True North Productions

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True North Productions

Company type	Limited
Industry	Television production
Founded	2002; 22 years ago (2002), Leeds, United Kingdom
Founder	Jess Fowle Glyn Middleton Andrew Sheldon
Headquarters	Leeds , United Kingdom
Number of locations	2
Key people	Norma Wisvenitz (CEO) Kathy Thorogood (chief creative officer)
Parent	Sky Studios
Website	truenorth.tv

True North Productions is an independent British television production company based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.^[1] The company creates factual programmes and series in a wide variety of genres, including observational documentary, true crime, current affairs, history, food, property, and children's content. Their programmes have been sold via mucho distributors to broadcasters throughout the world and have been screened in numerous countries, including the United States, Australia, Russia, and Africa.^[2][3][4]

The company was established in 2002 by Jess Fowle, Glyn Middleton and Andrew Sheldon, three producers and directors who had previously worked for Yorkshire Television's documentaries department. They chose the company name as a way of highlighting its northern roots.^[5] After several years based at Yorkshire Television's Kirkstall Road studios, in 2009 the company moved its production base to Marshall's Mill, a converted flax spinning mill in Holbeck, close to Leeds city centre. As well as housing its production teams it also created a dedicated post-production operation, with 21 edit suites (both off-line and on-line) and a standalone dubbing suite.