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{{Short description|British independent TV and radio production company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Hat Trick Productions Limited
| logo = [[File:HatTrickProd.jpg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| type = [[Limited company]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1986}}
| founders = {{hlist| [[Rory McGrath]]| [[Jimmy Mulville]]| [[Denise O'Donoghue]]}}
| location = [[London]], England, UK
| key_people = [[Geoffrey Perkins]] (former director)
| industry = Television production
| homepage = {{official URL}}
}}
'''Hat Trick Productions Limited'''<ref name="CompaniesHouse">{{Cite web |date=1985-04-30 |title=Hat Trick Productions Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01909622 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Companies House]] |language=en}}</ref> is an independent British [[production company]] that produces television and radio programmes, mainly specialising in comedy, based in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/entrepreneurs-have-i-got-news-for-you-hat-trick-s-dramatic-next-episode-a3499796.html|title=Entrepreneurs: Hat Trick's dramatic next episode|website=standard.co.uk|date=27 March 2017|access-date=3 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01909622|title=HAT TRICK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk}}</ref> The company's logo is depicted as a rabbit pulling a man out of a hat instead of the [[Hat-trick (magic trick)|other way around]].

==History==
Hat Trick Productions was founded in 1986 by [[Rory McGrath]], [[Jimmy Mulville]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/article/mulville-thriving-against-long-odds|title=Mulville: Thriving against long odds|date=17 November 2014|website=Royal Television Society}}</ref> and [[Denise O'Donoghue]]. Its first commission was ''[[Chelmsford 123]]'', a situation comedy for [[Channel 4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hattrick.co.uk/about-us/|title=Company History About Us|publisher=Hat Trick Productions|location=London|access-date=27 May 2010|archive-date=22 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722022327/http://www.hattrick.co.uk/about-us/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two years later, [[Geoffrey Perkins]] became company director, and helped to produce shows such as ''[[Father Ted]]'', ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', and ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''.<ref name="GeoffreyPerkins">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2657112/Geoffrey-Perkins.html|title=Geoffrey Perkins|date=31 August 2008|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref> Perkins left the organisation in 1995, to become head of comedy for [[BBC Television]].<ref name="GeoffreyPerkins"/>

Hat Trick International struck a first look deal with Cardiff Productions<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hat Trick Int'l secures first-look deal with Cardiff Productions|url=https://realscreen.com/2021/01/19/hat-trick-intl-secures-first-look-deal-with-cardiff-productions/|access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref> and has a joint venture with British television writer [[Jed Mercurio]] called HTM Television,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.htmtelevision.com/about/|title=Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd}}</ref> with this production company responsible for dramas such as ''Bloodlands''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/bloodlands|title = Bloodlands}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/bloodlands-to-return-for-a-second-series|title = Bloodlands to return for a second series on the BBC after biggest BBC drama launch in Northern Ireland on record}}</ref> with James Nesbitt and the forthcoming ''DI Ray'' with Parminder Nagra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-compelling-crime-thriller-di-ray-starring-parminder-nagra|title=ITV commissions compelling crime thriller ''DI Ray'' starring Parminder Nagra}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.htmtelevision.com/news/|title = Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd}}</ref>

