verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message video arts ltd. type subsidiary of tinopolis industry video production and elearning genre comedy learning soft skills training founded 1972 founder john cleese and sir antony jay headquarters london united kingdom parent tinopolis website http www.videoarts.com video arts is a uk based video production company which produces and sells soft skills training programmes e learning courses and learning platforms . video arts also distributes third party titles . it was founded in 1972 by john cleese sir antony jay and a group of other television professionals . cleese sold the company in the 1990s 1 and it was later bought by tinopolis in 2007 . 2 cleese continued to feature in video arts training videos . video arts uses humour in its videos in order to make learning points more memorable . its slogan is a quote from john cleese people learn nothing when they re asleep and very little when they re bored . 3 video arts productions include ; meetings bloody meetings john cleese will smith can you spare a moment john cleese ricky gervais the balance sheet barrier john cleese dawn french jamie s school dinners managing change jamie oliver pass it on rob brydon will smith the ultimate stress show olivia colman performance review every appraisee s dream hugh laurie the art of selling sheridan smith behavioural interviewing james nesbitt rebecca front kris marshall assert yourself kris marshall mark heap performance review code red sharon horgan jim howick david schaal successful selling kevin bishop james lance simon greenall sell it to me robert lindsay 30 ways to make more time james nesbitt presentation is everything mathew horne as well as corporate training videos the company produced the comedy series fairly secret army for channel 4 . references edit video arts sells in 25m deal the independent 5 january 1996 tinopolis makes 2.4 m acquisition the guardian 4 may 2007 why . video arts . 2014 05 01 . retrieved 2016 05 19 . external links edit patrick russell shooting the message 20 video arts . the inside scoop on communications film legend video arts founded by anthony jay and john cleese 40 years ago at british film institute website 20 july 2015 this article about a film production company or film distributor is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title video arts & oldid 721774801 categories television production companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1972film company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2016all 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 24 may 2016 at 00 13 . 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