Kindle Entertainment
| Industry | Children's television production |
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| Predecessor | ITV Kids (ITV Productions) |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
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Key people
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Anne Brogan, Melanie Stokes |
Kindle Entertainment is an independent television production company based in London, England. Kindle Entertainment was formed after ITV Kids (a section of ITV Productions) was closed, and current personnel includes Anne Brogan, the former controller of ITV Kids, and former Head of Development at ITV Kids, Melanie Stokes.
Recent productions include comedy, Hank Zipzer starring Henry Winkler; Dinopaws an animated comedy about a trio of dinosaurs; Minibeast Adventure with Jess, fact-ent for preschoolers; and Dixi, an interactive mystery set in the world of social networking. The third series of Dixi has just finished production.
Kindle Entertainment's previous productions include: a series of behind-the-scenes documentaries about Harry Potter including specials on The Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2, Costume Drama, and Animals; a live-action children's comedy My Spy Family, which was shown on Boomerang; three series of the puppet show Big & Small; Dustbin Baby, adapted from a book written by Jacqueline Wilson; Jinx following the story of Lulu Baker, a teenage girl who is able to cast spells from her magic cookbook; the CBeebies series Get Well Soon, a pre-school show that eases children’s fears about illness’ and going to the doctor’s surgery;The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby, a modern retelling of the Charles Dickens classic; Some Dogs Bite; two series of Leonardo for CBBC; and the two part mini-series, Treasure Island Starring Eddie Izzard and Elijah Wood for Sky One.
Kindle Entertainment is an independent company that was formed upon the closure of the Kids department of ITV Productions. Kindle's director, Anne Brogan, who was formerly controller of ITV Kids, formed the company with her colleague Melanie Stokes, who was formerly Head of Development at ITV Kids. Kindle's first productions were Harry Potter: Behind the Magic and Harry Potter: The Costume Drama, shown in July 2009 on ITV1.Harry Potter: Behind the Magic was a one-off one hour documentary presented by Ben Shephard. The documentary looked behind the scenes of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and featured interviews with the cast. Kindle's second project was My Spy Family, a live action children's television series following the Bannons. The Bannon parents are former spies. The show, which spanned multiple series, was a co-production between Kindle and Turner Broadcasting, and was shown on Boomerang.
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