Talkback Thames

Talkback Thames

Logo used from 2005 to 2011
Company type	Subsidiary
Predecessor	Talkback Productions Thames Television
Founded	10 February 2003; 21 years ago (2003-02-10)
Defunct	1 January 2012; 12 years ago (2012-01-01)
Fate	Split into successor brands
Successor	Boundless Retort Talkback Thames
Headquarters	London, England , United Kingdom
Key people	Sara Geater (CEO)
Parent	FremantleMedia

Talkback Thames (stylised as talkbackTHAMES) was a British television production company, a division of FremantleMedia (now Fremantle), part of the RTL Group, which in turn is owned by Bertelsmann. It was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames Television. This merger was arranged in February 2003 and reversed in January 2012.

Despite the two companies merging, their respective logos were used separately at the end of productions: Thames was used for drama and entertainment shows, and Talkback was used for comedy and factual shows. In November 2005 however, the two brands ceased to be used separately and a new logo was introduced for Talkback Thames, with all productions being produced under that label.

The company also included, as subsidiaries, several other production companies owned by Fremantle, including the UK arm of Reg Grundy Productions; comedy specialists Alomo Productions and William G. Stewart's company Regent Productions.

The CEO of Talkback Thames was Sara Geater, who took up the post in October 2010, replacing Lorraine Heggessey, who had been CEO of Talkback Thames from 2005 to 2010. She in turn, replaced Peter Fincham, who had been CEO of Talkback from 1986 to 2003 and then of Talkback Thames from 2003. Fincham left to take over Heggessey's previous job as Controller of BBC One.

In September 2024, it was announced that Talkback would once again merge with Thames to form a new iteration of Talkback Thames to be led by MD Charlie Irwin.^[1]