# 12 Yard

12 Yard Productions (Investments) Limited, trading as 12 Yard, is a British television production company. It was founded in 2001 as a joint-venture between David Young and the creative team behind the worldwide hit Weakest Link and Hat Trick Productions.
12 Yard has gone on to become one of the world's most successful entertainment format creators, producing hit formats including the BBC's long-running early evening quiz Eggheads, Saturday night BBC One lottery formats The National Lottery: In it to Win it and Who Dares Wins!, primetime feel-good format Holding out for a Hero, Take on the Twisters and Big Star's Little Star for ITV, and Coach Trip, Celebrity Coach Trip and Christmas Coach Trip for Channel 4.
On 5 December 2007, it was confirmed that ITV plc had acquired 12 Yard for £35 million.
On 22 October 2024, ITV announced that they would close the studio at the end of the year, with its IPs and shows being transitioned off to other ITV Studios subsidiaries.

## Programmes
### Current/Upcoming

| Title | Year(s) | Network | Notes/Sources |
| Eggheads | 2003–present | BBC One (2003–2005) BBC Two (2005–2020) Channel 5 (2021–present) | |
| Celebrity Eggheads | 2008–2013, 2017–2018, 2022–present | BBC Two (2008–2013, 2017–2018) Channel 5 (2022–present) | Celebrity spin-off to Eggheads |
| Comedians Giving Lectures | 2019–present | Dave | |
| PopMaster TV | 2023–present | More4 | Spin-off of Ken Bruce's radio music quiz of the same name |

### Former

| Title | Year(s) | Network | Notes/Sources |
| Dirty Money | 2002 | Sky One | |
| The National Lottery: In It to Win It | 2002–2016 | BBC One | |
| Without Prejudice? | 2003–2004 | Channel 4 | |
| The Benefactor | 2004 | ABC | |
| Coach Trip | 2005–2006, 2009–2012, 2014–2019 | Channel 4 (2005–2006, 2009–2012, 2014–2015) E4 (2016–2019) | |
| The Rich List | 2006 | Fox | |
| The Great British Village Show | 2007 | BBC One | |
| The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins | 2007–2019 | BBC One | |
| Are You an Egghead? | 2008–2009 | BBC Two | Spin-off to Eggheads |
| The Colour of Money | 2009 | ITV | 12 Yard's first commission from an ITV-owned network |
| Celebrity Coach Trip | 2010–2012, 2019–2022 | Channel 4 (2010–2012) E4 (2019–2022) | Celebrity spin-off to Coach Trip |
| Michael Winner's Dining Stars | 2010 | ITV | |
| Perfection | 2011–2016 | BBC Two (2011–2012, 2015) BBC One (2013–2014) | |
| Holding out for a Hero | 2011 | ITV | |
| Sorority Girls | 2011 | E4 | |
| Christmas Coach Trip | 2011 | Channel 4 | Christmas themed spin-off to Coach Trip |
| Don't Blow the Inheritance! | 2012 | ITV | |
| Top Dog Model | 2012 | ITV2 | |
| Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story | 2012 | BBC Four | TV movie |
| Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour | 2013 | Channel 4 | Spin-off of Coach Trip |
| Take on the Twisters | 2013 | ITV | |
| Big Star's Little Star | 2013–2018 | ITV | |
| Pressure Pad | 2013–2014 | BBC One (2013–2014) BBC Two (2014) | |
| Revenge of the Egghead | 2014 | BBC Two | Spin-off to Eggheads |
| The Guess List | 2014 | BBC One | |
| Gift Wrapped | 2014 | ITV | |
| Celebrity Pressure Pad | 2014 | BBC One | Celebrity spin-off to Pressure Pad |
| The National Lottery: 5-Star Family Reunion | 2015–2016 | BBC One | Co-production with Boom Cymru |
| Guess This House | 2015 | ITV | |
| Hello, Campers! | 2015 | ITV | |
| Big Star's Bigger Star | 2015, 2018 | ITV | Spin-off of Big Star's Little Star Originally a one-off show for Text Santa, and commissioned for full series in 2018. |
| Insert Name Here | 2016–2019 | BBC Two | Co-production with Black Dog Television |
| Think Tank | 2016 | BBC One | |
| Make Me an Egghead | 2016 | BBC Two | Spin-off to Eggheads |
| I'll Get This | 2018–2020 | BBC Two | |
| The Instant Gardener | 2018–2019 | BBC One | |
| Catchpoint | 2019–2022 | BBC One | Co-production with Possessed |
| The Cabins | 2021–2022 | ITV2 | |
| Unbeatable | 2021–2023 | BBC One | Co-production with Possessed |