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{{Short description|British television production company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox company
| name = Ginger Productions
| logo = GingerTVPrologo.png
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| foundation = 1994
| location = [[Glasgow]], Scotland<br>[[London]], England
| key_people = [[Chris Evans (presenter)|Chris Evans]]:<br>(founder; no longer involved)
| num_employees =
| parent = [[STV Group]]
| owner = 
| industry = Media
| products = [[Television]]
| revenue =
| homepage = [http://www.ginger.tv www.ginger.tv]
}}
'''Ginger Productions''', alongside [[STV Studios]], is part of the network production arm of [[STV Group (Scotland)|STV Group plc]]. Based in Waterhouse Square in London, the company's output focuses on Entertainment and Factual Entertainment programming. Ginger was acquired as part of STV's acquisition of the Ginger Media Group in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/dec/20/smg.broadcasting|title=Ginger takes off glasses in farewell to Evans|date=20 December 2001|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=7 February 2024}}</ref>

Ginger Productions have created ''[[TFI Friday]]'', ''The Priory'' and ''[[Don't Forget Your Toothbrush]]'' – which is a format which can now be seen across the globe - ''Detox Camp'' and ''Celebrity Detox Camp'' ([[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]) brought the nation's attention to the extreme holistic treatment of caffeine enemas in Thailand. This was followed up in 2005 with ''Extreme Celebrity Detox'' for [[Channel 4]], which challenged celebrities to try out some of the most unusual and challenging detox regimes on offer. ''The Tribute to the Likely Lads'' for [[ITV Network|ITV]] starring [[Ant & Dec]]. ''Don't Drop the Coffin'' (ITV). This series followed the day-to-day activities of a team of South London undertakers and was one of the most talked about programmes in 2003.

Ginger Productions is also responsible for the multi-award-winning ''Cannibals and Crampons'' for [[BBC One]], which helped launched the career of [[Bruce Parry]]. Other Ginger Productions include ''The True Story of Ferrari'' for BBC One and the Channel 4 drama series ''Lock Stock...'', based on the seminal London gangster film.

In 2005, Ginger began producing ''[[Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie]]'', a documentary series for [[ITV2]]. The team film Jack around the world as he attempts challenges. The series has been sold to 12 territories including New Zealand, Korea and Discovery Travel in USA. To date, four series of ''Adrenaline Junkie'' have aired on [[ITV2]]. Ginger Productions made another show for [[ITV2]], with Jack Osbourne's sister as the star of ''Kelly Osbourne: Turning Japanese'' in 2006. Other programming titles have included ''Whatever'', a daily TV show for [[Sky1]] and ''[[Take Me to the Edge]]'', a reality series for [[Virgin1]].

The company has been listed as a [[dormant company]] since at least 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/gW0YwwGXnFfLg793BGLEHL-zXqffRHm8j7HkAWBd0lY/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3NSSSUK5G%2F20220222%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220222T005708Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEPf%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJGMEQCIF%2Fy6DBAc%2FZAIafwY7KQye44TfS8ITgFObPPmRHdG3btAiAgliMRcX6i65g1GYsGCA%2BhiN7UV229XD%2Fx0SxH%2FHJPMyr6AwhQEAQaDDQ0OTIyOTAzMjgyMiIMUihwXv7LwW8%2BNXljKtcDBwSW%2Bs%2BKhBXiYZnsW0gpxHCsPRau0deKy019QCh3JKE49AoQH0r0Ch4yPgTcPR2xQRKBHNLolDwfDm%2FvtFc4inUH1wE53ex4M3MEOkE%2FcKAwcmYelvR6sdZc%2F7NCHt60hLmURuCsKyarNcHhNL3PFO9t2i2SicIcv76TP%2FdG3%2FvYLtviT5C2lILdmpd0UBQe%2B3FzqFEcU2reqLBC%2BpWNzRRL6ZQKnRYzEqtNPL4aHqEmaNww7BA59K87cdsKoFdtYANtN8fqDRE%2BUgUJkFURnoydnmXIQD6PCj0XZlCdEYiDGZe09EkvH6FREFUafqMCrsm7hqrIBpyOtjv3CYqb6W%2B1vJU0Dz2%2FsCkixcx9qPg38MOHi6Qp0XiZk%2FQWINvmkbDDQF5CGKYyA%2FSZiK6VMDjoIi2MyHg9uJZUfgWg5b0ML%2BIi%2BvEq2yw7kt9hYnqXaAcBnZD9N33%2F6NTxw9h9207oyiFzzhr%2F1Ze7YQmDyOyNZSMRgrm7tE1P03z%2BXEK5vGueiAXVh%2F9h8y64%2BPdw7D97bUzCp3GCUTrsALydRnN2briXI1NevHsFrWZm9USdA5in6W0W71tDwLQCQtinyz9MRpfuQAyAPt7sDZ%2B8QB2S7Oo2WXj2MI6q0JAGOqYBypxv7wPzkCrf20EdMfeoyHtbIDZpJ%2BnCgUCEwFLaZhQLUqalYmj9oJr1fJhX9G3K8SyDIdk%2FWYT02WIahUI3n6%2FYvCdO1sDbJ%2Bjap03Mc4SDG3ap0QiP9jHopqx5yCAbfAtTg%2B527uxrwOavz%2Bt%2F71SugZM599J5qh81vi3MS6zfgwAxRcmA5SdaLAyFtZorvYObt6ollQIcgctJE9QGVHyS9KrFRg%3D%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%22companies_house_document.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=162ddc98dc953cb7f3f4a116fac080bc8631c6e7dda4867f2547b25838de4799  |title= Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 December 2019 |website= Companies House|date=17 December 2020 |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ginger.tv Ginger Productions]  (Redirects to [http://www.stvstudios.com STV Studios])

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