written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message stv productions type subsidiary industry media founded 31 august 1957 as scottish television productions 1 october 2008 as stv productions headquarters glasgow scotland united kingdom headquarters london united kingdom key people alan clements director of content products television owner stv group plc website www.stvproductions.tv smg productions last logo stv productions previously smg productions or scottish media group productions and originally known as scottish television productions is the television production arm of the stv group plc and incorporates ginger productions . headquartered in glasgow scotland and with an office in london england the company s output includes drama factual entertainment and children s programming for broadcast on television stations worldwide . a key programming supplier to the television industry in the united kingdom stv productions output is aired on all uk terrestrial networks as well as major satellite and cable stations . the company was rebranded as stv productions on 1 october 2008 to coincide with its parent company renaming from smg plc to stv group plc on the same day . stv productions are the makers of taggart the longest running crime drama on british television broadcast on the itv network and sold overseas for transmission in over 40 territories . other successful drama productions include television adaptions of ian rankin s rebus and goodbye mr. chips as well as neil buchanan s art attack . stv productions factual department has a long track record in award winning documentary production for national and regional transmission with past output including after lockerbie the charge of the light brigade magic at war and justice for my daughter . more recent productions have included highlands made in scotland scotland revealed and the merchant navy . the department expanded into the area of factual entertainment with the production of the cult series club reps for itv and more recently the regional magazine show the hour . the expansion in factual entertainment production was further enhanced by the acquisition of the ginger media group including subsidiary company ginger productions which has produced such programming as don t drop the coffin for itv and celebrity detox for channel 5 . recent output from the company has included jack osbourne adrenaline junkie for itv2 and the one off special paul zenon s revenge squad . prior to ownership by stv ginger productions most notable shows were don t forget your toothbrush and tfi friday both made for channel 4 and presented and produced by chris evans . the company is one of the biggest producers of children s programming in the uk covering factual series such as how 2 and prove it comedy drama uncle dad arts series cre 8 and a number of original programmes in the scottish gaelic language for bbc alba . a weekend continuity strand featuring archive and imported children s output wknd stv is also produced on a weekly basis for stv . in 2008 stv group plc announced an investment of almost 1 million into the production company s development division in an attempt to create new international formats co productions and advertiser funded output for a number of broadcasters . 1 stv productions have produced many shows including scottish passport the hour catchphrase the poison tree fake reaction antiques road trip and many more . stv productions produced the comedy panel game show fake reaction which began airing on itv2 in january 2013 . references edit stv to pump 1m into production division . broadcastnow . 27 november 2008 . retrieved 2008 12 09 . external links edit stv productions v t e stv group plc television stv northern scotland grampian television stv north central scotland scottish television stv central stv city stv glasgow stv edinburgh defunct sky scottish s2 production stv productions ginger productions online stv.tv stv player other internet see also stv news stv children s appeal pacific quay television in scotland itv itv channels united kingdom independent broadcasting retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stv productions & oldid 742135819 categories 1957 establishments in scotlandcompanies based in glasgowbritish companies established in 1957stv group plcstv productionstelevision in scotlandtelevision production companies of the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from july 2015use british english from july 2015articles with a promotional tone from october 2011all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent 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