Fever Media

Fever Media Ltd was established in London in 2006 by Richard Hopkins and David Mortimer, television producers who had previously worked as executive producers at the BBC. The company was formed as a production business serving the British television market while also developing formats with potential for international use. Its areas of activity included quizzes, game shows, factual entertainment, documentaries, performance-led entertainment, and music programming. The company's first documented production was Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway, broadcast on ITV1 in 2006. It subsequently produced The People's Quiz and The People's Quiz Wildcard for BBC1 in 2007, alongside the first series of No Place Like Home for ITV1. In 2008, its credits expanded to include Find Me The Face and Murder Most Famous for BBC Three and BBC Two respectively, as well as Britain's Bravest and Lifesavers for Five. These programmes reflected Fever Media's use of competition, factual storytelling, and human-interest premises across multiple broadcasters. In 2009, Fever Media produced Move Like Michael Jackson for BBC Three and returned to No Place Like Home with a second series for ITV1. Its 2010 output included Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza for Sky One, Dancing on Wheels for BBC Three, the first series of 71 Degrees North for ITV1, and Remembrance Week for BBC One. The company continued with further series of 71 Degrees North and Remembrance Week in 2011, while also producing Bang Goes The House for Sky One and Bums, Boobs and Botox for Channel 4. Alongside its general factual and entertainment output, Fever Media worked with Sony Music on artist- and music-related projects. The companies' work included the development of television concepts connected with music and the search for new musical talent. The available reference material does not provide a detailed account of specific Sony Music projects, later ownership changes, or the company's eventual corporate position. It also does not confirm whether Fever Media continues to trade, so its present status remains unknown.

• 2011

  Further broadcaster output

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  Fever Media produces additional series of 71 Degrees North and Remembrance Week, as well as Bang Goes The House and Bums, Boobs and Botox.

• 2010

  Expansion across factual and entertainment genres

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  The company produces 71 Degrees North, Remembrance Week, Dancing on Wheels, and Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza for ITV1, BBC One, BBC Three, and Sky One.

• 2007

  BBC quiz programming begins

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  The People's Quiz and The People's Quiz Wildcard are broadcast by BBC1, while the first series of No Place Like Home airs on ITV1.

• 2006

  Fever Media is launched

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  Former BBC executive producers Richard Hopkins and David Mortimer launch the London-based television production company.

• 2006

  First documented production

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  Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway is produced for ITV1.

A British independent television producer focused on broadly accessible unscripted entertainment, factual formats, documentaries, performance programming, and music-related projects for UK broadcasters and international markets.

• Quiz and game show · 2006

  Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway

  A television quiz and prize-giveaway programme produced for ITV1. It is the earliest documented Fever Media production in the available reference material and represents the company's initial focus on accessible, competition-based entertainment.

• Quiz show · 2007

  The People's Quiz

  A BBC1 quiz format produced by Fever Media in 2007. The programme was accompanied by The People's Quiz Wildcard, extending the company's early work in televised public-participation and general-knowledge entertainment.

• Factual entertainment · 2007

  No Place Like Home

  An ITV1 factual-entertainment programme produced in two documented series. It was part of Fever Media's early portfolio and demonstrates the company's interest in accessible, premise-led factual programming.

• Dance and entertainment competition · 2009

  Move Like Michael Jackson

  A BBC Three entertainment programme built around performance associated with Michael Jackson. The production formed part of Fever Media's music and performance-oriented television work.

• Adventure reality and factual entertainment · 2010

  71 Degrees North

  An ITV1 programme produced in at least two series in 2010 and 2011. Its inclusion in Fever Media's catalogue reflects the company's expansion into adventure-oriented factual entertainment and format-led programming.

• Factual programme · 2010

  Remembrance Week

  A BBC One factual programme produced in 2010 and 2011. The title sits within Fever Media's documentary and factual-entertainment work for major UK broadcasters.

• Factual entertainment · 2010

  Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza

  A Sky One factual-entertainment programme presented by Bill Bailey. It combined a recognisable entertainment performer with a factual subject, consistent with Fever Media's cross-genre production approach.

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