A television
production company formed in 1981 by
Mel Smith and
Griff Rhys Jones which grew over twenty years to become one of the
UK's biggest
independent producers of
television comedy programs.
Peter Fincham is TalkBack's
Managing Director and also
Executive Producer on all output.
Credits include:
The 11 O'Clock Show (1998)
Alas Smith & Jones (1984)
Da Ali G Show (2000)
Big Train (1998)
Brass Eye (1997)
The Day Today (1994)
Hippies (1999)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997)
Jam (2000)
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994)
Meet Ricky Gervais (2000)
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996)
Smack the Pony (1999)
They Think It's All Over (1995)
Bo' Selecta! (2002)
TalkBack was bought for £62m in late 2000 by the media group Pearson. Fincham stayed on until early 2005 when he took over from Lorraine Heggessey as the controller of BBC1.