Manchester Office:
The Sharp Project, Blue 141,
Thorp Road,
Manchester, M40 5BJ
London Office:
Magnesia House,
6 Playhouse Yard,
London, EC4V 5EX
Tel: +44 (0)207 236 2740
Critically-Lauded
Responsible for the critically-lauded police drama No Offence, which ran for three series on Channel 4, and for the popular Sky Max drama Wolfe, AbbottVision’s other recent productions include the acclaimed BBC One drama Exile, starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent, and Sky Atlantic’s first UK drama commission Hit & Miss, with Chloë Sevigny.
AbbottVision has been listed as one of the top 20 names in broadcasting and described by The Guardian as “an innovative model for the creation and production of world-class drama”. By combining a production company with a writers’ studio, AbbottVision has developed a hugely creative environment for both established and newer writers to work in, accelerating the turnaround from format conception to script, through to full production.
Acclaimed
AbbottVision has built on this success, with Paul bringing on Partner, Martin Carr, and Head of Production, Paul Coe, in 2012 to manage the business and expand its production in both television and film. As Partner and Executive Producer, Martin brings a wide range of experience in the business having worked in television, cinema, interactive, IMAX, commercials and distribution, for companies including the BBC and Formosa Films.
The company is perhaps best known for its acclaimed Channel 4 series No Offence, which starred Joanna Scanlan as the protagonist Detective Inspector Viv Deering and followed a team of detectives from Friday Street Police Station in the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police. The first episode launched in May 2015 with 2.5 million viewers, Channel 4’s biggest midweek drama launch for more than three years. The show won Best Drama Series at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2016 and was nominated for a BAFTA and two Broadcast Awards in the same year.
World Class
More recently, AbbottVision’s police procedural drama Wolfe was a hit for Sky Max, a dark comedy following crime scene investigator and academic Wolfe Kinteh, played by Babou Ceesay, as he solved crimes in Northern England.
Other AbbottVision successes include Exile, a psychological thriller that secured BAFTA nominations for John Simm for his role as Tom Ronstadt, and director John Alexander, and Hit & Miss, about a transgender contract killer that premiered in 2012.
The company has grown considerably throughout its first decade and now has bases in Manchester, London and Los Angeles, developing shows for BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 4. AbbottVision has borrowed from the US model to develop a writing studio, allowing a broad range of world-class writers to workshop ideas from development through to production in a relaxed environment.
