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30 Apr 2009 07:00

30 April 2009 Talent Group plc ("Talent" or "the Company") Contract win

Talent Television Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talent, has been commissioned by Virgin1 to produce a unique programme featuring legendary comedian Jim Davidson entitled "So, You Think I'm an A***hole?".

The programme will see Jim willingly and candidly confronting the public perception of him in Britain. It will explore whether Jim really holds the prejudices he has been accused of and digs deeper into his un-PC humour to ask whether he is a dinosaur of comedy, seriously offensive, or merely misunderstood. Controversial topics like racism, misogyny and homophobia, subjects Jim is known for incorporating into his routines, will all be tackled head on.

Executive producer for Talent Television is Director of Entertainment Jonathan Glazier.

Tony Humphreys, Managing Director of Talent Television says: "Some people do not like Jim Davidson's material but he continues to play to sell-out houses whenever he tours the UK with his stand-up show. This programme takes a closer look at how people perceive both the man and his material"

Talent Group plc 020 7421 7800 Tony Humphreys (Managing Director)

John East & Partners Limited 020 7628 2200 John East/Simon Clements Notes to editors:

Talent Television (part of Talent Group plc) is a leading independent UK format creator and producer of innovative television and interactive programming.

Talent produces a wide range of entertainment and factual programming for a broad spectrum of terrestrial and cabsat broadcasters in the UK, US and worldwide. Credits include "Everybody Dance Now" for prime time ITV One, BBC live interactive series "Test the Nation" for prime time BBC One , CBBC's hit show "Best of Friends", "TV Scrabble" and "Casino Casino" co-produced with Gag Productions for Challenge?, reality documentary series "Corkscrewed", co-produced with LA-based Magic Pictures Inc for Sky One and Fox Reality, and controversial documentaries "The Man With 80 Wives" and "9/11: The Curse of Compensation" for Channel 4. Talent was also a pioneer in reality television with "The Villa", which was first produced in 1999 for Sky One.