Potato (production company)

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Potato
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Television production
FoundedMarch 2013;11 years ago (2013-03)
Key people
Michael Kelpie (managing director) 2013-2024 Angela Jain 2024-
Products Television
Parent ITV Studios
Website potatotv.co.uk

Potato is a British television production company. It is a subsidiary of ITV Studios, established in March 2013.[ citation needed ]

Potato produces TV shows such as The Chase , Ninja Warrior UK and CelebAbility .

List of TV Programming

ProgrammeChannelYearsNotes
The Chase ITV 2013–A Daytime TV game show
The Big Reunion ITV2 2013–143 series
Four Weddings Sky Living 20131 series
Britain's Secret Treasures ITV20132 series
Britain's Secret Homes20141 series
I Never Knew That About Britain 20141 series
Fearne and McBusted ITV2 2014One-off special
Blue Go Mad in Ibiza20151 series
Autopsy: The Last Hours of... Channel 5 2014–3 series
Autopsy USA: The Last Hours of... Reelz 2014–7 series; American version of the show
Paddington 24/7Channel 52016–4 series
Breaking The BandReelz2017–4 series
Ninja Warrior UK [1] ITV2015–20226 series And a obstacle course show
Bear Grylls Survival School CITV 2016–2 series
Paul O'Grady: The Sally Army & Me BBC One 20161 series; joint production with Olga TV
Go for It ITV20161 series
My Favourite Sketch Gold 20181 series
Devon and Cornwall CopsITV20171 series
CelebAbility ITV22017–20237 series
Ferne McCann: First Time Mum ITVBe 2017–6 series
Sam & Billie Faiers: The Mummy Diaries2016–20218 series
Cannonball [2] ITV2017 [3] 1 series
Straight Talking Sky One 2019–2 episodes
Winning Combination ITV2020–20212 series
Moneyball 2021–20232 series; joint production with Possessed
Sitting on a Fortune 2021–20232 series; joint production with Possessed

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