas 1992 the big breakfast 1992 2002 the word 1990 1995 references edit carlton buys geldof s tv indie co. planet 24 . variety . 1999 03 10 . retrieved 2013 09 10 . entertainment geldof s lucrative planet . bbc news . 1999 03 10 . retrieved 2013 09 10 . the company file carlton buys planet 24 . bbc news . 1999 03 10 . retrieved 2013 09 10 . mccann paul 1999 03 11 . geldof and friends split pounds 15m by selling off planet 24 news . london the independent . retrieved 2013 09 10 . cohen nadia . bob geldof is game show winner mail online . london dailymail.co.uk . retrieved 2013 09 10 . external links edit imdb this article about a media company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title planet 24 & oldid 722844112 categories companies established in 1992television production companies of the united kingdommedia company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2013all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles 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 30 may 2016 at 13 10 . 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