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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Television production |
Founded | March 2013 |
Key people | Michael Kelpie (managing director) 2013-2024 Angela Jain 2024- |
Products | Television |
Parent | ITV Studios |
Website | potatotv |
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 .
Programme | Channel | Years | Notes |
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The Chase | ITV | 2013– | A Daytime TV game show |
The Big Reunion | ITV2 | 2013–14 | 3 series |
Four Weddings | Sky Living | 2013 | 1 series |
Britain's Secret Treasures | ITV | 2013 | 2 series |
Britain's Secret Homes | 2014 | 1 series | |
I Never Knew That About Britain | 2014 | 1 series | |
Fearne and McBusted | ITV2 | 2014 | One-off special |
Blue Go Mad in Ibiza | 2015 | 1 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 24/7 | Channel 5 | 2016– | 4 series |
Breaking The Band | Reelz | 2017– | 4 series |
Ninja Warrior UK [1] | ITV | 2015–2022 | 6 series And a obstacle course show |
Bear Grylls Survival School | CITV | 2016– | 2 series |
Paul O'Grady: The Sally Army & Me | BBC One | 2016 | 1 series; joint production with Olga TV |
Go for It | ITV | 2016 | 1 series |
My Favourite Sketch | Gold | 2018 | 1 series |
Devon and Cornwall Cops | ITV | 2017 | 1 series |
CelebAbility | ITV2 | 2017–2023 | 7 series |
Ferne McCann: First Time Mum | ITVBe | 2017– | 6 series |
Sam & Billie Faiers: The Mummy Diaries | 2016–2021 | 8 series | |
Cannonball [2] | ITV | 2017 [3] | 1 series |
Straight Talking | Sky One | 2019– | 2 episodes |
Winning Combination | ITV | 2020–2021 | 2 series |
Moneyball | 2021–2023 | 2 series; joint production with Possessed | |
Sitting on a Fortune | 2021–2023 | 2 series; joint production with Possessed | |
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