==Current programmes==
* ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' (BBC Two, 1990–2000; BBC One, 2000–present)
* [[Have I Got News for You (American game show)|''Have I Got News for You'' (US)]] (CNN, 2024–present)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bryan |first=Scott |date=2024-09-16 |title=Inside CNN's New Comedy Quiz Show. Yes, You Read That Right |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/cnn-have-i-got-news-for-you-talk-show-interview-roy-wood-jr-1235103609/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''[[Mastermind (British game show)|Mastermind]]'' (BBC Two, 2019–present)
* ''[[Rich House Poor House]]'' (Channel 5, 2017–present)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McCormack |first1=Kirsty |title=Rich House Poor House fans in tears as widow is offered business opportunity |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/rich-house-poor-house-viewers-23582351 |website=mirror |language=en |date=28 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/rich-house-poor-house|title=My5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/rich-house-poor-house/season-7|title=My5}}</ref>
* ''[[Trigger Point (TV series)|Trigger Point]]'' (ITV, 2022–present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/23/trigger-point-review-utterly-preposterous-but-what-a-blast|title=Trigger Point review – utterly preposterous … but what a blast|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=23 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.htmtelevision.com/triggerpoint/|title = Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/jed-mercurio-trigger-point-newsupdate/|title = Trigger Point is "set up to be a returner", says Jed Mercurio}}</ref>
* [[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' (US)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uktvplay.uktv.co.uk/shows/whose-line-is-it-anyway-usa/watch-online|title = Whose Line is It Anyway? USA, Series 1, Episode 1 - Whose Line is It Anyway? USA on UKTV Play}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/whose-line-is-it-anyway-usa/|title = Whose Line is It Anyway? USA &#124; Dave Channel}}</ref> (ABC, 1998–2004; ABC Family, 2004–2007; The CW, 2013–present)

==Former programmes==
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* ''[[The Armstrong & Miller Show]]'' (BBC One 2007–2010)
* ''[[Ballot Monkeys]]'' (Channel 4 2015)
* ''[[Bedtime (TV series)|Bedtime]]'' (BBC One 2001–2003)
* ''[[The Big One (TV series)|The Big One]]'' (Channel 4 1992)
* ''Bike Squad'' (ITV 2008)
* ''[[Bloodlands (TV series)|Bloodlands]]'' (BBC One 2021–2022)
* ''[[Bodies (2004 TV series)|Bodies]]'' (BBC Three 2004–2006)
* ''[[Boomers (TV series)|Boomers]]'' (BBC One 2014–2016)
* ''[[Boyz Unlimited]]'' (Channel 4 1999)
* ''[[The Brain Drain]]'' (BBC Two 1992–1993)
* ''[[Bromwell High]]'' (The Detour On Teletoon (All episodes) February 2005, Channel 4 (Episodes 1-6) August 2005, DVD (Episodes 7-13) 2006)
* ''[[The Bubble (game show)|The Bubble]]'' (BBC Two 2010)
* ''[[Case Sensitive (TV series)|Case Sensitive]]'' (ITV 2011–2012)
* ''[[Chartjackers]]'' (BBC Two 2009)
* ''[[Cheap Cheap Cheap]]'' (Channel 4 2017)
* ''[[Chelmsford 123]]'' (Channel 4 1988–1990)
* ''[[Chopratown]]'' (BBC One 2005)
* ''[[Confessions (radio programme)|Confessions]]'' (BBC One 1995–1998)
* ''[[Critical (TV series)|Critical]]'' (Sky1 2015)
* ''[[Derry Girls]]'' (Channel 4 2018–2022)
* ''[[Dinner Date]]'' (ITV 2010–2012, ITVBe 2014–2023)
* ''[[Doctor Thorne (TV series)|Doctor Thorne]]'' (ITV 2016)
* ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]'' (BBC Three 2006–2007)
* ''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]'' (Channel 4 1990–1998)
* ''[[Episodes (TV series)|Episodes]]'' (BBC Two 2011–2018, Showtime 2011–2017)
