ITC Entertainment

***Incorporated Television Company*** (ITC, or ITC Entertainment as it was referred to in the US) was a British television company involved in production and distribution.

### Incorporated Television Programme Company

Incorporated Television Programme Company (ITP) was founded by television mogul Lew Grade with Prince Littler and Val Parnell in 1954 as the Incorporated Television Programme Company. Originally designed to be a contractor for the UK's new ITV, the company failed to win a contract when the Independent Television Authority felt that doing so would give too much control in the entertainment business to the Grade family's companies (which included large talent agencies and theatre interests) although the ITA said that ITPC were free to make their own programmes which they could sell to the new network companies. ITP put most of the production budget into producing one show, The Adventures of Robin Hood (ITV, 1955–59).

### Incorporated Television Company

In 1957, now known as Incorporated Television Company (ITC), the company became a subsidiary of Associated Television (ATV) and produced its own programmes for ATV and for syndication in the United States.

ITC's association with the broadcaster and success actually led to the demise of both ATV as a broadcaster and ITC as a production company in 1982.

During 1988 The Bell Group, the owners of ITC were taken over by the Bond Corporation. Subsequently, the new owners started an asset-stripping programme. In November 1988 ITC Entertainment was bought by its management.

In 1989, ITC Home Video was formed in the United Kingdom, to make use of the many hours of programmes in the archive, then unseen for years. This short-lived home entertainment division would end in 1991. In the following period, ITC continued to distribute its past library.

In 1995, PolyGram purchased the company for $156 million. with Grade once again returning to ITC to act as a consultant until his death in December, 1998. In early January, 1999, Carlton Communications bought the ITC television and film library, giving it a total of 15,000 hours of programming. Carlton chairman Michael Green said: 'The ITC library is a jewel in the crown. We can now unite it with the other gems from Britain's film and television heritage in our excellent library.'

### ITC Productions

ITC produced and distributed a wide range of content across both film and television, over several decades. ITC productions and distributions crossed many different genres – from historical adventure, to spy-fi and action, and later into both children's and adult science-fiction – as well as films covering many different subjects.

#### Notable Television

* The Adventurer (TV series)
* The Adventures of Ellery Queen
* The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
* The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
* The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
* The Adventures of William Tell
* Baffled!
* The Baron
* The Beachcomber (TV series)
* Bonkers!
* The Buccaneers (TV series)
* Cannonball (TV series)
* Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
* Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons
* The Champions
* Colonel March of Scotland Yard
* The Count of Monte Cristo (1956 TV series)
* Court Martial (TV series)
* Danger Man
* Department S (TV series)
* The Des O'Connor Show
* Des O'Connor Tonight
* Diver Dan
* Espionage (TV series)
* Fireball XL5
* The Forest Rangers
* The Four Just Men (TV series)
* From a Bird's Eye View
* Fury (TV series)
* The Gale Storm Show
* The George Michael Sports Machine
* Ghost Squad (TV series)
* Gideon's Way
* The Halls of Ivy
* Hammer House of Horror
* Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
* Interpol Calling
* The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)
* Jason King (TV series)
* Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)
* Joe 90
* The Julie Andrews Hour
* Julie on Sesame Street
* Man in a Suitcase
* Man of the World (TV series)
* The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
* Moses the Lawgiver
* MotorWeek
* Mr. Piper
* Munch Bunch
* The Muppet Show
* The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
* New York Confidential (TV series)
* O.S.S. (TV series)
* The Persuaders!
* The Prisoner
* The Protectors
* Ramar of the Jungle
* Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
* Return of the Saint
* Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
* The Saint (TV series)
* Seaway (TV series)
* The Secret Service
* The Sentimental Agent
* Shillingbury Tales
* Shirley's World
* Sir Francis Drake (TV series)
* Space: 1999
* Stingray (1964 TV series)
* Strange Report
* Supercar (TV series)
* Sword of Freedom
* This Is Tom Jones
* Thunderbirds (TV series)
* Thunderbirds 2086
* UFO (TV series)
* Whiplash (TV series)
* Whoops Apocalypse
* Will Shakespeare (TV series)
* Windmills of the Gods (miniseries)
* The Zoo Gang