Eleven is a British television production company founded by Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson and owned by Sony Pictures Television. It was formed in 2006 and was the first drama production company to benefit from the Channel 4 Growth Fund, set up to nurture independent creative companies based in the UK.
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television Film |
| Genre | Scripted Non-scripted |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Jamie Campbell Joel Wilson Carissa Hope Lynch |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Television (2020–present) |
| Website | elevenfilm |
Eleven produces scripted and non-scripted content for the UK and international markets.
History
editEleven was founded in 2006 by Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, named so due to the initial number of projects being undertaken by the pair.
The Channel 4 Growth Fund took a minority stake in Eleven in 2014, making it the first drama production company to benefit from their £20m fund.[1]
In April 2020, American television production studio Sony Pictures Television had announced that they've invested a deal to acquire a significant stake in Eleven Film. The deal to acquire a stake of Eleven Film that could include Channel 4's 20% stake in the company and would expand Sony Pictures Television's British television operations and their drama production output.[2][3] Two months later in June, American television production studio Sony Pictures Television announced that it had acquired a majority stake in Eleven Film, expanding Sony Pictures Television's drama production operations and its British television production with Channel 4 dropping its 20% stake in the company.[4][5][6]
Productions
editEarly significant output includes the critically acclaimed,[7] multi-award[8][9] nominated series Glue, an eight-part mystery drama for E4 written by multi-BAFTA winner Jack Thorne,[10] starring Yasmin Paige, Billy Howle, Callum Turner, Charlotte Spencer, Jordan Stephens, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge; Gap Year, a comedy drama written by Tom Basden and the first UK TV scripted series to film in China[11] for E4; BAFTA-Nominated The Enfield Haunting, a drama series starring Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson and Matthew Macfadyen for Sky Living; and BAFTA-nominated Cast Offs for Channel 4.
The company's most successful project to date is Sex Education, a four series drama for Netflix released in 2019 and created by Laurie Nunn. The series received critical acclaim for its ensemble cast, writing, directing, production values, and mature treatment of its themes, with over 40 million viewers streaming the first series after its debut. The series has won two BAFTA TV Awards and the third series won Best Comedy at the 50th International Emmy Awards. Production for the fourth and final season of Sex Education was confirmed to be underway in August 2022 and it premiered on 21 September 2023.
In August 2019, BBC Three commissioned Red Rose,[12] an eight part horror series created by The Clarkson Twins, which was released on BBC iPlayer on 15 August 2022.
In February 2020, it was announced that Netflix had commissioned a 10-part political drama named White Stork to be produced by Eleven.[13] The series' cast was due to feature Tom Hiddleston as lead, with Claire Foy also rumoured to have been offered a role.[14] Production was halted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused scheduling conflicts for Hiddleston.
In May 2022, the BBC and STAN commissioned a new series titled Ten Pound Poms, a drama about the British citizens who migrated to Australia after the Second World War, with filming commencing in Australia shortly after. The series premiered in May 2023 and won Best Series at the 62nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival.[15] In February 2024, the BBC confirmed a second series had been commissioned.[16]
An eight-part mystery thriller, which centres around a young deaf woman, titled I.D., was announced by Channel 4 in August 2022. The series was created by Genevieve Barr. [17]
In September 2022, it was announced that Eleven was co-developing a series adaptation of M.L. Rio's thriller novel, If We Were Villains, with Canadian production company Blink49 Studios.[18]
In April 2023, the BBC announced that Eleven would produce the first ever television adaptation of 1954 novel Lord of the Flies by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The executive producers are set to be Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell for Eleven, Jack Thorne for One Shoe Films and Nawfal Faizullah.[19] Filming was confirmed to be underway in Malaysia in September 2024.[20]
In October 2023, it was announced that Eleven would be adapting Jeffrey Archer's best-selling Kane and Abel trilogy.[21]
Paramount+ announced in November 2023 that it had commissioned a new original drama from Eleven, Stags. Principal photography commenced on location in Tenerife the same month. The cast includes Nico Mirallegro, Charlie Cooper, Paul Forman and Asim Chaudhry. David Kerr was announced as lead director.[22] The series was released on 15 August 2024.[23]
| Year | Title | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (expected) | Lord of the Flies | BBC One |
| 2024 | Stags | Paramount+ |
| 2023–present | Ten Pound Poms | BBC One, Stan |
| 2022 | Red Rose | BBC Three, Netflix |
| 2019–2023 | Sex Education | Netflix |
| 2018 | True Horror | Channel 4 |
| 2016 | Gap Year | E4 |
| 2015 | The Enfield Haunting | Sky Living |
| Rotters | Sky Arts | |
| 2014 | Glue | E4 |
| 2013 | Mr Understood | Sky Arts |
| 2010 | Rick and Peter | Channel 4 |
| 2009 | Cast Offs |
| Year | Title | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Secret Life of the Pub | Channel 4 |
| 2009 | My Breasts Could Kill Me | Sky One |
| 2008 | The Murder of Billie-Jo | Channel 4 |
| 2007 | Being Maxine Carr | |
| Cyberskiving | ||
| Make Me A Virgin | ||
| Getting to Gordon | BBC Newsnight | |
| 2006 | Candid Cameron |
References
edit- ^ "Channel 4 announces fifth Growth Fund investment – Eleven Film". channel4.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (29 April 2020). "Sony Pictures Television Poised To Invest In 'Sex Education' Producer Eleven". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Dams, Tim (29 April 2020). "Sony Pictures Television Set to Invest in 'Sex Education' Producer Eleven". Variety. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (30 June 2020). "Sony Pictures Television Acquires 'Sex Education' Producer Eleven". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Ritman, Alex; Szalai, Georg (1 July 2020). "Sony Pictures TV Buys Majority Stake in 'Sex Education' Banner Eleven". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Franks, Nico (1 July 2020). "Sony confirms Eleven acquisition". C21Media. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Glue final episode review, Channel 4: 'audacious'". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Bafta TV awards 2015: Winners in full". BBC News. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ UK, Televisual Media Ltd. "Televisual | NEWS & COMMENTS". www.televisual.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Glue TV Series". Channel4. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Gap Year, E4". Broadcast. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Three announces new original horror series Red Rose – Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Tom Hiddleston To Star In Netflix Political Thriller Series 'White Stork'". 20 February 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Claire Foy Offered Key Role in 'WHITE STORK' with Tom Hiddleston". 19 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "'Ten Pound Poms,' 'The Fragile Colossus,' 'The Seed' Triumph at Monte-Carlo Television Festival". Variety. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "BBC announces second series of hit drama Ten Pound Poms with Michelle Keegan set to return". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Channel 4 commissions thrilling and irreverent new drama, I.D. (wt) from Genevieve Barr". 24 August 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "'If We Were Villains': Blink49 Studios And 'Sex Education' Producer Eleven Team To Adapt M.L. Rio's Thriller As Series". 27 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "BBC announces first TV adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies". 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "The BBC announces casting for Lord of the Flies as filming begins". 5 September 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Eleven, Sony to adapt Jeffrey Archer trilogy". 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Paramount+ Sets Bachelor Party Gone Wrong Series From 'Sex Education' Producer Eleven". Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "First look at Stags from Sex Education producers, with Passenger and This Country stars". Radio Times. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.