A Plymouth-based television producer, part of ITV Studios, behind Educating Yorkshire, The Hotel Inspector and I Kissed a Boy, with an office in London.
Twofour is a British television production company based in Plymouth, with an office in London. It makes documentary and factual entertainment. Its best-known series include Educating Yorkshire, Educating Essex, The Hotel Inspector, The Real Marigold Hotel and This Time Next Year. Recent shows include Destination X for the BBC, The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy for Apple TV+ and I Kissed a Boy and I Kissed a Girl. Wikipedia reports that Educating Yorkshire won a National Television Award, an RTS award and a Broadcast award, and that Twofour twice won Broadcast's Best Indie Production Company.
The company was set up in 1989 by Charles Wace, a former BBC news producer, and Christopher Slade, a BBC presenter. It began in Plymouth, in the south west of England, and has stayed there while many production companies are based in London. Wikipedia says ITV Studios bought it in June 2015, and it now sits in ITV Studios's unscripted business. We did not find a mission statement or values page, so we have not written one.
In July 2025 ITV Studios announced a new leadership structure at Twofour. David Brindley became chief executive, replacing Tim Carter, who stays as managing director of unscripted for ITV Studios in the UK. Dan Adamson was named chief content officer, David Clews chief creative officer, Shireen Abbott chief of production and Jake Roberts financial director. The announcement gives the company's locations as London and Plymouth.
On culture, the only first-hand words we found are from the 2025 announcement, where David Brindley said, "I'm a big believer that a company's output should reflect the people who create it". Tim Carter called the management team "brilliant". Twofour's shows put ordinary people and real places at the centre, from school teachers in Yorkshire and Essex to hotel owners, and the company describes itself as having won awards across factual formats. These are statements from the company and its owner, not a checked picture of life inside.
A factual TV company employs many kinds of people. Development producers come up with ideas, series producers and directors lead each show, and assistant producers, researchers and runners do much of the practical work. Production managers and coordinators plan the shoots, editors and sound specialists finish the programmes, and a rights and finance team handles the business side. Roles can be in Plymouth or London. If you enjoy people, stories and real life, it shows how documentaries and formats are made.
Website: www.twofour.co.uk
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