* ''[[Facejacker]]'' (Channel 4 2010–2012)
* ''[[Fairy Tales (TV series)|Fairy Tales]]'' (BBC One 2008)
* ''[[The Fake News Show]]'' (Channel 4 2017)
* ''[[Father Ted]]'' (Channel 4 1995–1998)
* ''[[Flack (TV series)|Flack]]'' (POP TV and Showtime On Demand 2019–2020)
* ''[[Fonejacker]]'' (E4 2006–2012)
* ''[[Game On (British TV series)|Game On]]'' (BBC Two 1995–1998)
* ''[[Game Show in My Head]]'' (CBS 2009)
* ''[[God on Trial]]'' (BBC Two 2008)
* ''[[Great Night Out]]'' (ITV 2013)
* ''[[Harry Enfield's Television Programme]]'' (BBC Two 1990–1992)
* ''[[Horrible Science]]'' (CITV 2015)
* ''[[Hypothetical (TV series)|Hypothetical]]'' (Dave 2019–2022)
* ''[[If I Ruled the World (game show)|If I Ruled The World]]'' (BBC Two 1998–1999)
* ''[[In Denial of Murder]]'' (BBC One 2004)
* ''[[It's Only a Theory]]'' (BBC Four 2009)
* ''[[Jeffrey Archer: The Truth]]'' (BBC One 2002)
* ''[[Kate & Koji]]'' (ITV 2020–2022)
* ''[[Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire]]'' (BBC Two 2009, Comedy Central 2009)
* ''[[The Kumars at No. 42]]'' (BBC Two 2001–2004, BBC One 2005–2006, Sky1 2014)
* ''[[Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee]]'' (BBC One 2005)
* ''[[Miss Marie Lloyd – Queen of The Music Hall]]'' (BBC Four 2007)
* ''[[Mutual Friends (TV series)|Mutual Friends]]'' (BBC One 2008)
* ''[[Never Mind the Horrocks]]'' (Channel 4 1996)
* ''[[News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald]]'' (ITV 2007)
* ''[[Norbert Smith – a Life]]'' (Channel 4 1989)
* ''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]'' (BBC One 2007–2014; 2016; 2024)
* ''[[The Omid Djalili Show]]'' (BBC One 2007–2009)
* ''[[Paul Merton: The Series]]'' (Channel 4 1991–1993)
* ''[[The Peter Principle (TV series)|The Peter Principle]]'' (BBC One 1995–2000)
* ''[[Power Monkeys]]'' (Channel 4 2016)
* ''[[Revolting (TV series)|Revolting]]'' (BBC One 2017)
* ''[[The Revolution Will Be Televised]]'' (BBC Three 2012–2015)
* ''[[Room 101 (British TV series)|Room 101]]'' (BBC Two 1994–2007, BBC One 2012–2018)
* ''[[Round the Bend]]'' (CITV 1989–1991)
* ''[[The Royal Bodyguard]]'' (BBC One 2011–2012)
* ''[[The Secret (TV series)|The Secret]]'' (ITV 2016)
* ''[[The Slow Norris]]'' (CITV 1995–1999)
* ''[[Small Potatoes (1999 TV series)|Small Potatoes]]'' (Channel 4 1999–2001)
* ''[[Some Girls (TV series)|Some Girls]]'' (BBC Three 2012–2014)
* ''[[Spy (2011 TV series)|Spy]]'' (Sky1 2011–2012)
* ''[[Stephen (TV series)|Stephen]]'' (ITV 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.htmtelevision.com/productions/|title=Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jed-mercurio-paul-greengrass-stephen-lawrence-1234704561/|title='Line of Duty,' 'Bodyguard' Creator Jed Mercurio to Produce Stephen Lawrence Sequel|date=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.htmtelevision.com/stephen/|title = Hat Trick Mercurio Ltd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/broadcasting-news/2021/02/steve-coogan-star-itv-sequel-murder-stephen-lawrence|title = Steve Coogan to star in ITV sequel to the Murder of Stephen Lawrence|date = 10 February 2021}}</ref>
*''[[Stuck (TV series)|Stuck]]'' (BBC Two 2022)
* ''[[The Suspicions of Mr Whicher]]'' (ITV 2011–2014)
* ''[[This is David Lander]]'' (Channel 4 1988)
* ''[[Trevor's World of Sport]]'' (BBC One 2003)
* ''[[Turn Back Time (TV series)|Turn Back Time]]'' (BBC One 2006)
* ''[[The Waiting Game (game show)|The Waiting Game]]'' (BBC One 2001–2002)
* ''[[Warren (TV series)|Warren]]'' (BBC One 2019)
* ''[[Whatever You Want (game show)|Whatever You Want]]'' (BBC One 1997–2000)
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|Whose Line is it Anyway?]]'' (Channel 4 1988–1999)
* ''[[Whistle Through the Shamrocks]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Worst Week]]'' (CBS 2008–2009)
* ''[[The Worst Week of My Life]]'' (BBC One 2004–2006)
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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