home dvds chorion tv and media shop online more info about blog news 2013 accessibility help finance and costs technologies film industry find us contact get in touch you ll be glad you did click here or email us at more chorion.co.uk welcome to our website on chorion history and milestones 1998 2002 beginnings chorion limited was a major uk based media production company with offices internationally . chorion produced televison shows and feature films and is best known for the heritage properties included in its portfolio . these include children s characters such as paddington bear peter rabbit the mr. men and olivia chorion also owned the rights to the agatha christie estate including the miss marple and poirot characters raymond chandler and georges simenon . the company existed initially as a diversified entertainment company with a portfolio of intellectual property rights live entertainment venues and commercial real estate . from 2002 onwards the business was refocused towards heritage ip rights management and media production . following a management buyout in 2006 chorion has delivered one new children s tv show every year and launched an associated merchandise range at retail . 2006 2011 take private and international expansion 2011 resignation of waheed alli and william astor 2012 sale of assets read more for businesses find out more about a tribute to chorion energy saving products for the commercial industry trading international energy saving products for business chorion sadly is no longer with us . forced to close in september 2011 following the banking collapse their closure brought the end of a hugely triumphant company with an epic history . chorion was an expert entertainment content business that through copyrights and long term licenses developed and commercialised a massively successful electrifying and all embracing portfolio of now household names . the copyrights and licenses they owned have become the best loved and most popular literary works and character brands in the world michael bond paddington bear beatrix potter peter rabbit and the world of beatrix potter agatha christie hercule poirot miss marple amounting to 80 novels and short story collections 19 plays and nearly 40 tv films georges simenon inspector maigret raymond chandler philip marlowe enid blyton noddy the famous five the secret seven naughty girl malory towers and the wishing chair adventures roger hargreaves mr. men and little miss such as mr happy mr tickle mr bump mr messy mr mischief mr perfect mr funny mr grumpy and little miss sunshine little miss chatterbox little miss giggles little miss stubborn little miss fun little miss naughty little miss bossy and little miss trouble . ian falconer olivia eric carle the very hungry caterpillar the world of eric carle the most celebrated children s author illustrator ever with 88 million books sold rosemary wells max & ruby babette cole princess smartypants nicolas freeling crime novelist 37 of detective novels including the van der valk series margery allingham crime novelist 20 novels and 44 short stories including the albert campion series edmund crispin crime author 9 novels and 42 short stories dennis wheatley thriller and occult novelist 65 novels including the devil rides out anne gutman gaspard and lisa with illustrations by georg hallensleben robin epstein groovy girls history and development of chorion uk chorion about privacy terms contact copyright 2016 a tribute to chorion chorion.co.uk info chorion.co.uk one of the best uk companies to work for chorion.co.uk is not responsible for the content of external sites . this page is best viewed in an up to date web browser chrome with style sheets enabled . while you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser you will not be able to get the full visual experience . please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets no cookies though if you are able to do so . website by the other design agency history and development of chorion uk