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RDF Content
RDF Content is the holding group for the content creating businesses. It consists of IWC Media, Presentable, RDF Television, RDF USA, Touchpaper Television,The Comedy Unit and Radar.
RDF Contact
RDF Contact, is a new division of the RDF Media Group and will be a clearly defined point of entry for brands, agencies and other partners to connect with the wealth of programme-making talent across the entire RDF Media Group. Contact will also develop its own innovative concepts for producing and commercialising multiplatform projects.
The Foundation TV Productions
The Foundation is a leading producer of children’s television based at The Maidstone Studios, Kent and was established by Vanessa Hill and Ged Allen in 1994. The Foundation has an expertise in pre-school, drama, comedy, factual and family entertainment and has produced content for a variety of broadcasters. Key shows include Waybuloo, Mister Maker, Big Barn Farm, Escape from Scorpion Island, Dani’s House and Planet Ajay .
IWC Media
IWC Media is Scotland’s largest independent television production company. It has offices in Glasgow and London. The company was formed in May 2004 as a result of the merger of Wark Clements and Ideal World Productions. It became part of the RDF Media Group in December 2005. IWC Media produces factual, factual entertainment and drama programmes. Key programmes include Channel 4’s long-running property series Location, Location, Location and Relocation, Relocation ; Extreme Fishing with Robson Green for Five; Terry Pratchett on Alzheimer’s for BBC Two; Genius of Charles Darwin for Channel 4; Lost Kingdoms of Africa for BBC Four; ITV1 drama serial Fallen Angel ; Mountains with Griff Rhys Jones for BBC1; Mission Implausible for Sky One; and Crimes That Shook The World and Mean Machines for Discovery UK.
Presentable
Presentable is one of the largest independent production companies in Wales. It is based in Cardiff. It was established in 1993 and has a reputation for imaginative, high-quality entertainment, music, comedy, arts, history, features and documentary programmes. It is best known for its expertise in producing poker programmes, making several poker series for UK broadcasters including Channel 4 and ITV and for hit quiz show Only Connect for BBC Four. Presentable became part of the RDF Media Group in April 2006.
Radar
Radar has a strong reputation for producing original entertainment and factual entertainment programmes. It is based in central London and was established in 2002. It became part of the RDF Media Group in December 2005. Key shows include Christian O’Connell’s Sunday Service for Sky One and the award-winning Banzai for E4.
RDF Television
RDF Television is the largest production company in the RDF Media Group. It has offices in West London and Bristol. It was founded in 1993 and has established an outstanding reputation for producing popular and innovative programmes across a wide range of genres. Key shows have included The Secret Millionaire; Wogan’s Perfect Recall; How the Other Half Lives ; the multi-BAFTA-winning Wife Swap and Faking It for Channel 4; Holiday Showdown and Ladette to Lady for ITV1; the long-running Scrapheap Challenge and Shipwrecked for Channel 4; Anthea Turner and Perfect Housewife for BBC3.
RDF USA
RDF USA is the RDF Group’s American operation with large offices in Los Angeles and New York City. Since its launch, RDF USA has sold and/or produced series such as Don’t Forget the Lyrics (Fox), Wife Swap (ABC), How to Look Good Naked (Lifetime), Dance Machine (ABC), The Two Coreys (A&E), Coolio and the Gang (Oxygen), Shaq’s Big Challenge (ABC), and Ice-T’s Rap School (VH-1).
 Touchpaper Television
Touchpaper Television is an independent drama production company founded in 2001 which became part of the RDF Media Group in August 2005. Key programmes include Being Human for BBC Three, Single-Handed for RTE/ITV1; Murderland for ITV1; the BAFTA-nominated The Queen’s Sister for Channel 4; the Robson Green series Rocket Man for BBC1; The Best Man for ITV1; and NY-LON for Channel 4.
The Comedy Unit
The Comedy Unit was founded in 1996 and has a reputation for producing quality returning series. The company is based in Glasgow and from here they specialise in a range of comedy and entertainment shows as well as producing around 40 hours of material for radio each year with shows such as Watson’s Wind Up for Radio Scotland and Keep Taking the Nandralone for Radio Five Live. The company boasts a large pool of accomplished in house writers, directors, producers and script editors. Recent successes have included Rab C Nesbitt for BBC Two, Limmy’s Show, Burnistoun and Tank Commander for BBC Scotland. The Comedy Unit became part of the RDF Media Group in August 2006.
Pangea Management Group
Formed in 2006, Pangea Management Group is both a management and production entity that handles intellectual property rights and specializes in the production of scripted entertainment. Pangea also oversees careers in all media, including licensing and merchandising. Recently, Pangea entered into a partnership with Bravo Media to guide the careers of several of the network’s stars. Since its launch, Pangea has sold and/or produced series such as How to Look Good Naked (Lifetime), Mind Control with Derren Brown (Sci-Fi), Meadowlands (Showtime), Star Stories (VH1), Peep Show (Spike), and Mistresses (Lifetime).
RDF Rights
RDF Rights is one of the UK’s fastest-growing international distribution companies benefiting greatly from the recent regulatory changes in the UK that have given independent producers the right to work with their distributor of choice. Established in 1996, RDFR sells more than 5000 hours of high quality factual, factual entertainment, light entertainment, crime and reality programmes and formats to broadcasters throughout the world. It also has a consumer products division that licences IP on behalf of RDFR’s clients. Current clients include US cable companies Spike TV, Court TV, and Lifetime TV, as well as BBC Production and more than fifty independent UK producers.
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