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Zenith Productions (later Zenith Entertainment) was a British independent film and television production company. creating content for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and UKTV. which made a number of drama series including ''Inspector Morse'' for ITV, and several series including ''Byker Grove'' and ''Hamish Macbeth'' for the BBC.〔 Zenith also, through its subsidiary Blaze Television, produced the Saturday morning series ''SMTV Live'' and ''CD:UK'' for ITV featuring Ant & Dec. The company ceased trading in 2006.〔 Jason Deans, (End of the line for Zenith? ), ''The Guardian'', 30 August 2006 Jason Deans, (Zenith goes into administration ), ''The Guardian'', 30 August 2006〕 == History == Zenith was established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Central Television, the holder of the ITV Midlands broadcast franchise. The company was headed by Charles Denton, formerly Controller of Programmes at Central's predecessor, ATV.〔〔Peter Fiddick, "Zenith and the art of film-making", ''The Guardian'', 5 October 1984. From ''The Guardian'' archive, 1959-2003.〕 Some of Zenith's early productions or co-productions included the films ''The Hit'', ''Wetherby'', ''Insignificance'', ''Sid and Nancy'', ''Personal Services'', ''Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire'', ''Prick Up Your Ears'' and ''Wish You Were Here''.〔 Madam Cyn rides again for Zenith. Dickson, Andrew The Observer P25; Jul 26, 1987;〕 Other productions it was involved with included ''Escape from Sobibor'', ''A Gathering of Old Men'' and an adaptation of James Joyce's ''The Dead''. On television Zenith scored a major hit with ''Inspector Morse'', which began airing in 1987. Ahead of an IBA directive that 25% of ITV programming would have to be bought in from independents, Zenith was sold by Central to Carlton Communications in October 1987 for £6.3 million.〔''BFI Film and Television Yearbook'', 1988 Duncan J. Petrie, ''Creativity and constraint in the British film industry'', Macmillan, 1991; page 93〕 Carlton sold on a 49% stake to Paramount Pictures in 1989.〔Paramount's Zenith stake. by Lisa Buckingham The Guardian; Nov 17, 1989;〕 〔(History of Carlton Communications, 1983–2002 ), Investis〕 Carlton had also bought the game-show specialist Action Time, which it folded into Zenith as a separate division, although the two units continued to maintain a separate identity.〔Albert Moran and Justin Malbon, ''Understanding the global TV format'', Intellect Books, 2006; p. (86 )〕 New productions included the series ''The Paradise Club'' (1989) and ''Byker Grove'' (from 1989), both for the BBC; one-off drama documentary ''Shoot to Kill'' (1990) for Yorkshire Television/ITV; sci-fi drama ''Chimera'' (1991) for Anglia Television/ITV; and the children's series ''Gophers!'' (1990) for Channel 4. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zenith Productions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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