Kindle Entertainment

Kindle Entertainment
IndustryEntertainment
PredecessorITV Kids (ITV Productions)
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Founders
  • Anne Brogan
  • Melanie Stokes
Headquarters,
England
Key people
  • Melanie Stokes (Founder MD)
  • Emma Stuart (Creative Director)
OwnerLionsgate UK (25%; 2015–2019)
ParentBanijay Kids & Family (2022–present)
Websitewww.kindleentertainment.co.uk

Kindle Entertainment is an independent television production company based in London, England. Kindle Entertainment was formed by Anne Brogan, the former controller of ITV Kids, and former head of development at ITV Kids, Melanie Stokes after ITV Kids (a section of ITV Productions) was closed. The company is currently owned by Banijay Entertainment, via its Banijay Kids & Family division.

Recent productions include Sky Kids' Little Darlings, teen supernatural thriller The A List for the BBC iPlayer and the Channel 4 drama Kiss Me First.

Kindle Entertainment's previous productions include: Dixi an interactive mystery set in the world of social networking, Minibeast Adventure with Jess, fact-ent for pre-schoolers; a series of behind-the-scenes documentaries about Harry Potter including specials on The Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as part of Harry Potter: Behind the Magic and Harry Potter: The Costume Drama; the live-action action comedy My Spy Family, which was shown on Boomerang; three series of the puppet show Big & Small; Dustbin Baby, adapted from the 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 Hospital, 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, a drama telling the adventures of a teenage Leonardo da Vinci and his friends; and the two part mini-series, Treasure Island starring Eddie Izzard and Elijah Wood for Sky One.